Trinity authors are indicated in bold print.
21 papers and 11 presentations/ short communications; with 30 Trinity undergraduate co-authorships

Peer- reviewed publications (2017):

Scott R. Smedley, Riley G. Risteen ‘17, Kathareeya K. Tonyai ‘17, Julia C. Pitino ‘17, Yunming Hu, Zenab B. Ahmed, Brian T. Christofel, Maha Gaber, Nicole R. Howells, Connor F. Mosey, Faizan U. Rahim, Stephen T. Deyrup (2017). Bufadienolides (lucibufagins) from an ecologically aberrant firefly (Ellychnia corrusca). Chemoecology 27: 141-153.

S.T. Deyrup, Riley G. Risteen ‘17, Kathareeya K. Tonyai ‘17, Madalyn A. Farrar ‘19, Bailey E. D’Antonio ‘17, Zenab B. Ahmed, Brian T. Christofel, Nicole R. Howells, and Scott R. Smedley (2017). Escape into winter: does a phenological shift by Ellychnia corrusca (Winter firefly) shield it from a specialist predator (Photuris) ? Northeastern Naturalist 24 (sp7): B147-B166.

Amber L. Pitt, J.L. Shinskie, J.J. Tavano, S.M. Hartzell, T. Delahunty, and S.F. Spear. 2017. Decline of a giant salamander assessed with historical records, environmental DNA, and multi-scale habitat data. Freshwater Biology 62(6):967-976.

Amber L. Pitt, J.J. Tavano, R.F. Baldwin, and B.S. Stegenga. 2017. Movement ecology and habitat use of three sympatric anuran species. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 12(1):212-224.

S.M. Hartzell, Amber L. Pitt, and S. Davis (2017). Observations of yawning behaviour in the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis). Herpetological Bulletin 142:46-47.

S.B. Hager, B.J. Cosentino, Amber L. Pitt, M.G. Drew* et al. (2017). Continent-wide analysis of how urbanization affects bird-window collision mortality in North America. Biological Conservation 212:209-215. (*Undergraduate student)

S.M. Hartzell, Amber L. Pitt, S. Davis, C.R. Pavlick*, and J.J. Tavano (2017). Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (eastern hellbender). Temporal and spatial niche partitioning. Herpetological Review 48(1):84-85. (*Undergraduate student)

Max A. Nickerson, Amber L. Pitt, J.J. Tavano, K.A. Hecht, and J.C. Mitchell (2017). Forest removal and the cascade of effects corresponding with an Ozark hellbender population decline. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 54(10):147-164.

L.F. Tucker Serniak, C.E. Corbin, Amber L. Pitt, and S.T. Rier (2017). The effects of Japanese knotweed on avian diversity and function in riparian habitats. Journal of Ornithology 158(1):311-321.

Tzach Auman, Barbara M.I. Vreede, Aryeh Weiss, Susan D. Hester, Terri A. Williams, Lisa M. Nagy, and Ariel D. Chipman (2017). Dynamics of growth zone patterning in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus. Development 144: 1896-1905.

Kent D. Dunlap, Geoffrey Keanne ’16, Michael Ragazzi ’16, Elise Lasky ‘17, and Vielka L. Salazar (2017). Simulated predation inhibits brain cell proliferation in weakly electric fish ( Apteronotus and Brachyhypopomus). Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 2328-2334.

Kent D. Dunlap, Ana C. Silva, G. Troy Smith, and Harold H. Zakon (2017). Weakly electric fish: behavior, neurobiology, and neuroendocrinology. In: Hormones, Brain and Behavior, 3rd ed. (D. W. Pfaff and Marian Joëls, eds.), pp.69-98. Oxford: Academic Press.

Daniel G. Blackburn, Kristie E. Anderson ‘08, Kera W. Aronson ‘98, Mary K. Burket ‘99, Jessica F. Chin ‘12, Susan K. San-Francisco, and Ian P. Callard (2017a). Placentation in watersnakes I: Placental histology and development in North American Nerodia (Colubridae: Natricinae). Journal of Morphology 278: 665-674.

Daniel G. Blackburn, Kristie E. Anderson ‘08, Amy R. Lo ‘03, Emily C. Marquez, and Ian P. Callard (2017b). Placentation in watersnakes. II. Placental ultrastructure in Nerodia erythrogaster (Colubridae: Natricinae). Journal of Morphology 278: 675-688.

Kathryn G. Powers ‘17 and Daniel G. Blackburn (2017a). Morphological specializations of the yolk sac for yolk processing in embryonic corn snakes ( Pantherophis guttatus: Colubridae). Journal of Morphology 278: 768-779.

