Dissemination of Research Findings

Some of our research and conservation education projects are described at faculty member websites. You can explore these by clicking here. You might also enjoy learning more about our Bahamas (click here) and Honduras (click here) research programs. Eventually, we will provide more details on a broader range of projects at this website.

Research offers no benefit to society or to the organisms studied unless it becomes broadly disseminated. The following television appearances and research publications reflect the quality and productivity of research by the Loma Linda University faculty and students who operate the Center. This list includes publications between 2006 and 2010. Student names are indicated in bold font.

Television and educational programs

2010 Snakes Underground. National Geographic Channel (William Hayes).
2010 Denim Protects against Rattlesnake Bites (no formal title). Discovery Channel Canada (William Hayes and student Shelton Herbert).
2009 Snakes. Educational video series, Idyllwild Nature Center, Idyllwild, California (William Hayes).
2008 Evolve: Venom. History Channel (student Zia Nisani).
2007 Rattler: Behind the Fangs. National Geographic Channel (William Hayes and students Eric Dugan and
Shelton Herbert).
2007 World's Worst Venom. National Geographic Channel (students Shelton Herbert and Zia Nisani; excised from final production).
2004 Venom ER. Ten-part series, Animal Planet (William Hayes and students Eric Dugan and Shelton Herbert).
2002 Venom ER. Original episode, Animal Planet (William Hayes).
2001 Stings, Fangs, and Spines: Episode IV. Discovery Channel (William Hayes).
2001 Special Edition: Poison! National Geographic Explorer (student Curtis Rehling).
2001 The United Snakes of America. National Geographic Explorer (William Hayes).
2000 Deadly Vipers. Discovery Channel (students Shelton Herbert and Curtis Rehling).

Volumes edited

Edited Volumes

2009 Lizards of the American Southwest: a Photographic Field Guide. Jones, L. C., and R. E. Lovich (eds.). 2009. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, Arizona.
2008 The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Hayes, W. K., K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.). Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California.
2007 Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas. Rathcke, B. J., and W. K. Hayes (eds.). Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas.
2004 Iguanas: Biology and Conservation (peer-reviewed volume). Alberts, A. A., R. L. Carter, W. K. Hayes, and E. P. Martins (eds.). Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley.

Publications on behavior, ecophysiology, & conservation of marine invertebrates and mammals

Bacchus, M. C., S. G. Dunbar, and Self-Sullivan, C. 2009. Characterization of resting holes and their use by the Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in the Drowned Cayes, Belize. Aquatic Mammals 35:62-71.
Billock, W. L., and S. G. Dunbar. 2009. Influence of motivation on behavior in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89:775-779.
Billock, W. L.. and S. G. Dunbar. In Press. Shell and food acquisition behaviors; Evidence of contextual decision hierarchies in hermit crabs.
Dunbar, S. G., and D. Howard. 2010. Hawksbill and Green Sea Turtles: International voyagers of the Pacific and Atlantic. Pp. 87-103 in Breman, J. (Ed.), Ocean Globe. ESRI Press, Redlands, California.
Dunbar, S. G., L. Salinas, and L. Stevenson. 2008. In-water observations of recently-released juvenile hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata). Marine Turtle Newsletter 121:5-9.
Gonzalez-Socoloske, D., L. D. Olivera-Gomez, and R. E. Ford. 2009. Detection of free-ranging West Indian Manatees Trichechus manatus using side-scan sonar. Endangered Species Research 8:249-257.
Shives, J., and S. G. Dunbar. 2010. Behavioral response to burial in the hermit crab, Pagurus samuelis: implications for the fossil record. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 388:313-38.
Sjoboen, A. D., S. G. Dunbar, and D. Boskovic. 2010. Temporal fluctuations of fatty acids in Pachygrapsus crassipes from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 30:257-265.

