Publications     (undergraduate authors are underlined)

Rollins, RE and NL Staub. 2017. The Presence of Caudal Courtship-like Glands in Male and Female Ouachita Dusky Salamanders (Desmognathus brimleyorum). Herpetologica.

Staub, NL and RL Mueller. 2017. Historical Perspectives: David Burton Wake. Copeia 105:415-426.

CM Mader, CW Beck, WH Grillo, GP Hollowell, BS Hennington, NL Staub, VA Delesalle, D Lello, RB Merritt, GD Griffin, C Bradford, J Mao, LS Blumer, SL White. 2017. Multi-Institutional, Multidisciplinary Study of the Impact of Course-based Research Experiences. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 18:1-11

Staub, NL, LS Blumer, CW Beck, VA Delesalle, GD Griffin, RB Merritt, BS Hennington, WH Grillo, GP Hollowell, SL White, and CM Mader. 2016. Course-based Science Research Promotes Learning in Diverse Students at Diverse Institutions. Council for Undergraduate Research Quarterly 37:36-46.

Staub, NL, M Poxleitner, A Braley, H Smith-Flores, CM Pribbenow, L Jaworski, D Lopatto, and KR Anders. 2016. Scaling Up: Adapting a Phage-hunting Course to Increase Participation of First-year Students in Research. CBE – Life Sciences Education 15:1-11.

Staub, NL. 2016. Age, Sexual Dimorphism, and Growth Rates in the Black Salamander, Aneides flavipunctatus (Plethodontidae). Copeia 104:52-59.

Staub, NL. 2016. The Age of Plethodontid Salamanders: A short review on longevity. Copeia 104:118-123.

Scott R. Hippe, Catherine R. Propper , and Nancy L. Staub. 2014. The presence of sexually dimorphic submandibular glands in Taricha granulosa the Rough-Skinned Newt (Salamandridae). Copeia 2014:38-43.

Sever, DM and NL Staub. 2010. Hormones, sex accessory structures and secondary sexual characters in amphibians, In “Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates” (D.O. Norris and K.H. Lopez, eds.), vol. 2, pp. 83-98, San Diego, Elsevier.

Fontana MF, LD Houck, and NL Staub. 2007. In situ localization of plethodontid courtship pheromone mRNA in formalin-fixed tissue. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 150:480-485.

Fontana MF, KA Ask, RJ MacDonald, AM Carnes, and NL Staub. 2006.  Loss of traditional mucous glands and presence of a novel mucus-producing granular gland in the plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii   Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 87: 469-477.

Staub, NL, PG Pauw, and D Pauw. 2006.  Seeing the forest through the trees: Helping students appreciate life’s diversity by building the Tree of Life.  The American Biology Teacher 68:149-151.

Staub NL, CA Palmer, A Carnes, C Quitiquit, and M Susantio. 2005.  A dorsal tail tubercle containing hypertrophied granular and mucous glands is present in female Salamandra luschani (Salamandridae). Herpetologica 61(4):415-421.

Staub, N.L. and D.B. Wake. 2005.  Aneides ferreus Cope, 1869, Clouded Salamander. Pp 658-660. In Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Staub, N.L. and D.B. Wake. 2005.  Aneides flavipunctatus (Strauch, 1870), Black Salamander. Pp 660-661. In Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Staub, N.L. and D.B. Wake. 2005. Aneides lugubris (Hallowell, 1949), Arboreal Salamander. Pp 662-664. In Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Staub, N.L. and D.B. Wake. Aneides vagrans Wake and Jackman, 1998, Wandering Salamander. Pp 664-666. In Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Staub, N.L.  2002. Teaching evolutionary mechanisms: Genetic drift and “M&M’s”^®, Bioscience 42(4):373-377.

Staub, N.L. and R. Anderson. 2001. A Novel Behavior For Urodeles:  Micturition In The Plethodontid Salamander Aneides lugubris. Herpetological Review 32:158-9.

Staub, N.L. and M. DeBeer.  1997.  The role of androgens in female vertebrates: A review.  General and Comparative Endocrinology  108:1-24.   Chosen for cover article.

Staub, N.L. and J. Paladin.  1997.  The presence of modified granular glands in male and female Aneides lugubris (Amphibia: Plethodontidae). Herpetologica  53:339-344.

Staub, N.L., C.W. Brown, and D. B. Wake.  1995.  Movement patterns of the salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis in the Sierra Nevada of California.  Journal of Herpetology  29:593-599.

Staub, N.L.  1995.  Plethodon idahoensis Predation.  Herpetological Review  26: 199.

Staub, N.L.  1993.    Intraspecific agonistic behavior of the salamander Aneides flavipunctatus(Amphibia: Plethodontidae) with comparisons to other plethodontid species.  Herpetologica 49:271-282.