Brenda D. Smith and Michael A. Patten From the Publisher's Website: This lavishly illustrated book examines the distribution, ecology, conservation status, and biogeography of 176 species of dragonflies in the southern plains of the United States, where twelve ecoregions converge. The topics discussed, such as phenotypic variation and ecology, are applicable and of interest across [...]

Wade A. Boys, Adam M. Siepielski, Brenda D. Smith, Michael A. Patten, and Jason T. Bried Insect Conservation and Diversity doi: 10.1111/icad.12444 Climate warming is predicted to have large effects on insects, yet several data shortfalls, including distributional information, impede effective conservation strategies. Knowledge of species distributions is a critical component for assessing conservation need [...]

Jason Bried, Leslie Ries, Brenda Smith, Michael Patten, John Abbott, Joan Ball-Damerow, Robert Cannings, Adolfo Cordero-Rivera, Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, Paulo De Marco, Jr, Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra, Aleš Dolný, Roy van Grunsven, David Halstead, Filip Harabiš, Christopher Hassall, Martin Jeanmougin, Colin Jones, Leandro Juen, Vincent Kalkman, Gabriella Kietzka, Celeste Searles Mazzacano, Albert Orr, Mary Ann Perron, Maya Rocha-Ortega, [...]

Michael A. Patten, Alexandra A. Barnard, and Brenda D. Smith Journal of Insect Biodiversity 13(2):15–26. . doi: https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2019.13.2.1 The geographic distribution of Gomphurus ozarkensis (Westfall, 1975), a species described to science only four decades ago, is confined to a four-state area in the central United States: southeastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, western and northern Arkansas, and [...]

Michael A. Patten, Emily A. Hjalmarson, Brenda D. Smith-Patten, and Jason T. Bried Ecological Indicators 106(2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105460 Numerous interacting abiotic and biotic factors shape an organism's spatial distribution, and these factors vary spatially and temporally, such that habitat used for breeding may differ from habitat used at other times of the life cycle. We [...]

Thomas W. Small, Sara E. Bebus, Eli S. Bridge, Emily K. Elderbrock, Stephen M. Ferguson, Blake C. Jones, Stephan J. Schoech Plasma glucocorticoid (CORT) levels collected within 3 min of capture are commonly believed to reflect pre-stressor, baseline CORT levels. Differences in these “baseline” values are often interpreted as reflecting differences in health, [...]

Samantha M. Knight, David W. Bradley, Robert G. Clark, Elizabeth A. Gow, Marc Bélisle, Lisha L. Berzins, Tricia Blake Eli S. Bridge, Lauren Burke, Russell D. Dawson, Peter O. Dunn, Dany Garant, Geoffrey L. Holroyd, David J. T. Hussell, Olga Lansdorp, Andrew J. Laughlin, Marty L. Leonard, Fanie Pelletier, Dave Shutler, Lynn Siefferman, Caz [...]

Shelly C. Wu, Elizabeth A. Bergey Filamentous algae are often visible on the carapaces of freshwater turtles and these algae are dominated by a few species with varying geographic distributions. Compared to filamentous algae, little is known about the much more speciose microalgae on turtles. Our objectives were to compare the diatom flora [...]

Elizabeth A. Bergey, Joshua T. Cooper, Curtis R. Tackett Diatoms are a major food source for aquatic grazing snails and insects, thereby contributing to aquatic food webs. Diatoms are microscopic and are seldom visible; an exception is colonies of Didymosphenia geminata. Didymosphenia secrete long extracellular stalks that can form mats several centimeters thick. [...]

Elizabeth A. Bergey, Nina Desianti & Joshua T. Cooper   Regulated rivers are novel ecosystems with altered temperature and flow regimes that can be used to test distribution patterns of microscopic organisms, such as diatoms. Our objective was to describe the spatial and seasonal patterns of diatoms in a cold-water, oligotrophic river within [...]