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[16] Stanton-Geddes, John and Carolyn G. Anderson. 2011. Does a facultative mutualism limit species range expansion? Oecologia.

[15] Brudvig, L.A., Mabry, C.M. and L. Mottl. 2011. Dispersal, not light competition, limits Iowa woodland understory restoration. Restoration Ecology 19: 24-31.

[14] Case, Andrea L. and Christina M. Caruso. 2010. A novel approach to estimating the cost of male fertility in restoration of gynodioecious plants. New Phytologist 186: 549-557.

[13] Schilling, Keith and Peter Jacobson. 2010. Groundwater conditions under a reconstructed prairie chronosequence. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 135: 81-89.

[12] Caruso, C. M. and A.L. Case. 2007. Sex ratio variation in gynodioecious Lobelia siphilitica: effects of population size and geographic location. Journal Compilation 2007 European Society for Evolutionary Biology: 1396-1405.

[11] Caruso, Christina M. 2006. Plasticity of inflorescence traits in Lobelia siphilitica (Lobeliaceae) in response to soil water availability.  American Journal of Botany 93(4): 531-538.

[10] Caruso, Christina M., Hafiz Maherali, and ­Mark Sherrard. 2006. Plasticity of physiology in Lobelia: Testing for adaptation and constraint. Evolution 60(5): 980-990.

[09] Dalgliesh, H., and K.M. Jacobson. 2005. A first assessment of genetic variation among Morchella esculenta (morel) populations. Journal of Heredity 96(3): 1-8.

[8-1] Gerken, Michaeleen E. 2005. Effects of disturbance on the floristic composition and functional ecology of the herbaceous layer in central hardwood forests of Iowa. M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University. 78 pp.

[08] McGranahan, Devan A., Shonda Kuiper, and Jonathan M. Brown. 2004. Temporal patterns in use of an Iowa woodlot during the autumn bird migration. American Midland Naturalist 153: 61-70 .

[07] Caruso, Chris M. 2004. The quantitative genetics of floral trait variation in Lobelia: potential constraints on adaptive evolution. Evolution 58(4): 732-740.

[06] Caruso, Chris M., S.B. Peterson, and C.E. Ridley. 2003. Natural selection of floral traits of Lobelia (Lobeliaceae). American Journal of Botany 90(9): 1333-1340.

[05] Caruso, Chris M., H. Maherali, and R.B. Jackson. 2003. Gender-specific floral and physiological traits: implications for the maintenance of females in gynodioecious Lobelia siphilitica. Oecologia 135(4): 524-531.

[04] Cooper, Idelle A., Elizabeth Roeder, and Jonathan M. Brown. 2003. Arthropod response to burning and mowing in a reconstructed prairie. Ecological Restoration 21 (3): 204- 205.

[03] Robertson, Morgan M. 2001. Adjacent woodlot accelerates the dispersal rate of bur oak into an old field (Iowa). Ecological Restoration 19 (3): 181-182.

[02-1] Raich, James W., Donald R. Farrar, Ruth A. Herzberg, Eenam Sin and Cindy L. Johnson-Groh. 1999. Characterization of central Iowa forests with permanent plots. Journal of the Iowa Academy Science 106(2): 40-46.

[02] DeLong, Karl T. and Craig Hooper. 1996. A potential understory flora for oak savanna in Iowa. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 103(1-2): 9-28.

[01] Christiansen, Kenneth, and Peter Bellinger. 1973. Six new nearctic species of the genus Friesea (Collembola: Poduromorpha). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 49: 389-395.

General Publications & Publicity

  • Grinnell College CERA Brochure. 1969.
  • Wilson, John G. "Research Area Taking Shape." The Newton Daily News. May 5, 1969.
  • Knauth, Otto. "Everything from Bugs to Bunnies: Woodland and Rolling Prairie Area Now a Grinnell 'Laboratory'." A feature of Picture Magazine of the Des Moines Sunday Register. May 11, 1969. Pp 4, 5, and 7.
  • "CERA dedication ceremony." Grinnell Herald-Register. June 5, 1969.
  • "Grinnell College Develops Research Wilderness Area." 1969. Iowa Soil Conservationist 22(5): 2.
  • R.R.M. 1972. "A place to preserve." The Grinnell Magazine 4(4): 9-11.
  • Grinnell College CERA Brochure. 1975.
  • "Conard Environmental Research Area: Managing to Preserve and Educate." 1975. The Grinnell Magazine May-June: 10.
  • Graham, Benjamin F. 1975. "CERA: An outdoor biological laboratory." pp 379-381 In Prairie: A Multiple View, M.K. Wali (ed.), 1975, University of North Dakota Press, Grand Forks, ND.
  • "Conard area honors alumni." Grinnell Herald-Register. April 17, 1975.
  • "Research laboratory named for conservationist." 1975. Iowa Soil Conservationist 28(6): 3.
  • "Conservation group cites Conard area." Grinnell Herald-Register. April 24, 1975.
  • Baker, J.L., H.P. Johnson, and J.M. Laflen. 1976. Effect of tillage systems on runoff losses of pesticides: A simulated rainfall study. Completion Report.
  • Graham, B.F. 1976. "Conard Environmental Research Area." In: A Guide to Iowa Prairies. Paul A. Christiansen (ed.). Prepared for the 5th Midwest Prairie Conference at Iowa State University, Ames.
  • Michnya, Rosa. "Grinnell's the place for Conard." Scarlet and Black. April 23, 1976.
  • Grinnell College CERA Brochure. 1983.
  • Roosa, Dean, Jean C. Prior, and Ben Graham. 1987. "Conard Environmental Research Area." Iowa Natural History Association Field Trip Guidebook 5. Sponsored by the Iowa Natural History Association, April 25, 1987.
  • McGovern, Molly. Summer 2003. "Iowa's Oak Savannas: Rekindling a Relationship." Highlights CERA savanna and Karl DeLong, emeritus professor of biology. Iowa Natural Heritage, published by the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. pp 8-10.
  • Environmental Education Center, Grinnell College tri-fold brochure, 2005.
  • Wind Power, Grinnell College, 1/3-page insert, 2007.
  • CERA Volunteer Opportunities, Grinnell College brochure, trifold. Updated periodically.
  • Conard Environmental Research Area Trail Map and Description, Grinnell College, last updated 2010, 1 page.
  • Nature Preserves Near Grinnell, 2009, Grinnell College Center for Prairie Studies, 60 pages. 

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