Publications from research that has been done at IMRS
Publications from research that has been done at IMR
Theses/Dissertations
1. Alva, J. S. 2014. Thermal Ecology of Urosaurus ornatus (Ornate Tree Lizard), in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert on Indio Mountains Research Station, Texas. MS Thesis.
2. Alvarez, G. 2023. Activity patterns of whiptail lizards (Aspidoscelis) found in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. PhD Dissertation.
3. Anderson, A. 2017. Depositional Controls and Sequence Stratigraphy of Lacustrine to Marine Transgressive Deposits in a Rift Basin, Lower Cretaceous Bluff Mesa, Indio Mountains, West Texas. MS Thesis.
4. Baqla, S. E. 2017. Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Plant Community Relationships on Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth County, Texas. MS Thesis.
5. Benson-Pedraza, A. 2022. Metal accumulation in soils, invertebrates, and whiptail lizards in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. MS Thesis.
6. Brewer, H. E. 2004. Habitat diversity and seasonal changes in small mammal populations at Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth County, Texas. MS Thesis.
7. Budhathoki, P. 2013. Integrated geological and geophysical studies of the Indio Mountains and Hueco bolson, west Texas. PhD Dissertation.
8. Conley, A. 2021. Reconstructing the transition from Laramide contraction to Rio Grande rift extension in the southern Indio Mountains, western Texas. MS Thesis.
9. Couvillon, R. O. 2011. Ecogeographical distribution of the herpetofauna of Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth County, Texas. MS Thesis.
10. de la Cerda, F. C. 2011. Influence of orography on the weather patterns and water availability of a topographically complex Chihuahuan Desert region. MS Thesis.
11. DeSantis, D. L. 2019. Movement Ecology of a Cryptic Ambush Predator: Case Studies Integrating Traditional and Novel Techniques in Snake Ecology with Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox). PhD Dissertation.
12. Emerson, J. D. 2020. Behavioral ecology of a desert ambush predator: assessing movement patterns, habitat and microhabitat use, and the innate feeding response of Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus ornatus) in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. PhD Dissertation.
13. Escamilla, R. A. 2012. An assessment of land cover change at the Indio Mountains Research Station. PhD Dissertation.
14. Esposito, G. 2012. What is the role of isolation and disturbance on the diversity of aquatic invertebrates in former ranchlands of the northern Chihuahuan Desert? MS Thesis.
15. Franco, G. R. 2015. Ecological features of the greater earless lizard, Cophosaurus texanus, (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) on Indio mountains research station, Hudspeth County, Texas. MS Thesis.
16. Garza, K. R. 2018. Birds and Vegetation Structure of Isolated Juniper and Oak Communities in the Trans-Pecos Chihuahuan Desert. MS Thesis.
17. Guerrero, M. 2018. Evaluating fold and thrust systems within an inverted basin: Indio Mountains, West Texas. MS Thesis.
18. Horne, L. M. 2022. Population genetics of two sympatric species, the Round-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) and the Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus), in the Indio Mountains of west Texas. MS Thesis.
19. Hotchkin, P. 2002. Comparative escape behavior of parthenogenetic and gonochoristic whiptail lizards (Teiidae: Cnemidophorus). MS Thesis.
20. Li, X. 2014. Sedimentologic, stratigraphic, and diagenetic analysis of microbialite- bearing lacustrine rift sequence within the Lower Cretaceous Yucca Formation, Indio Mountains, West Texas. MS Thesis.
21. Llanos, A. A. 2017. Genesis of Unique Carbonate Fans in a Pre-salt Reservoir Analogue, Indio Mountains, West Texas. MS Thesis.
22. Lukefahr, W. D. 2013. Comparison of ectoparasitic mite loads between gonochoristic (Aspidoscelis marmorata) and parthenogenic (A. tesselata ) syntopic whiptail lizards (Teiidae) from the northern Chihuahuan desert of Trans-Pecos, Texas. MS Thesis.
23. Martinez-Gonzalez, F. 2002. Influence of solar radiation factors on desert flora site selection. PhD Dissertation.
24. Mata-Silva, V. 2005. Diet comparison between two syntopic teiid lizards, Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata, in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. MS Thesis.
25. Mata-Silva, V. 2011. Ecology of the Rock Rattlesnake, Crotalus lepidus, in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. PhD Dissertation.