Publications on behavioral ecology, biodiversity, & conservation of amphibians and reptiles

Akre, T. S., R. E. Lovich, M. J. Ryan, and R.E. Ford. In press. Challenges to herpetofaunal conservation in southern Honduras: a case study from three protected areas in the Golfo de Fonseca region. In L. D. Wilson and J. Townsend (eds.), Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles.
Babb, R. D., and E. A. Dugan. 2008. Agkistrodon bilineatus (Mexican Cantil). Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 39:110.
Beaman, K. R., and E. A. Dugan. 2006. Crotalus ruber (Red Diamond Rattlesnake). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 840:1-17.
Beaman, K. R., and W. K. Hayes. 2008. Rattlesnakes: research trends and annotated checklist. Pp. 5-16 in W. K. Hayes, K. R.Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California.
Cardwell, M. D. 2008. The reproductive ecology of Mohave Rattlesnakes. Journal of Zoology 274:65-76.
Dugan, E. A. 2009. Species accounts for Sceloporus orcutti, Coleonyx switaki, and Petrosaurus mearnsi. Lizards of the Southwest. In: Jones, L. C., and R. E. Lovich (eds.). Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, Arizona.
Dugan, E. A., Y. Cage, and K. Sharrocks. 2008. Tropidodipsas repleta. Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 39:244 .
Dugan, E. A., and A. Figueroa. 2008. Masticophis mentovarius. Attempted predation and diet. Herpetological Review 39:471.
Dugan, E. A., W. K. Hayes, and A. Figueroa. 2008. Home range size, movements, and mating phenology of sympatric Red Diamond (Crotalus ruber) and Southern Pacific (Crotalus oreganus helleri) Rattlesnakes in southern California. Pp. 353-364 in W. K. Hayes, K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California.
Dugan, E. A., B. Love, and M. G. Figueroa. 2006. Crotalus basiliscus (Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake). Predation. Herpetological Review 37:231.
Dugan, E. A., and S. A. Meyer. 2007. Agkistrodon bilineatus (Mexican Cantil). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 38:85-86.
Dunbar, S. G., and D. Howard. In press. Hawksbill and Green Sea Turtles: international voyagers of the Pacific and Atlantic. In Ocean Globe. ESRI Press, Redlands, California.
Dunbar, S. G., L. Salinas, and L. Stevenson. 2008. In-water observations of recently-released juvenile Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata). Marine Turtle Newsletter 121:5-9.
Escobar, R. A., III, E. Besier, and W. K. Hayes. 2010. Evaluating headstarting as a management tool: post-release success of Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) in Costa Rica. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 2:204-214.
Ervin, E., R. Lovich, K. Gray Lovich, N. Scott, and J. Lopez. 2007. Eleutherodactylus stejnegerianus (Stejneger’s Robber Frog): predation. Herpetological Review 38:185.
Figueroa, A., E. A. Dugan, and W. K. Hayes. 2008. Behavioral ecology of neonate Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri) tracked with externally-attached transmitters. Pp. 365-376 inW. K. Hayes, K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California.
Fong, J. J., J. F. Parham, H. Shi, B. L. Stuart, and R. L. Carter. 2007. A genetic survey of heavily exploited, endangered turtles: caveats on the conservation value of trade animals. Animal Conservation 10:452-460.
Goldberg, S. R., C. R. Bursey, K. R. Beaman, and E. A. Dugan. 2006. Crotalus basiliscus (Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake). Endoparasites. Herpetological Review 37:94.
Goldberg, S. R., J. Reyes-Velasco, C. R. Bursey, and E. A. Dugan. 2008. Porthidium hespere (Western Hognose Viper). Endoparasites. Herpetological Review 39:99.
Harless, M. L., A. D. Walde, D. K. Delaney, L. L. Pater, and W. K. Hayes. 2009. Home range, spatial overlap, and burrow use of the Desert Tortoise in the west Mojave Desert. Copeia 2009:378-389.
Hayes, W. K., K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.). 2008. The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California.
Hayes, W. K., K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush. 2008. Introduction. Pp. 1-4 in W. K. Hayes, K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.), The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California.
Jones, L., and R. E. Lovich (eds.). In press. Lizards of the American Southwest: a Photographic Field Guide. Rio Nuevo Press, Arizona.
Lovich, R. L. 2008. Book review: Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of the San Diego Region. Copeia 2008:728-731.
Lovich, R. E., T. Akre, J. Blackburn, T. Robison, and C. Mahrdt. 2007. Geographic distribution. Actinemys marmorata. Herpetological Review 38:216-217.
Lovich, R. E., T. Akre, M. Ryan, S. Nunez, G. Cruz, G. Borjas, N. Scott, R. Ford, I. Luque, S. Flores, W. del Cid, A. Flores, and C. Rodriguez. In press. New herpetofaunal records for southern Honduras from Valle and Choluteca Departamentos. Herpetological Review.
Lovich, R. E., T. S. Akre, M. J. Ryan, N. J. Scott, and R. E. Ford. 2006. Herpetofaunal survey of Cerro
Guanacaure, Montaña La Botija and Isla Del Tigre protected areas in southern Honduras. Report prepared for the United States Agency for International Development. 33 pp.
Lovich, R. E., and A. M. Bauer. In press. Saxicolous Reptiles. In M. Foster et al. (eds.), Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity: Standard Methods for Reptiles. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C.
Lovich, R. E., E. E. Ervin, and R. N Fisher. In press. Terrestrial fauna community composition of Arundo donax (Poaceae) root masses. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science.
Lovich, R. E., L. L. Grismer, and G. D. Danemann. In press. Geographic distribution and conservation of the herpetofauna of Baja California and its associated islands. In L. D. Wilson and J. Townsend (eds.), Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles.
Lovich, R. E., W. Hayes, H. Mushinsky, and G. Rodda. In press. Transect sampling. In M. Foster et al. (eds.), Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity: Standard Methods for Reptiles. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C.
Lovich, R. E., and C. K. Lovich. In press. Microhabitat description. In M. Foster et al. (eds.), Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity: Standard Methods for Reptiles. Smithsonian Press, Washington, D.C.
Lovich, R. E., and C. R. Mahrdt. 2008. Terrestrial herpetofauna of the Bahía de Los Angeles. Pp. 495-522 in G. Danemann and E. Ezcurra (eds.), Bahía de Los Ángeles: Recursos Naturales y Comunidad. Línea Base 2007. D. R. Pronatura Noroeste, A.C., Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
Lovich, R. L., M. J. Ryan, A. P. Pessier, and B. Claypool. 2008. Infection with the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a non-native Lithobates berlandieri below sea level in the Coachella Valley, California, USA. Herpetological Review 39:315-317.
Revell, T. K., and S. G. Dunbar. 2007. The energetic savings of sleep versus temperature in the Desert Iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, at three ecologically relevant temperatures. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 148:393-398.
Revell, T. K., and W. K. Hayes. 2009. Desert Iguanas (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) sleep less when in close proximity to a rattlesnake predator (Crotalus cerastes). Journal of Herpetology 43:29-37.

