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Publications

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Below are a list of publications written by SaveNature.Org Co-Founder Dr. Leslie Saul-Gershenz and members of our Board of Directors.

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Maton, A., LaHart, D., Hopkins, J., Quon Warner, M., Johnson, S. and Wright, J. D. 1994. Ecology: Earth's Living Resources. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Prentice Hall Science: 117.

 

Publications funded by SaveNature.Org

Emmons, L. and Freers, F. 1999. Mammals of the Neotropical Rainforests in Spanish: Mamíferos de los bosques húmidos de América tropical: Una guía de campo. Editorial F.A.N.

 

Staff and Board Publications 

Saul-Gershenz, L. S., Millar, J. G., J. Steven McElfresh, and Williams, N. 2018. PNAS. Deceptive signals and behaviors of a cleptoparasitic beetle show local adaptation to different host bee species. 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718682115

Saul-Gershenz, L, Zavortink,T, Thorp, R , Ascher, J, Hernandez, RR, Kimsey, L, Yanega, D, Geber, M, McCoshum, S. 2018. Characterization of the impact on native bees from utility scale solar development in the desert (BLM Grant Report CESU L15AC00185).

Grodsky,SM, Saul-Gershenz, LS, Moore-O’Leary, KA, Whitney, JP,  Hernandez, RR.  2019. Hare don't care! Consumption of a rare, desert milkweed containing phytochemicals by the black-tailed jackrabbit. Journal of Arid Environments, 103991
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.103991

Saul-Gershenz, L. 2009. Insect Zoos. In Encyclopedia of Insects, Eds. Carde´, R, and Resh, V.  Academic Press, 2nd Edition: 516-523.

Saul-Gershenz, L. Arnold, RA, Scriber,  JM. 1995. Design of Captive Environments for Endangered Invertebrates, In Conservation of Endangered Species in Captivity: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Eds.  Gibbons, EF, Durrant, BS, and Demarest, J.  SUNY Press. 51-74.

Saul-Gershenz, L. S., Millar, J. G.and J. Steven McElfresh 2012.  Blister beetle nest parasites cooperate to mimic the sex pheromone of the solitary bee Habropoda pallida (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mojave National Preserve Science Newsletter April 2012:1-4 http://www.nps.gov/moja/naturescience/upload/201204MOJAscience.pdf

Saul-Gershenz, L. S. and Millar, J. G. 2006.  Phoretic nest parasites use sexual deceptions to obtain transport to their host's nest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:14039-44.

Saul-Gershenz, L. S. and Heddle, M. L. 2004. New records of Pedilus Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae on Meloe strigulosus Mannerheim (Coleoptera:Meloidae) Pan-Pacific Entomologist 80 (1-4):18-22.

Saul-Gershenz, L. Fiedler, P. L. Barlow, M. Rokich. D. 2002. Pollinator assemblage of the endangered plant Cordylanthus palmatus at Springtown Wetlans Reserve, Livermore, California. Expanding the Ark: The Emerging Science and Practice of Invertebrate Conservation Symposium. March 2004. American Museum of Natural History Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. 

Riebel, L. 2011. The Green Foodprint: Food Choices for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet. Lafayette, CA: Print and Pixel Books. 

Riebel, L. Endangered Species: Saving Them and Ourselves. Policy Paper. www.animalsandsociety.org/store  

Hafernik, J. and Saul-Gershenz, L. 2000. beetle larvae cooperate to mimic bees. Nature 405:35

Saul-Gershenz, L. 2000. "Pollination Partners: The chemical attraction between plants and insects." California Native Plant Society, May-June, website and newsletter. 

Gershenz, N. and Saul-Gershenz, L. 1998. If I ran the Zoo I'd Get Into In-situ. AZA Western Regional Conference Proceedings. Monterey, CA. 

Gershenz, N. and Saul-Gershenz, L. 1998. If I ran the Zoo I'd Get Into In-situ. National Joint Conference Proceedings AAZK, EMA and AZH, Indianapolis, IN. 

Fiedler, P., Leidy, R., Laven, R. Gershenz, N., and Saul, L. 1993. The Contemporary Paradigm in Ecology and its Implications for Endangered Species Conservation. Endangered Species Update. Vol 10,No 3 & 4:7-12. 

Gershenz, N. and Saul, L. 1993. The Ecosystem Survival Plan: Zoo Visitors Save Wild Places. Endangered Species Update. Vol 10,No 3 & 4:61-62.

Saul-Gershenz, L. S. 1993. Notes on the captive life history of the carnivorous katydid Lirometopum coronatum Scudder (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Costa Rica. American Zoologist 33:139-143.

Zoidis, A. And N. E. Gershenz. 1992. Biochemical and nutritional composition of Eucalyptus spp. correlated to the feeding preferences of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus adults). San Francisco State University and San Francisco Zoological Gardens, December 30, Animal Behavior Session, Section 8.