26. Miranda, L. 2009. Ecological study of oxygen consumption in three species of rattlesnakes, Crotalus atrox, Crotalus lepidus, and Crotalus molossus (Viperidae) from the northern Chihuahuan Desert. MS Thesis.
27. Montelongo, M. 2017. A New Method for Ultra-Low Sulfate Extraction and a Pilot Study in Arid Soils. MS Thesis.
28. Ramirez, S. 2018. Mapping complex fold-thrut systems in an inverted rift basin: Indio Mountains, West Texas. MS Thesis.
29. Rocha, A. 2012. Spatial ecology of the Trans-Pecos Rat Snake (Bogertophis subocularis) in the Chihuahuan Desert of Trans-Pecos Texas. MS Thesis.
30. Rohrbaugh, R. T. 2001. Contractional and extensional deformation kinematics of the southern Indio Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas. MS Thesis.
31. Vennemann, A. 2017. Near-Surface and High Resolution Seismic Imaging of the Bennett Thrust Fault in the Indio Mountains of West Texas. MS Thesis.
32. Wallace, A. B. 1972. Mineral deposits of the Indio Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas. MS Thesis.
33. Wiseman, G. H. 2014. An avian survey conducted at five water sources within the northern Chihuahuan Desert on Indio Mountains Research Station, Texas. MS Thesis.
Papers and Short Communications
1. Ager, D. V., J. R. Underwood, and R. K. DeFord. 1963. New cretaceous brachiopod from Trans-Pecos Texas. Journal of Paleontology 37(2): 371˗378.
2. Alvarez, G., J. D. Johnson, and V. Mata-Silva. 2018. Natural History. Anaxyrus punctatus (Red-spotted Toad). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(1): 93.
3. Buhaya, M. H., S. Galvan, and R. A. Maldonado. 2015. Incidence of Tripanosoma cruzi infection in triatomines collected at Indio Mountains Research Station. Acta Tropica 150 (2015: 97˗99.
4. Carmichael, D. L., and W. L. Unsinn. 2000. Fired-cracked rock features and the tentative identification of Mescalero Apache sites in the Indio Mountains, Hudspeth County, Texas. The Journal of Big Ben Studies 12:37˗49.
5. Chavarria, C. A., A. Moreno, A. Benson-Pedraza, L. M. Horne, O. Da Cunha, J. J. Mead, J. D. Johnson, and V. Mata-Silva. 2021. Natural History. Crotalus atrox (Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 52(4):866-867.
6. Conley, A., Ramirez, S.E., Ricketts, J.W., Langford, R.P., Pavlis, T.L., and Heizler, M.T., 2023, Reconstructing the erosional and tectonic record of Laramide contraction to Rio Grande rift extension, southern Indio Mountains, western Texas, USA: Geo-sphere, v. 19, no. 3, p. 849– 877, https:// doi .org /10.1130 /GES02620.1.
7. Da Cunha, O., A. Olivas-Avila, R. P. Dominguez, M. Jimenez, L. M. Horne, A. Rocha, and V. Mata-Silva. 2023. Natural History. Crotalus lepidus (Rock Rattlesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 54(2):310˗311.
8. Da Cunha, O., L. M. Horne, and J. D. Johnson. 2023. Personally rattled: a unique protocol to support the presence of personality and behavioral syndromes in rattlesnakes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 77(10):1˗11.
9. DeSantis, D. L., A. Wagler, V. Mata-Silva, and J. D. Johnson. 2019. Effects of human- made resource hotspots on seasonal spatial strategies by a desert pitviper. Scientific Reports 9, 16690 92019) doi:1038/s41598-019-52957-1.
10. DeSantis, D. L., V. Mata-Silva, and J. D. Johnson. 2015. Natural History. Crotalus lepidus (Rock Rattlesnake). Diet/Scavenging. Herpetological Review 46(2): 268‒269.
11. DeSantis, D. L., V. Mata-Silva, J. D. Johnson, and A. E. Wagler. 2020. Integrative framework for long-term activity monitoring of small and secretive animals: validation with a cryptic pitviper. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
12. DeSantis, D. L., V. Mata-Silva, and J. D. Johnson. 2016. Natural History. Salvadora grahamiae (Mountain Patch-nosed Snake). Winter Foraging. Herpetological Review 47(3): 483‒484.