Publications on behavioral ecology, biodiversity, & conservation of birds

Hayes, W. K. 2006. The urgent need for conservation taxonomy in the Bahamas: new bird species as an example. Bahamas Naturalist and Journal of Science 1:12-24.
Hayes, F. E., and W. K. Hayes. 2007. The great Ivory-billed Woodpecker debate: perceptions of the evidence. Birding 39:36-41.
Hayes, W. K., E. D. Bracey, M. R. Price, V. Robinette, E. Gren, and C. Stahala. 2010. Population status of the Chuck-will’s-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) in the Bahamas. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122:381-384.
McKay, B. D., M. B. J. Reynolds, W. K. Hayes, and D. S. Lee. 2010. Evidence supporting the species status of the Bahama Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica flavescens). Auk (in press).
Price, M. R., and W. K. Hayes. 2009. Conservation taxonomy of the Greater Antillean Oriole (Icterus dominicensis): diagnosable plumage variation among allopatric populations. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 22:19-25.
Reynolds, M. B. J., and W. K. Hayes. 2009. Conservation taxonomy of the Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala): variation in morphology and plumage. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 22:1-18.
Reynolds, M. B. J., W. K. Hayes, and J. W. Wiley. 2010. Geographic variation in the flight call of the Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala) and its taxonomic significance. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. In press.
Utt, A. C., N. C. Harvey, W. K. Hayes, and R. L. Carter. 2008. The effects of rearing methods on social behaviors of mentored captive-reared juvenile California Condors. Zoo Biology 27:1-8.