Kathryn G. Powers ‘17 and Daniel G. Blackburn (2017b). A novel pattern of yolk processing in developing snake eggs (Colubridae: Lampropeltini) and its functional and evolutionary implications. Journal of Experimental Zoology B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 328B: 462–475.

Daniel G. Blackburn, Luana Paulesu, Anna Maria Avanzati, and Mandy Roth ’93 (2017). History of reptile placentology. Part III: Ercole Giacomini’s 1891 histological monograph on lizard placentation. Placenta 60: 93-99.

Craig W. Schneider, Phong K. Quach ’17 and Christopher E. Lane (2017). A case for true morphological crypsis: Pacific Dasya anastomosans and Atlantic D. cryptica sp. nov. (Dasyaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 56: 359-368.

Maura K. Griffith ‘17, Craig W. Schneider, Daniel I. Wolf, Gary W. Saunders and Chris E. Lane (2017). Genetic barcoding resolves the historically known Champia parvula from southern New England, USA, as C. farlowii sp. nov. (Champiaceae, Rhodymeniales). Phytotaxa 302(1): 77-89.

Michael J. Wynne and Craig W. Schneider (2017). Phycoflabellina nomen novum (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), a replacement name for Flabellina Selivanova & Zhigadalova (2016), nom. illeg., non Korde (1986). Notulae algarum 28: 1-2.

Craig W. Schneider and C.T. Flook (2017). Could marine animal conservation laws be responsible for the decline or extirpation of macroalgal populations in Bermuda over the past century? Botanica Marina 60: 591-602.

Presentations, Short communications, Book reviews (2017):

Scott R. Smedley, Riley G. Risteen ‘17, Kathareeya K. Tonyai ‘17, Madalyn A. Farrar ‘19, Bailey E. D’Antonio ‘17, Julia C. Pitino ‘17, Yunming Hu, Zenab B. Ahmed, Brian T. Christofel, Maha Gaber, Nicole R. Howells, Connor F. Mosey, Faizan U. Rahim, and Stephen T. Deyrup (2017). Escape into winter: does a phenological shift by a lucibufagin-containing firefly (Ellychnia corrusca) shield It from a specialist predator (Photuris)? 2017 International Firefly Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan.

Madalyn A. Farrar ’19, Young K. Kim’17, Nicole R. Howells, Maha Gaber, David A. Posner, Faizan U. Rahim, Stephen T. Deyrup, and Scott R. Smedley (2017). Fireflies as herbalists: does access to phytosterols influence the lucibufagin content of Photuris? 2017 International Firefly Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan.

Amber L. Pitt, J.L. Shinskie, J.J. Tavano, S.M. Hartzell, T. Delahunty, and S. Spear (2017). Using old and new data to rapidly identify extent and drivers of aquatic species population decline. 28th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Cartagena, Colombia.

Amber L. Pitt, J.L. Shinskie, J.J. Tavano, S.M. Hartzell, T. Delahunty, and S. Spear (2017). Using historical data and eDNA surveys to rapidly evaluate hellbender population decline. Northeast Natural History Conference, Cromwell, CT.

A.L. Puga-Caballero, S.B. Hager, M.G. Drew*, Amber L. Pitt et al. (2017). ¿Cómo afecta la urbanización la mortalidad de las aves que colisionan con ventanas en América del Norte? XV Congreso para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves de México (CECAM), Morelia, Michoacán, México. (*Undergraduate student)

Shinskie, J.L., T. Delahunty, and Amber L. Pitt (2017). Accuracy assessment of the 2011 National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) and the National Wetland Inventory (NWI) for reach scale analysis of salamander habitat. 40th Annual Herpetology Conference, Gainesville, FL.

Nicole Duan ’18, Savvas Constantinou ‘12, Lisa Nagy, and Terri Williams (2017) Building a segmented body: the cell dynamics of segmentation and elongation. Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological, Chemical, Structural, and Computational Sciences. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York).

Scott R. Smedley and T. Wickman (2017). Winter ecology: insights from biology and history. Preface. Northeastern Naturalist, 24(sp7), ii-viii.

Craig W. Schneider, T.R. Popolizio, and G.W. Saunders (2017). Preliminary results of the benthic marine algae collected from the mesophotic zone on the 2016 Bermuda Nekton cruise of the R/V Baseline Explorer. 56th Northeast Algal Symposium, Mt. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

Craig W. Schneider, T.R. Popolizio, and G.W. Saunders (2017). Some new Halymeniaceae, Kallymeniaceae and Rhodymeniaceae from the mesophotic zone collected on the 2016 Bermuda Nekton cruise of the R/V Baseline Explorer. 71st Phycological Society of America annual meeting, Monterey, California.

Craig W. Schneider (2017). Book review: Marine Macrophytes as Foundation Species, ed. by E. Ólafsson (2017). Choice 54: 4711.