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1 P. Stapp Publications List (updated Jan 2008) REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (*denotes research student) Stapp, P., D. J. Salkeld, R. J. Eisen, R. Pappert, J. Young, L. G. Carter, K. L. Gage, D. W. Tripp & M. F. Antolin. Exposure of small rodents to plague during black-tailed prairie dog epizootics. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in press. Anderson, W.B., D.A. Wait, & P. Stapp. Resources from another place and time: Responses to pulses in a spatially subsidized system. Ecology, in press. Salkeld, D. J., & P. Stapp. No evidence of deer mouse involvement in plague (Yersinia pestis) epizootics of prairie dogs. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, in press. Salkeld, D. J., & P. Stapp. Prevalence and abundance of fleas in black-tailed prairie dog burrows: implications for the transmission of plague (Yersinia pestis). Journal of Parasitology, in press. Stapp, P., & M. D. Lindquist. Roadside foraging by kangaroo rats in a grazed shortgrass prairie landscape. Western North American Naturalist, in press. Millus*, S. A., P. Stapp, & P. Martin Experimental control of a native predator may improve breeding success of a threatened seabird in the California Channel Islands. Biological Conservation 138: Salkeld, D. J., R. J. Eisen, P. Stapp, A. P. Wilder, L. Lowell, D.W. Tripp, D. Albertson & M. F. Antolin The role of swift foxes (Vulpes velox) and their fleas in prairie-dog plague. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43: Stapp, P Trophic cascades and disease ecology. Ecohealth 4: Stapp, P Rodent communities in active and inactive colonies of black-tailed prairie dogs in shortgrass steppe. Journal of Mammalogy 88: Stapp, P., & D. A. Guttilla* Population density and habitat use of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) on Santa Catalina Island, California. Southwestern Naturalist 51: Salkeld, D. J., & P. Stapp Seroprevalence rates and transmission of plague (Yersinia pestis) in mammalian carnivores. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 6: Salkeld, D. J., R. J. Eisen, M. F. Antolin, P. Stapp, & L. Eisen Host usage and seasonal activity patterns of Ixodes kingi and I. sculptus (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Colorado prairie landscape, with a summary of published North American host records. Journal of Vector Ecology 31:

2 Holmgren, M., P. Stapp, C. R. Dickman, C. Gracia, S. Graham, J. R. Gutiérrez, C. L. Hice, F. Jaksic, D. A. Kelt, M. Letnic, M. Lima, B. C. López, P. L. Meserve, W. B. Milstead, G. A. Polis, M. A. Previtali, M. Richter, S. Sabaté & F. A. Squeo Extreme climatic events shape arid and semiarid ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4:87-95 ( authors contributed equally). 2 Holmgren, M., P. Stapp, C. R. Dickman, C. Gracia, S. Graham, J. R. Gutiérrez, C. L. Hice, F. Jaksic, D. A. Kelt, M. Letnic, M. Lima, B. C. López, P. L. Meserve, W. B. Milstead, G. A. Polis, M. A. Previtali, M. Richter, S. Sabaté & F. A. Squeo A synthesis of ENSO effects on drylands in Australia, North America and South America. Advances in Geosciences 6:1-4. Stapp, P Microhabitat segregation of three species of pocket mice (genus Chaetodipus) in coastal Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 104: Stapp, P., M. F. Antolin & M. Ball Patterns of extinction in prairie-dog metapopulations: plague outbreaks follow El NiZo events. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: Stapp, P., & G. A. Polis Influence of pulsed resources and marine subsidies on insular rodent populations. Oikos 102: Stapp, P., & G. A. Polis Marine resources subsidize insular rodent populations in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Oecologia 134: Stapp, P Stable isotopes reveal evidence of predation by ship rats on seabirds on the Shiant Islands, Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology 39: Stapp, P New records of mammals on small islands in the Gulf of California, México. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 101: Stapp, P., & G. D. Hayward Effects of an introduced piscivore on native trout: Insights from a demographic model. Biological Invasions 4: Stapp, P., & G. D. Hayward Estimates of predation by terrestrial vertebrates on Yellowstone Lake cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17: Roach, J. L., P. Stapp, B. Van Horne & M. F. Antolin Genetic structure of a metapopulation of black-tailed prairie dogs. Journal of Mammalogy 82: Stapp, P., G. A. Polis & F. Sánchez PiZero Stable isotopes reveal strong marine and El NiZo effects on island food webs. Nature 401: Stapp, P Size and habitat characteristics of home ranges of northern grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster). Southwestern Naturalist 44:

