A biological inventory of eight caves in Great Basin National Park.

unpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

CAVE MILLIPEDS OF THE UNITED STATES. IX. A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS TAIYUTYLA (DIPLOPODA, CHORDEUMATIDA, CONOTYLIDAE) FROM CAVES IN SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA, USA

Abstract: During surveys of cave life in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Yosemite National Park, Taiyutyla loftinae, a new species of conotylid milliped, was collected and is described below. The new species occurs in eleven marble caves distributed throughout Sequoia National Park (Tulare County, California), two granite talus caves, and a single surface locality in Yosemite National Park (Mariposa County, California) and is best considered troglophilic, not troglobitic

Examining possible foraging differences in urban and rural cave cricket populations: Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios (δ13C, δ15N) as indicators of trophic level

unpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Discovery of the Mexican Blindcat, Prietella phreatophila, in the U.S., and an update on its rangewide conservation status

presented at the 2017 meeting of the Texas Academy of Science at Mary Hardin Baylor University, Belton, TexasMexican blindcat, Prietella phreatophila, was described in 1954 from a single locality in Northern Coahuila, México. Long listed as endangered by the Mexican federal government, it was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a foreign endangered species in 1970, and the most recent (1996) update of its assessment for the IUCN Red List considers it endangered as well. Explorations in the late 1990s discovered many new localities extending nearly to the international border, and a captive population established provided insights into the species’ basic biology and behavior. In 2016 the species was discovered in a cave in the Amistad National Recreation Area (ANRA), just north of the Río Grande in Texas. The 1970 listing instantly gave the TX population full protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The species’ subterranean and mostly inaccessible habitat endows it with extremely low detectability and its actual range is likely broader than physical sampling of specimens has revealed. We review all prior and new knowledge of the species and its habitat to provide an updated international reassessment of its overall conservation status and threats, which most notably include aquifer depletion and contamination in both the Mexican and U.S. portions of its known range. A live captive population of two specimens collected in 1997 in Coahuila and one Texas specimen is now at the San Antonio Zoo, we are working with NPS to further explore ANRA caves and hope eventually to return to Coahuila to more fully update the species’ conservation status.Integrative Biolog

Cave Biota of Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada

The objectives of this study were to: 1) Conduct cave invertebrate surveys in 15 known caves within the Park; 2) Develop complete cave invertebrate species composition lists for inventoried caves within the Park; 3) Identify potential threats to cave invertebrate populations and develop management strategies for caves harboring endemic and sensitive species based on the ecological and biological information available for the collected taxa; and, 4) Create a biological database that will allow GRBA personnel to create a GIS data layer of cave invertebrate species composition in the caves within the Park.INHS Technical Report Prepared for National Park Servic

The Biological Resources of Illinois Caves and Other Subterranean Environments: Determination of the Diversity, Distribution, and Status of the Subterranean Faunas of Illinois Caves and How These Faunas are Related to Groundwater Quality

INHS Technical Report prepared for Environmental Protection Trust Fund Commissio

Population estimates and age class structure of the salamander Plethodon albagula (Plethodontidae) at Fort Hood, Texas

U.S. Army (Fort Hood, Texas)unpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Prey of cave and surface populations of Plethodon albagula (Plethodontidae) at Fort Hood, Texas

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Centerunpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Distribution and Status of Myotis Austroriparius (Southeastern Bat) in Illinois

Final Report, in fulfillment for the requirements for Memorandum of Understanding E-10-1 between the Illinois Natural History Survey and Illinois Department of ConservationReport issued on: March 19, 1992Prepared for Illinois Department of Conservatio

A new Cavernicolous Parobisium Chamberlin 1930 (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Yosemite National Park, U.S.A.

no.297 (2010