peer-reviewed research manuscripts
*Undergraduate student co-authors
*Back C, *Healey K, *Staples SK, Peterson EK, Vanden Heuvel B (In press, El Rio) Natural history of plant species at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.
Peterson EK, *Stark A, Hollocher KT, Varian-Ramos CW, Possidente B (In press, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology) Exposure to lead (Pb2+) eliminates avoidance of Pb-treated oviposition substrates in a dose-dependent manner in female vinegar flies. DOI: 10.1007/s00128-020-02825-w
Peterson, E.K., Possidente, B., *Stark, A., Hollocher, K.T., Carrico, P. (2019). Intraspecific genetic variation in reproductive strategies in susceptibility to developmental lead (Pb2+) exposure in a model system, Drosophila melanogaster. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 103(2): 233-239. DOI: 10.1007/s00128-019-02650-w
Yukilevich, R., Peterson, E.K. (2019). The evolution of male versus female mate-choice in Drosophila speciation. Evolution, 1-15.DOI: 10.1111/evo.13752
Peterson, E.K.,*Long, H.E. (2018). Experimental protocol for using Drosophila as an invertebrate model system for toxicity testing in the laboratory. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 137: e57450. DOI: 10.3791/57450
Peterson, E.K., Wilson, D.T., Possidente, B., Possidente, D., McDaniel, P., Morley, E., Possidente, D., Hollocher, K.T., Ruden, D.M., Hirsch, H.V.B. (2017). Lead (Pb2+) accumulation, elimination, sequestration, and genetic variation within and between generations in a model system, Drosophila melanogaster. Chemosphere, 181: 368-375. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.04.091
Peterson, E.K., Yukilevich, R., Kehlbeck, J., LaRue, K.M., *Ferraiolo, K., Hollocher, K., Hirsch, H.V.B., Possidente, B. (2017). Asymetrical positive assortative mating induced by developmental lead (Pb2+) exposure in a model system, Drosophila melanogaster. Current Zoology, 63(2): 195-203. DOI: 10.1093/cz/zox016
Peterson, E.K., Buchwalter, D.B., Kerby, J.L., Lefauve, M.K., Varian-Ramos, C.W., Swaddle, J.P. (2017). Integrative behavioral eco-toxicology (IBET): Bringing together fields to establish new insight to behavioral ecology, toxicology, and conservation. Current Zoology, 63(2): 185-194. DOI: 10.1093/cz/zox010
Peterson, E.K., Schulte, B.A. (2016). Impacts of anthropogenic pollutants on beavers and otters with implications for ecosystem ramifications. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 157:33-45. DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-704X.2016.03212.x
*Back C, *Healey K, *Staples SK, Peterson EK, Vanden Heuvel B (In press, El Rio) Natural history of plant species at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.
Peterson EK, *Stark A, Hollocher KT, Varian-Ramos CW, Possidente B (In press, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology) Exposure to lead (Pb2+) eliminates avoidance of Pb-treated oviposition substrates in a dose-dependent manner in female vinegar flies. DOI: 10.1007/s00128-020-02825-w
Peterson, E.K., Possidente, B., *Stark, A., Hollocher, K.T., Carrico, P. (2019). Intraspecific genetic variation in reproductive strategies in susceptibility to developmental lead (Pb2+) exposure in a model system, Drosophila melanogaster. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 103(2): 233-239. DOI: 10.1007/s00128-019-02650-w
Yukilevich, R., Peterson, E.K. (2019). The evolution of male versus female mate-choice in Drosophila speciation. Evolution, 1-15.DOI: 10.1111/evo.13752
Peterson, E.K.,*Long, H.E. (2018). Experimental protocol for using Drosophila as an invertebrate model system for toxicity testing in the laboratory. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 137: e57450. DOI: 10.3791/57450
Peterson, E.K., Wilson, D.T., Possidente, B., Possidente, D., McDaniel, P., Morley, E., Possidente, D., Hollocher, K.T., Ruden, D.M., Hirsch, H.V.B. (2017). Lead (Pb2+) accumulation, elimination, sequestration, and genetic variation within and between generations in a model system, Drosophila melanogaster. Chemosphere, 181: 368-375. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.04.091
Peterson, E.K., Yukilevich, R., Kehlbeck, J., LaRue, K.M., *Ferraiolo, K., Hollocher, K., Hirsch, H.V.B., Possidente, B. (2017). Asymetrical positive assortative mating induced by developmental lead (Pb2+) exposure in a model system, Drosophila melanogaster. Current Zoology, 63(2): 195-203. DOI: 10.1093/cz/zox016
Peterson, E.K., Buchwalter, D.B., Kerby, J.L., Lefauve, M.K., Varian-Ramos, C.W., Swaddle, J.P. (2017). Integrative behavioral eco-toxicology (IBET): Bringing together fields to establish new insight to behavioral ecology, toxicology, and conservation. Current Zoology, 63(2): 185-194. DOI: 10.1093/cz/zox010
Peterson, E.K., Schulte, B.A. (2016). Impacts of anthropogenic pollutants on beavers and otters with implications for ecosystem ramifications. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, 157:33-45. DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-704X.2016.03212.x
peer-reviewed teaching manuscripts
Peterson, E.K., Carrico, P. (2015). Laboratory exercise in behavioral genetics using team-based learning. Journal of College Biology Teaching, 41(2): 33-40. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1086540
science publications for general public
Peterson, E.K. (2013). Using grazing for management of invasive plants: an interview with conservation biologists Dr. Gary Kleppel and Caroline Girard-Cartier, M.S. The Conservation Behaviorist, 11(2): 5-6.
Peterson, E.K. (2013). Hybridization within canine species: the problem and its implications for conservation behavior research. The Conservation Behaviorist, 11(1): 6.
Peterson, E.K. (2012). Orangutans and Palm Oil. The Conservation Behaviorist, 10(2): 5.
Peterson, E.K. (2013). Hybridization within canine species: the problem and its implications for conservation behavior research. The Conservation Behaviorist, 11(1): 6.
Peterson, E.K. (2012). Orangutans and Palm Oil. The Conservation Behaviorist, 10(2): 5.