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Thicket of Diversity

Researchers and Reports

Study subjects with researcher names are listed below, most entries with proposals and reports. They are ordered the same as the Taxa Tally.

Formal Publications by ToD Researchers

Scientific Publications


Grasshoppers (Acrididae)

JoVonn Hill

Mississippi State University Entomological Museum website

Study Description

Orthoptera Poster, 2012

Progress Report, 2012

Progress Report, 2013

Final Report


Alligators (Alligatoridae)

Matthew Pyne, Jamie Brown, Lamar University

Study Description

2017 Annual Report

2019 Final report


Bees (Apoidea)

Daniel Bennett, John Pascarella

Study Description

2017 Annual Report

2018 Final Report

2021 Annual Report

2019 Poster: Bees Before and After Rare Flooding Event, Sauls A.R., Pascarella, J.B., Bennett, D.J. 2019. Bees of a Sandhill Community Before and After a Rare Flooding Event in the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas. Stephen F. Austin State University and Sam Houston State University.

2021 Poster: Bennett, D.J., Haynes, X. 2021. Impacts of fire and flooding events on insects in the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado

Poster: Trap Nesting Bees/Wasps

2022 Final Report

2022 Addendum


Crayfish (Astacidea)

Zachary Loughman

Study Description

2018 Final Report

2015 Poster: Crayfishes of the Big Thicket National Preserve

Daniel Johnson

Study Description


Tiger Beetles (Cicindelidae)

Robert Laroche, Rice University

Study Description

2025 Final Report

Poster: Population Genomics and Morphology Support a New Species of Tiger Beetle Found on Isolated Saline Habitats in East Texas


Ants (Formicidae)

Linehan, Lewis, and Cook

2008 Poster

Scott Solomon, Rice University, Tom E. X. Miller

Blog: The Ant Hunter

Study Description

2018 Final Report on Ant Community Dynamics

Rice University EBIO 327 Big Thicket Bioblitz’s Check List

2016 Poster: An In-Depth Look at Ant Communities in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP)

Jovonn Hill

Mississippi State University Entomological Museum website

Study Description

Summary Report 2011-2013

Conference Poster 2012

Final Report

Ant Checklist 2012


Land Snails (Gastropoda)

Brian Cole

Study Description

Report: Land Snails of the Big Thicket National Preserve


Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae)

Jerry Cook, Edward Realzola

Cook, Realzola Study Description

Collection Sites

Final Report for 2007 Project


Amphibians and Snakes (Herpetofauna)

Crump, Riger, Rommel

Study Description

2009 Annual Report

2010 Findings; Status

Michael Smith

2009 Herpetofauna Checklist

TWIG Progress Report

Hardin Waddle

2010-2011 Herpetofauna Summary

2010-2011 Herpetofauna Checklist


Aquatic True Bugs (Heteroptera)

Paul Tinerella

Study Description

2009 Annual Report

2009-2011 Summary Report

2015 Final Report


Freshwater Fishes (Ichthyofauna)

Chad Hargrave, Raelynn Deaton

Study Description

Survey #2. Final Report


Butterflies, Moths (Lepidoptera)

Dave Henderson

Henderson Bio

Study Description

2007 Best Big Thicket Count


Owlet Moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Michael Pogue

Study Description

2010 IAR Report

2010 Annual Report

2011 IAR Report


Tumbling Flower Beetles (Mordellidae)

Jerry Cook

Study Description

2007 Clopton and Cook Abstract

2008 Clopton and Cook Abstract

2011 Clopton and Cook Abstract


Roundworms (Nematoda)

Thomas Powers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Study Description

2013 Annual Progress Report

2013 Final Report

2017 Annual Progress Report

2018 Final Report


Dragonflies, Damselflies (Odonata)

Autumn Smith-Herron

Study Description

2012 Final Report


False Scorpions (Pseudoscorpions)

Richard Clopton, Jerry Cook

2009 TWIG Progress Report


Water Bears (Tardigrada)

Harry Meyer, Julianna Hinton

Study Description

2009 Progress Report

2009 Tardigrade Symposium Abstract

2009 Tardigrade Symposium, Germany

2014 Tardigrada of Big Thicket National Preserve


Parasites of Aquatic Ectotherms (Trematoda mostly)

Michael Barger

Website

Study Description

2007 Progress Report

2008 IAR Report

2009 Annual Report

H. Randall Yoder

Study Description


Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida)

Marsha May, Bob Boensch, Stephanie Burgess

Study Description

2009 Freshwater Mussels of Village Creek

Science Cafe Presentation

2015 SEP Sierra Mitigation Final Report

Neil Ford

Study Description

Conference Poster

Survey #1: Final Report

Survey #2 Final Report

David Ford

Study Description

Alison Tarter, Astrid N. Schwalb

Study Description

2018 Final Report

2022 Final Report


Lichens (associations of fungi, algae, cyanobacteria)

Robert Egan

Study Description

2007 Annual Report

2009 Annual Report

2011 Egan BTNP Lichen Report

Cynthia Troxell

1977 Final Report — A Study of the Lichens of Five Big Thicket Plant Communities

Obituary for Cynthia Troxell


Macro Fungi

David Lewis, Past President of Gulf States Mycological Society

David Lewis Bio

Study Description

2010 Report

2010 Progress Report

2012 Progress Report

2013 Progress Report

2017 IAR Report

New Species of Fungi for SE Texas List

Bart Buyck

Bart Buyck CV

Study Description

2014 Final Report


Fungi with Tough Texture (Pyrenomycetes)

Vasilyeva CV

Larissa Vasilyeva Bio

Study Description

2007 Annual Report

2010 Annual Report

2011 Species List

2017 Obituary


Liverworts, Hornworts, and Mosses (Bryophytes)

Dale Kruse, Paul Davison

Study Description

Final Report


Orchids (Orchidaceae)

Joseph Liggio

Study Description

Wild Orchids of Texas (book cover) Liggio, J., Liggio Orto, A. (1999). Wild Orchids of Texas. University of North Texas Press.

2009 IAR Report

2011 Field Trip Report


Vascular Plants (Tracheophyta)

Larry Brown

Study Description

2008 IAR Inventory

Annotated Checklist Jackgore Baygall and Neches River

Annotated Checklist Turkey Creek Unit

Annotated Checklist Loblolly Unit

Obituary for Larry Brown

Stephen Hatch

Study Description

2010 Annual Report

2012 Annual report


Slime Molds (Myxomycetes)

Kathryn Winsett, Steven Stephenson

Study Description

Poster - Myxomycetes of the Big Thicket National Preserve

Poster - Slime Mold Biodiversity: local, national, global

2010 Final Report

2012 Final Report