John F. Barthell, Ph.D. Dean College of Mathematics and Science Professor Biology jbarthell@ucok.edu
		Department of Biology University of Central Oklahoma

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SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (FROM LAST 5 YEARS) Krum, C.J., Savitski, A.N., Hranitz, J.M., Brubaker, K.D., Barthell, J.F., Yocum, G.D. 2008. Comparison of Stress Protein cDNA and Amino Acid Sequences Among Three Megachilid Solitary Bees. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Antonio TX; 2-6 January 2008. Halon, L.T., J.M. Hranitz, K.D. Brubaker, G.D. Yocum, and J.F. Barthell. 2007. Comparison of stress protein cDNA and Protein Sequences Among Three Species of Bee in Different Thermal Environments. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, January, 2007, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Barthell, J. F., R. W. Thorp, A. M. Wenner, H. Wells and J. M. Randall. 2007. Yellow star-thistle on Santa Cruz Island: an overview of 20 years of studies. Wildlife and Invasive Plants: Finding Common Ground to Protect Ecological Diversity. A Joint Symposium Sponsored by the California Invasive Plant Council and the Western Section of the Wildlife Society. January, 2007. Monterey, California, USA. Barthell, J. F., J. M. Hranitz, R. W. Thorp, L. M. Overall and J. L. Griffith. Heat stress responses of an invasive leafcutting bee species nesting in the Central Valley of California: a case of risky maternal behavior? Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, December, 2005, San Diego, California, USA. Barthell, J. F., R. W. Thorp, J. M. Randall, A. M. Wenner, R. T. Reidenbaugh and K. D. Rice. Positive and negative interactions with non-native insects affect yellow star-thistle reproduction on Santa Cruz Island, California. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. November, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Barthell, J. F., R. W. Thorp, A. M. Wenner, J. M. Randall and D. S. Mitchell. Seed set in a self-compatible thistle on Santa Cruz Island: further evidence for honey bee effects in an island ecosystem. Sixth California Islands Symposium, December, 2003, Ventura, California, USA. Barthell, J. F. and T. A. Baird. Male aggression and size variation in the large carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica. 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, University of Oklahoma (OCCE), April, 2003, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Barthell, J. F., J. M. Hranitz and R. W. Thorp. Larval heat stress as a consequence of nesting site choice in the exotic leafcutting bee species Megachile apicalis. National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, November 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Barthell, J. and T. Baird. Male territoriality and size variation in the large carpenter bee Xylocopa virginica. Annual Technical Meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, OK. October, 2002.