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Dr. Matt R. Whiles
Phone: 618-453-7639 Email: mwhiles@zoology.siu.eduAddress: Life Science II Rm 351, Dept. of Zoology, SIU, Carbondale, IL Interests: Freshwater invertebrate ecologyPersonnel Home Page: http://www.science.siu.edu/zoology/whiles/index.html Publication
1. Dodds, W. K., K. Gido, M. R. Whiles, K. M. Fritz, and W. J. Matthews. 2004. Life on the edge: the ecology of Great Plains prairie streams. BioScience 54: 207- 281.

2. Callaham, M. A., Jr., J. M. Blair, T. C. Todd, D. J. Kitchen, and M. R. Whiles. 2003. Effects of fire, mowing and fertilization effects on density and biomass of macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 35: 1079- 1093.

3. Evans-White, M. A., W. K. Dodds, and M. R. Whiles. 2003. Ecosystem significance of crayfishes and central stonerollers in a tallgrass prairie stream: Functional differences between co-occurring omnivores. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 22: 423- 441.

4. Meyer, C. K., M. R. Whiles, and R. E. Charlton. 2002. Life history, secondary production, and ecosystem significance of acridid grasshoppers in annually burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. American Entomologist 48: 40- 49.

5. Stagliano, D.M., and M.R. Whiles. 2002. Macroinvertebrate production and trophic structure in a tallgrass prairie headwater stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21: 97- 113.

6. Callaham, M. A. Jr., M. R. Whiles, and J. M. Blair. 2002. Annual fire, mowing and fertilization effects on two cicadas (Homoptera:Cicadidae) in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 148: 90- 101.

7. Whiles, M. R., and W. K. Dodds. 2002. Relationships between stream size, suspended particles, and filter-feeding macroinvertebrates in a Great Plains drainage network. Journal of Environmental Quality 31: 1589- 1600.

8. Jonas, J., M. R. Whiles, and R. E. Charlton. 2002. Aboveground invertebrate responses to land management differences in a central Kansas grassland. Environmental Entomology 31: 1142- 1152.

9. Whiles, M. R., M. A. Callaham Jr., C. K. Meyer, B. L. Brock, and R. E. Charlton. 2001. Emergence of periodical cicadas (Magicicada cassini ) from a Kansas riparian forest: densities, biomass and nitrogen flux. American Midland Naturalist 145: 176- 187.

10. Callaham, M. A. Jr., M. R. Whiles, C. K. Meyer, B. L. Brock, R. E. Charlton. 2000. Feeding ecology and emergence production of annual cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia 123: 535- 542.

11. Dodds, W. K., M. A. Evans-White, N. Gerlanc, L. Gray, D. A. Gudder, M. J. Kemp, A. L., Lo'pez, D. Stagliano, E. Strauss, J. L. Tank, M. R. Whiles, and W. Wollheim. 2000. Quantification of the nitrogen cycle in a prairie stream. Ecosystems 3: 574- 589.

12. Hooker, K. L., and M. R. Whiles. 1988. A technique for the collection and study of subterranean invertebrates. The Southwestern Naturalist 33: 375- 376.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under the Long Term Ecological Research Program at Konza Prairie Biological Station. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necesarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.