13. Emerson, J. D., and J. D. Johnson. 2023. Evidence for an innate basis of prey preference in a desert ambush predator. Evolutionary Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-023- 10286-w
14. Emerson, J. D.*, D. L. DeSantis, V. Mata-Silva, A. E. Wagler, and J. D. Johnson. 2022. Movement, home range size, and habitat use of Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus ornatus) in the Chihuahuan Desert. Herpetologica 78(2): 110–118.
15. Emerson, J. D., and J. D. Johnson. 2020. Natural History. Crotalus ornatus (Eastern Black-tailed Rattlesnake). Feeding Behavior. Herpetological Review 51(2): 346.
16. Garza, K. R., J. Schlichte, N. Peters, D. L. DeSantis, J. D. Johnson, and V. Mata-Silva. 2017. Natural History. Urosaurus ornatus (Ornate Tree Lizard). Necrophilia and feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 48(2): 442‒443.
17. Garza, K. R., K. A. Martinez, and J. D. Johnson. 2018. First record of Anisota oslari from Trans-Pecos, Texas using Sandpaper Oak as a host. Southwestern Entomologist 43(3): 799‒801.
18. Hotchkin, P., and H. Riveroll, Jr. 2005. Comparative escape behavior of Chihuahuan Desert parthenogenetic and gonochoristic whiptail lizards. Southwestern Naturalist 50(2): 172˗177.
19. Johnson, J. D. 2000. Indio Mountains Research Station: A Place of Learning in the Desert. Chihuahuan Desert Discovery (45): 4–5, 11.
20. Johnson, J. D., G. W. Johnson, and H. Riveroll, Jr. 2004. Natural History. Coleonyx brevis. Tail regeneration. Herpetological Review 35(4): 388.
21. Johnson, J. D., G. H. Wiseman, J. Sandoval-Alva*, A. Rocha*, and V. Mata-Silva. 2022. Natural History. Crotalus atrox (Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake). Longevity, growth, and movement in the wild. Herpetological Review 53(4):693˗694.
22. Johnson, J. D., G. W. Johnson, and H. Riveroll, Jr. 2007. Natural History. Sonora semiannulata. Predation by Scolopendra heros. Herpetological Review 38(1): 93–94.
23. Lenhart, P. A., V. Mata-Silva, and J. D. Johnson. 2010. Diet of the Pallid Bat, Antrozous pallidus (Vespertilionidae), in the Chihuahuan Desert of Trans-Pecos, Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 55(1): 110‒115.
24. Lukefahr, W. D., J. D. Johnson, V. Mata-Silva, A. Rocha, R. Couvillon, and F. de la Cerda. 2011. Natural History. Sceloporus poinsettii (Crevice Spiny Lizard). Ectoparasites. Herpetological Review 42(3): 433–434.
25. Maldonado, J., J. Rivas, and L. Lugo. 2006. Arachnids & Myriapods of the Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth Co., Texas. Document developed by NSF grant (FSML, ROA, RET) to J. D. Johnson. Privately printed, UTEP, El Paso, Texas.
26. Mata-Silva, V., A. Ramírez-Bautista, and J. D. Johnson. 2010. Reproductive characteristics of two synoptic species of whiptail lizards (Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata), from the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. Southwestern Naturalist 55(1): 125‒129.
27. Mata-Silva, V., A. Rocha, A. Gandara, and J. D. Johnson. 2010. Natural History. Cophosaurus texanus (Greater Earless Lizard). Multiple tails. Herpetological Review 41(3): 352–353.
28. Mata-Silva, V., and J. D. Johnson. 2011. Natural History. Phrynosoma modestum (Round- tailed Horned Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(1): 95.
29. Mata-Silva, V., and J. D. Johnson. 2014. Natural History. Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake). Rain Harvesting Behavior. Herpetological Review 45(3): 514– 515.
30. Mata-Silva, V., and J. D. Johnson. 2011. Natural History. Rena humilis (Blind Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(3): 444.
31. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, G. Alvarez, and D. DeSantis. 2022. Natural History. Phrynosoma modestum (Round-tailed Horned Lizard). Defensive Behavior. Herpetological Review 53(2):328–329.
32. Mata-Silva, V., C. R. Bursey, and J. D. Johnson. 2008. Gut parasites of two syntopic species of whiptail lizards (Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata) from the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Boletin de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana 16(1): 1–4.