3 Stapp, P A reevaluation of the role of prairie dogs in Great Plains grasslands. Conservation Biology 12: Stapp, P Community structure of shortgrass-prairie rodents: competition or risk of intraguild predation? Ecology 78: Stapp, P., & B. Van Horne Response of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) to shrubs in shortgrass prairie: linking small-scale movements and the spatial distribution of individuals. Functional Ecology 11: Stapp, P Habitat selection by an insectivorous rodent: patterns and mechanisms across multiple scales. Journal of Mammalogy 78: Stapp, P Microhabitat use and community structure of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in shortgrass prairie: effects of season, shrub cover, and soil type. American Midland Naturalist 137: Stapp, P Small mammal predation on darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in pittfall traps. Southwestern Naturalist 42: Higgins*, L. C. & P. Stapp Abundance of thirteen-lined ground squirrels in shortgrass prairie. Prairie Naturalist 29: Stapp, P., & B. Van Horne Do olfactory cues mediate interactions between rodents in northern shortgrass prairie? Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: Zimmerman*, G., P. Stapp & B. Van Horne Seasonal variation in the diet of great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) in shortgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 136: Stapp, P., J. K. Young, S. Vandewoude & B. Van Horne An evaluation of the pathological effects of fluorescent powder on deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal of Mammalogy 75: Stapp, P Can predation explain life-history strategies in mammalian gliders? Journal of Mammalogy 75: Stapp, P Energetic influences on the life history of Glaucomys volans. Journal of Mammalogy 73: Stapp, P., & W. W. Mautz Breeding habits and postnatal growth of the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) in New Hampshire. American Midland Naturalist 126: Stapp, P., P. J. Pekins & W. W. Mautz Winter energy expenditure and the distribution of southern flying squirrels. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:

4 BOOK CHAPTERS 4 Stapp, P., J. D. Derner, I. C. Burke, J. Morgan, D. G. Milchunas, W. K. Lauenroth, & M. F. Antolin. Future of shortgrass steppe. In: Ecology of shortgrass steppe: perspectives from longterm studies (I. C. Burke & W. K. Lauenroth, eds.). Oxford Univ. Press. In press. Stapp, P., B. Van Horne, & M. D. Lindquist Ecology of mammals of shortgrass steppe. In: Ecology of shortgrass steppe: perspectives from long-term studies (I. C. Burke & W. K. Lauenroth, eds.). Oxford Univ. Press. In press. Polis, G. A., F. Sánchez PiZero, P. Stapp & M. D. Rose Trophic flows from water to land: marine input affects food webs of islands and coastal ecosystems worldwide. Pp in: Food webs at the landscape level (G. A. Polis, M. E. Power, & G. R. Huxel, eds.). Univ. of Chicago Press. Power, M. E., M. Vanni, P. Stapp & G. A. Polis Subsidy effects on managed ecosystems: Implications for sustainable harvest, conservation and control. Pp in: Food webs at the landscape level (G. A. Polis, M. E. Power, & G. R. Huxel, eds.). Univ. of Chicago Press. Lawlor, T. E., D. J. Hafner, P. Stapp, B. R. Riddle, & S. T. Alvarez CastaZeda Mammals. Pp in: A new island biogeography of the Sea of Cortés (T. J. Case, M. L. Cody & E. Ezcurra, eds.). Oxford Univ. Press. Polis, G. A., M.D. Rose, F. Sánchez PiZero, P. Stapp & W. Anderson Island food webs. Pp in: A new island biogeography of the Sea of Cortés (T. J. Case, M. L. Cody & E. Ezcurra, eds.). Oxford Univ. Press. Geiser, F., & P. Stapp Energetics and thermal biology of gliding mammals. Pp in: Biology of gliding mammals (R. Goldingay & J. Scheibe, eds). Filander Verlag, Fürth, Germany. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (*denotes research student) Aldana*, J., & P. Stapp Effects of prairie dogs on aboveground activity of thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus). Dimensions 9:7-12. (CSUF Undergraduate Research Journal) Fowler*, M., & P. Stapp Foraging behavior of Chaetodipus pocket mice in response to predation risk. Dimensions 8: (CSUF Undergraduate Research Journal) Larios*, L., & P. Stapp Effects of invasive thistle on grassland arthropod communities. Dimensions 8: (CSUF Undergraduate Research Journal) Kelt, D.A., M. Johnson, D. Van Vuren, P. Stapp, V. Bakker, M. Disney, C. Floyd, M. B.

5 McEachern & J. E. Pagel Review of Morrison, M.L., B. G. Marcot, and R. W. Mannan Wildlife-Habitat Relationships. Journal of Mammalogy 80: Higgins*, L., & P. Stapp Factors affecting the abundance of thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) on the shortgrass steppe of north-central Colorado. Journal of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science 28:13.

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