Research Papers
Plants
Fishbein, Mark. 1998. The Plants of Rose Creek Preserve. Marion Ownby Herbarium, Washington State University. Pullman, WA. Nomenclature update of an original survey by Xerpha M. Gaines, 1968. Online at http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ewsherb/rosecreek.html
Fishbein, Mark. The Plants of Smoot Hill. Marion Ownby Herbarium, Washington State University.
Pullman, WA. Online at http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ewsherb/smoot.html
Steury, Tim. 2000. Smoot Hill: Remnant of a Prairie Community. Universe 13(1):22-23. Washington State University Office of Research. Pullman, WA.
Thompson, J. N. 1987b. The ontology of flowering and sex expression in divergent populations of Lomatium grayi. Oecologia 72: 605-611.
Birds
Guthrie, Dan J. 1971. The Nesting Birds of Smoot Hill. MS thesis (zoology), Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Insects
Dilworth, K. A., Borowiec, M. L., Cohen, A. L., Mickelson, G. S., Oeller, E. C., Crowder, D. W., & Clark, R. E. 2021. Ants of the Palouse Prairie: diversity and species composition in an endangered grassland. Biodiversity data journal, 9, e65768. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e65768.
D. Hatten, C. Looney, J. P. Strange, N. A. Bosque-Pérez. 2013. Bumble bee fauna of Palouse Prairie: Survey of native bee pollinators in a fragmented ecosystem, Journal of Insect Science, Volume 13, Issue 1, 26, https://doi.org/10.1673/031.013.2601
Thompson, J. N. 1987a. Variance in number of eggs per patch – oviposition behavior and population dispersion in a seed parasitic moth. Ecological Entomology 12: 311- 320.
Amphibians
Ragland, G. J. and P. A. Carter. 2004. Genetic covariance structure of growth in the salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum. Heredity 92: 569-578.
Geological Ecology
Mack, R. N. 1981. Initial effects of ash fall from Mount St. Helens on vegetation in eastern Washington and adjacent Idaho. Science 213: 537-539.
Mammals
Randall, J. A. and R. E. Johnson 1979. Population densities and habitat occupancy by Microtus longicaudus and Microtus montanus. Journal of Mammalogy 60: 217-219
Pinto, Carlos. “Mammals of the Smoot Hill Biological Area.” PhD diss., Washington State University, 1971.
Soil Microbiology
Daniel C. Schlatter, Christopher M. Baugher, Kendall Kahl, David R. Huggins, Jodi L. Johnson-Maynard, Timothy C. Paulitz. 2019. Bacterial communities of soil and earthworm casts of native Palouse Prairie remnants and no-till wheat cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 139:107625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107625.
(2011) The tangled taxonomic history of Dictyococcus, Bracteacoccus and Pseudomuriella (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) and their distinction based on a phylogenetic perspective, Phycologia, 50:4, 422-429, DOI: 10.2216/10-69.1
Laura L. Ingwell, Christelle Lacroix, Paul R. Rhoades, Alexander V. Karasev, Nilsa A. Bosque-Pérez. 2017. Agroecological and environmental factors influence Barley yellow dwarf viruses in grasslands in the US Pacific Northwest, Virus Research. 241: 185-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2017.04.010.
Metting, F. B. 1979. A comparative study of algal communities on cultivated and uncultivated portions of a Schumacher silt loam. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany, Washington State University.
Metting, F. B. 1980. New species of green microalgae (Chlorophycophyta) from an eastern Washington silt loam. Phycologia 19: 296–306.
Westover, K. M., A. C. Kennedy, and S. E. Kelley. 1997. Patterns of rhizosphere microbial community structure associated with co-occurring plant species. Journal of Ecology 85: 863-873.
Invasive Species: Ventenata dubia
Jones, L., Davis, C., & Prather, T. 2020. Consequences of Ventenata dubia 30 years postinvasion to bunchgrass communities in the Pacific Northwest. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 13(4), 226-238. doi:10.1017/inp.2020.29.
L L Ingwell, . 2015. The invasive weed Ventenata dubia is a host of Barley yellow dwarf virus with implications for an endangered grassland habitat. Weed Research. 55:62-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12110
Invasive Species: Bromus tectorum (L.)