33. Mata-Silva, V., D. L. DeSantis, A. Wagler, and J. D. Johnson. 2018. Spatial ecology of Rock Rattlesnakes (Crotalus lepidus) in far west Texas. Herpetologica 74(3): 245‒254.
34. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, and A. Juárez-Reina. 2006. Natural History. Cophosaurus texanus (Greater Earless Lizard). Mortality. Herpetological Review. 37(4): 464.
35. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, and A. Ramírez-Bautista. 2013. Comparison of diets of two syntopic lizards, Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata (Teiidae), from the northern Chihuahuan Desert of Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 58(2): 209‒215.
36. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, and A. Rocha. 2011. Natural History. Crotalus lepidus (Rock Rattlesnake). Feeding Behavior. Herpetological Review 42(3): 439.
37. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, and A. Rocha. 2012. Natural History. Crotalus molossus (Black-tailed Rattlesnake). Rain harvesting behavior. Herpetological Review 43(1): 145– 146.
38. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, G. Barragan, A. Rocha, W. D. Lukefahr, and R. Couvillon. 2012. Natural History. Sonora semiannulata (Ground Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 43(4): 661–662.
39. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, A. Rocha, and S. Dilks. 2014. Rainwater-harvesting by the Rock Rattlesnake, Crotalus lepidus, in the Chihuahuan Desert of west Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 59(2): 303‒304.
40. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, A. Rocha, S. Dilks, and L. D. Wilson. 2015. Natural History. Coluber/Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip). General Ecology. Herpetological Review 46(2): 267.
41. Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, R. Couvillon, W. Lukefahr, and A. Rocha. 2011. Natural History. Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 42(3): 438–439.
42. Mata-Silva, V., L. D. Wilson, J. D. Johnson, A. Rocha, and W. D. Lukefahr. 2012. Natural History. Anaxyrus punctatus (Red-spotted Toad). Predation. Herpetological Review 43(4): 629.
43. Mata-Silva, V., S. Dilks, and J. D. Johnson. 2010. Natural History. Crotalus lepidus (Rock Rattlesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 41(2): 235–236.
44. Miranda, L. Jr., V. Mata-Silva, S. Dilks, H. Riveroll Jr., and J. D. Johnson. 2008. Natural History. Crotalus molossus (Blacktail Rattlesnake). Morphology. Herpetological Review 39(1): 97.
45. Moreno, A., C. A. Chavarria, A. Benson-Pedraza, L. M. Horne, O. Da Cunha, J. J. Mead, J. D. Johnson, and V. Mata-Silva. 2021. Natural History. Hypsiglena jani (Chihuahuan Nightsnake). Predation. Herpetological Review 52(1): 159˗160.
46. Ramírez, M. J., C. J. Grismado, D. Ubick, V. Ovtsharenko, P. E. Cushing, N. I. Platnick, W. C. Wheeler, L. Prendini, L. M. Crowley, and N. V. Horner. 2019. Myrmecicultoridae, a new family of myrmecophilic spiders from the Chihuahuan Desert (Araneae: Entelegynae). American Museum Novitates 3930: 1˗24.
47. Rocha,* A., M. Jimenez**, M. Montoya**, and V. Mata-Silva. 2023. First record of scoliosis in the Western Marbled Whiptail, Aspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird & Girard, 1852). Nota Científica. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología e781:200˗202. https://doi.org/110.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.3.781
48. Rocha, A., V. Mata-Silva, and J. D. Johnson. 2014. Natural History. Bogertophis subocularis (Trans-Pecos Ratsnake). Maximum movement. Herpetological Review 45(1): 140.
49. Rocha, A., V. Mata-Silva, J. D. Johnson, and W. D. Lukefahr. 2013. Natural History. Bogertophis subocularis (Trans-Pecos Ratsnake). Overwintering behavior. Herpetological Review 44(3): 517–518.
50. Walton, J. C., F. Martinez-Gonzalez, and R. Worthington. 2005. Desert vegetation and timing of solar radiation. Journal of Arid Environments 60 (4): 697˗707.
51. Worthington, R. D., J. D. Johnson, C. S. Lieb, and W. Anderson. 2020. Biotic Resources of Indio Mountains Research Station (IMRS) Southeastern Hudspeth County, Texas: A Handbook for Students and Researchers. Privately printed; 1st printing 2004. The University of Texas at El Paso, USA.