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Kuo, C., Gillis, G.B. and D.J. Irshick. 2011. Loading effects on jump performance in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). J. Exp. Biol. 214:2073-2079.

*Akella, T. and G.B. Gillis. 2011. Hopping isn’t always about the legs: Forelimb muscle activity patterns during toad locomotion. J. Exp. Zool. A. 315A:1-11.


Craig Woodard received a National Science Foundation (NSF) DBI Grant, "UBM-Institutional: Collaborative Research: Four College Biomath Consortium," with Amherst, Smith and Hampshire Colleges. (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ co-PI: Martha Hoopes), September 1, 2011-August 31, 2016.


Lockwood, J., M.F. Hoopes, and M.P. Marchetti. 2013, 2nd edition. Invasion Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.


Ricciardi, A., M.F. Hoopes, M.P. Marchetti, J.L. Lockwood. 2013. Progress toward understanding the ecological impacts of invasive species. Ecological Monographs 83:263-282


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McDowell, G.S., Fankhauser, S., Saderi, D., Balgopal, M. and Lijek, R.S. (2022), Use of preprint peer review to educate and enculturate science undergraduates. Learned Publishing, 35, 405-412.


Dresler M, Aries O, Fallman E, Farrukh R, Guzman-Rubalcaba S, Shrum V, Wang R, Yin S, & Lijek RS. (2022). A Rubric to Evaluate Preprint Peer Reviews. Zenodo.


Packard, B. W., Marciano, V., Payne, J.M., Bledzki, L. A., Woodard, C.T. (2014). Negotiating Peer Mentoring Roles in Undergraduate Research Lab Settings. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. doi: 10.1080/13611267.2014.983327


Vo, A., Tabrizi, N.S., Hunt, T., Cayanan, K., Chitale, S. [MHC’22], Anderson, L. [MHC’23], Tenney, S. [MHC’21], White, A.O., Sabariego, M., Hales, J.B., (2021). . Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 185, 107507.


Vo, A., Tabrizi, N.S., Hunt, T., Cayanan, K., Chitale, S. [MHC’22], Anderson, L. [MHC’23], Tenney, S. [MHC’21], White, A.O., Sabariego, M., Hales, J.B., (2021). . Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 185, 107507.