Environmental health & sustainability

Dyjack, D. T., P. Case, H. J. Marlow, S. Soret, and S. Montgomery. 2007. California’s county and city environmental health services. Environmental Health 69:35-43.
Harlow, H. J., W. K. Hayes, S. Soret, R. L. Carter, E. R. Schwab, and J. Sabate. 2009. Diet and the environment: does it matter? American Journal of Nutrition 89:1699S-1703S.

Historical biodiversity & ancient environments

Aase, A., and H. P. Buchheim. 2007. Editorial Foreword. Pg. 1 in Theme Issue on Eocene Green River Formation: Unique Applications and New Views. The Mountain Geologist 44:1.
Armstrong, A., T. Nyborg, F. J. Vega, G. A. Bishop, and À. Ossó. 2009. Decapod crustaceans from the Paleocene of Central Texas, USA. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, Revista (in press).
Awramik, S. M., and H. P. Buchheim. In press. A giant, late archean lake system: the Meentheena Member (Tumbiana Formation; Fortescue Group), western Australia. Precambrian Research.
Brand, L. R. 2007. Lacustrine deposition in the Bridger Formation: Lake Gosiute extended. The Mountain Geologist 44:69-77.
Brand, L., P. C. Murphey, J. E. Haessig, and A. A. Smith. 2007. Bedrock geologic map of the Linwood Canyon 7.5' Quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Map, OFR07-7J, 1 sheet (scale 1:24,000).
Brand, L., P. C. Murphey, and J. E. Haessig, A. A. Smith. 2007. Bedrock geologic map of the Antelope Wash 7.5' Quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Map, OFR07-7I, 1 sheet (scale 1:24,000).
Brand, L. In press. Bedrock geological maps of 17 quads, Eocene Bridger Formation, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey.
Buchheim, H. P., R. Aase, and C. Shultz. In press. Geologic map of the Nugget 7.5’ Quadrangle, Lincoln County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survery, Laramie, Wyoming. 1:24,000.
Buchheim, H. P., R. Aase, and C. Shultz. In press. Geologic map of the Fossil 7.5’ Quadrangle, Lincoln County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survery, Laramie, Wyoming. 1:24,000.
Elder, W. P., T. Nyborg, J. P. Kenworthy, and V. L. Santucci. 2007. Paleontological Resource Inventory and Monitoring—San Francisco Bay Area Network. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NRPC/NRTR—2008/078. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Esperante, R., L. Brand, K. Nick, O., Poma, and M. Urbina. 2008. Exceptional occurrence of fossil baleen in shallow marine sediments of the Neogene Pisco Formation, Southern Peru. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 257:344-360.
Esperante, R., F. M. Guinea, and K. E. Nick. In press. Taphonomy of a Mysticeti whale in the Pliocene Huelva Sands Formation, southern Spain.
Leggitt, V. L., R. A. Cushman, Jr., H. P. Buchheim, and M. A. Loewen. 2007. Caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) cases used as unique autochthonous paleoenvironmental indicators: Eocene Lake Gosiute. The Mountain Geologist 44:1-10.
Leggitt, V. L., R. E. Biaggi, and H. P. Buchheim. 2007. Palaeoenvironments associated with caddisfly-dominated microbial-carbonate mounds from the Tipton Shale Member of the Green River Formation: Eocene Lake Gosiute. Sedimentology 54:661-699.
Li, H. C., C. F. You, T. L. Ku, X. M. Xu, and H. P. Buchheim, N. J. Wan, R. M. Wang, and M. L. Shen. 2008. Isotopic and geochemical evidence of palaeoclimate changes in Salton Basin, California, during the past 20 kyr: 87Sr/86Sr ratio in lake tufa as an indicator of connection between Colorado River and Salton Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 259:198-212.
Murphey, P. C., L. Brand, J. E. Haessig, and A. A. Smith. 2007. Bedrock geologic map of the Devils Playground 7.5' Quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Map, OFR07-7E, 1 sheet (scale 1:24,000).
Murphey, P. C., L. Brand, and J. E. Haessig. 2007. Bedrock geologic map of the Black Spring Reservoir 7.5' Quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Map, OFR07-7D, 1 sheet (scale 1:24,000).
Murphey, P. C., J. E. Haessig, L. Brand, and N. Matthews. 2007. Bedrock geologic map of the Soap Holes Reservoir 7.5' Quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Map, OFR07-7B, 1 sheet (scale 1:24,000).
Murphey, P. C., J. E. Haessig, and L. Brand. 2007. Bedrock geologic map of the Horse Ranch 7.5' Quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Map, OFR07-C, 1 sheet (scale 1:24,000).