Rice, K. J. and R. N. Mack. 1991. Ecological genetics of Bromus tectorum: I. A hierarchical analysis of phenotypic variation. Oecologia 88: 77-83.
Rice, K. J. and R. N. Mack. 1991. Ecological genetics of Bromus tectorum: II. Intraspecific variation in phenotypic plasticity. Oecologia 88: 84-90.
Rice, K. J. and R. N. Mack. 1991. Ecological genetics of Bromus tectorum: III. The demography of reciprocally sown populations. Oecologia 88: 91-101.
Pierson, E. A. and R. N. Mack 1990. The population biology of Bromus tectorum in forests: distinguishing the opportunity for dispersal from environmental restriction. Oecologia 84: 519-525.
Pyke, D. A. 1986. Demographic responses of Bromus tectorum and seedlings of Agropyron spicatum to grazing by small mammals – occurence and severity of grazing. Journal of Ecology 74: 739-754.
Mack, R. N. and D. A. Pyke. 1984. The demography of Bromus tectorum: The role of microclimate, predation and disease. Journal of Ecology 72: 731-748.
Mack, R. N. and D. A. Pyke. 1983. The demography of Bromus tectorum L.: Variation in time and space. Journal of Ecology 71: 69-93.
Bookman, P. A. and R. N. Mack. 1983. Competition between Bromus tectorum and Poa pratensis: The role of light. Oecologia 57: 406-411.
Bookman, P. A. and R. N. Mack. 1982. Root interaction between Bromus tectorum and Poa pratensis: A three-dimensional analysis. Ecology 63: 440-446.
Invasive Species: Depressaria leptotaeniae
Thompson, J. N. and M. E. Moody. 1985. Assessing probability of interaction in size-structured populations – Depressaria attack on Lomatium. Ecology 66: 1597-1607.
Thompson, J. N. 1983. The use of ephemeral plant-parts on small host plants – how Depressaria leptotaeniae (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) feeds on Lomatium dissectum (Umbelliferae). Journal of Animal Ecology 52: 281-291.
Thompson, J. N. 1998. Coping with multiple enemies: 10 years of attack on Lomatium dissectum plants. Ecology 79: 2550-2554.
Invasive Species: Earthworms
Sánchez-de León, Y., Johnson-Maynard, J. Dominance of an invasive earthworm in native and non-native grassland ecosystems. Biol Invasions 11, 1393–1401 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9347-6.
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Compiled by Dave M. Skinner
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Smoot Hill Dissertations and Theses
Almquist, T. L. 2013. Bromus tectorum in the Intermountain West and Great Plains (USA): Population variation and regional environment influence the course of an invasion. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University.
Ashley, J. 1988. Soil algal population and community biology: lLaboratory and field studies. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany, Washington State University.
Bookman, P. A. 1980. Interspecific competition between Bromus tectorum L. and Poa pratensis L. in eastern Washington. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany, Washington State University.
Call, D. R. 1997. Microsatellite characteristics and population structure for two anurans (Rana luteiventris and Hyla regilla). Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Zoology, Washington State University.
Cassidy, K. M. 1991. Factors affecting the establishment of colonizing annuals: Theoretical and experimental studies. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany, Washington State University.
Connolly, B. M. 2013. Comparing biotic resistance between Pacific Northwest steppe and coniferous forest: The role of predation, competition, and parasitism. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University.
Looney, C. 2008. Habitat loss and fragmentation on the Palouse and its impact on arthropod conservation. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Environmental Science, University of Idaho.
Novak, S. J. 1990. Multiple introduction and founder effects in Bromus tectorum L.: An analysis of Eurasian and North American populations. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany, Washington State University.
Pierson, E. A. K. 1988. Limits to the distribution of Bromus tectorum in forests of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany, Washington State University.
Pyke, D. A. 1983. Demographic responses of Bromus tectorum and seedlings of Agropyron spicatum to grazing by cricetids. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany, Washington State University.
Rabie, P. A. 2010. Demography and individual growth of two introduced Bromus species. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University.
Westover, K. M. 1995. The role of rhizosphere soil microorganisms in plant competition and coexistence. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany, Washington State University.
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(From R. Daubenmire, 1970. Steppe vegetation of Washington. Technical Bulletin 62. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, College of Agriculture, Washington Agricultural Experiment Station.)
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