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BIO 3610 -- Personal Inquiry Project (PIP) Resources

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1. Dates of Presentation -- to be determined

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Topic	Literature Resources in "S:\BIO 3610\PIP Starter Articles" by Topic Number
1. Global Climate Change and Ice Nucleation	Beerling, D.J. et al. 2001. Time to Chill: Effects of Simulated Global Change on Leaf Ice Nucleation Temperatures of Subarctic Vegetation. American J. Botany 88(4): 628-633.
2. Photosynthesis, Rising Global CO2 Levels, and Water Use Efficiency	Adam, Neal R., Clenton E. Owensby & JayM. Ham. 2000. The effect of CO2 enrichment on leaf photosynthetic rates and instantaneous water use efficiency of Andropogon gerardii in the tallgrass prairie. Photosynthesis Research 65: 121–129,
3. Herbivores and Plant Volatiles	Williams, E.L. and G.F. Howe. 2005. Herbivores and Plant Volatiles: Part 1 — Tobacco and Tomato Plants Creation Matters 10(3) 2005. Herbivores and Plant Volatiles: Part 2 — Volatile Release by Host Plants To Attract Wasp Parasitoids Creation Matters 10(5) 2005 NOTE: Use References Cited here to locate one primary journal source describing methods.
4. Clues for Human Health from the Physiology of Hibernation	Lohuis, T.D., H.J. Harlow, and T.D.I. Beck. 2007. Hibernating black bears (Ursus americanus) experience skeletal muscle protein balance during winter anorexia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 147 (2007) 20–28
5. Plant Volatiles & Alternate Agric. Larissa Malik	C. F. Jordan. 2002. Genetic Engineering, the Farm Crisis, and World Hunger. Bioscience Vol. 52 (6) (Background) Kumar, V. et al. 2004. An alternative agriculture system is defined by a distinct expression profile of select gene transcripts and proteins. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. Vol 101(29): 10535–10540.
6. Spring Wildflower Access to PAR Matthew Silveira	Impact of Tree Leaf Phenology on Growth Rates and Reproduction in the Spring Flowering Species Trillium erectum (Liliaceae). American J. Botany 89(2): 500–505. 2002.
7. Amphibians and Climate Change Kevin Livengood	Carey, Cynthia and Michael A. Alexander. 2003. Climate change and amphibian declines: is there a link? Diversity and Distributions 9: 111-121.
8. Frozen Frogs & Organ Transplants Joshua Nearhoof	Costanzo, Jon P. and Richard E. Lee, Jr. 2005. Cryoprotection by urea in a terrestrially hibernating frog. Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 4079-4089
9. Plants Detect Shade Competition Andrea Moore	Salter, Michael G., Keara A. Franklin, Garry C. Whitelam. 2003. Gating of the rapid shade-avoidance response by the circadian clock in plants. Nature 426: 680-683.
10. Alpine Plant Flowering Phenology and Climate Change	Dunne, Jennifer A. John Harte, and Kevin J. Taylor. 2003. Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods. Ecological Monographs 73(1): 69-86

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