Murphey, P. C., J. E. Haessig, L. Brand, and N. Matthews. 2007. Bedrock geologic map of the McKinnon 7.5' Quadrangle, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Wyoming State Geological Survey Open File Map, OFR07-7H, 1 sheet (scale 1:24,000).
Nyborg, T. G. Under review. Investigations of the geology and paleontology of the South Slough National Estuary Research Reserve near Coos Bay, Oregon. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin.
Nyborg, T., and H. P. Buchheim. 2009. Copper Canyon track locality conservation strategies, Death Valley National Park In PaleoParks - The Protection and Conservation of Fossil Sites World-Wide. Carnets de Géologie (in press).
Nyborg, T. , and J. Fam. 2008. A new genus and species of crab, Bicornisranina bocki (Decapoda: Raninidae), from the Haslam Formation, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Crustacean Biology 28:686-694.
Nyborg, T. G., and V.L. Santucci. In press. Paleontology of Death Valley National Park. In Rowland (ed.), Natural History of Death Valley National Park. Natural History Association Press, Death Valley California.
Nyborg, T., and F. J. Vega. 2008. Three new species of Lophamastix species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Blephararipodidae) from the Cenozoic of Washington. Journal of Crustacean Biology 28:361-369.
Nyborg, T., F. J. Vega, and H. Filkorn. Under review. Additions and new species of Archaeopus (Decapoda: Retroplumindae) from the eastern Pacific Realm. Journal of Crustacean Biology.
Nyborg, T., F. J. Vega, and H. Filkorn. Under review. First record of Costacompluma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Retroplumidae) from the Pacific Realm, Paleocene of California, USA. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, Revista.
Vega, F. J., T. Nyborg, M. A. Coutiño, and O. Hernández-Monzón. 2008. Review and additions to the Eocene decapod Crustacea from Chiapas, Mexico. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 34:51–71.
Vega, F. J., T. Nyborg, M. A. Coutiño, J. Solé, and O. Hernández-Monzón. 2009. Neogene Crustacea from southeastern Mexico. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 35:51-69.
Vega, F. J., T. G. Nyborg, A. Rojas-Briceño, P. Patarroyo, J. Luque, H. Porras-Múzquiz, and W. Stinnesbeck. Upper Cretaceous Crustacea from Mexico and Colombia: similar faunas and environments during Turonian times. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 24: 403-422.
Vega, F. J., T. Nyborg, R. H. B. Fraaye, and B. Espinosa. 2007. Paleocene decapod crustacea from the Rancho Nuevo Formation (parras basin-difunta group), northeastern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 81:1432-1441.
Vega, F. J., T. Nyborg, and M. Perrilliat. 2005. Mesozoic and Tertiary Decapod Crustacea of Mexico. Pp. 65-72 in: Vega, F. J., T. G. Nyborg, M. Perrilliat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.), Topics in Geobiology, Studies on Mexican Paleontology, volume 24. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Vega, F. J., T. G. Nyborg, M. Perrilliat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.). 2005. Topics in Geobiology, Studies on Mexican Paleontology, volume 24. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Yanbin, S., O. F. Gallego, H. P. Buchheim, and R. Biaggi. 2006. Eocene conchostracans from the Laney Member of the Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. Journal of Paleontology 80:447-454.
Zatoń, M., T. Nyborg, and M. Salamon. 2009. Fossil vertebrate regurgitates from the Middle Jurassic clays of south-central Poland. Ichnos, In Review.

Other publications

Hayes, F. E., and W. K. Hayes. In press. Seventh-day Adventist faith and environmental stewardship. In H. T. Goodwin (ed.), [book title not yet specified]. Andrews University Press, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Rathke, B. J., and W. K. Hayes (eds.). 2007. Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas. Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, The Bahamas.
Rathcke, B. J., and W. K. Hayes. 2007. Preface. Pp. v-vi in B. J. Rathcke and W. K. Hayes (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas. 2007. Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas.