Nathan Schiff, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Timothy G. Myles, Nathan Schiff, Tulio Mendez-Montiel. 2024. Aggressive Biting of Human Flesh by the Worker Caste is a Unique Behavioral Characteristic of the Nasutitermes nigriceps Complex (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) Among Termites from the United States and Mexico.
• Michael Ulyshen, Cory K. Adams, Jacqui Adams, Susan B. Adams, Mickey Bland, Don C. Bragg, Chuck Burdine, Mac A. Callaham, Richard Chaney, Gregg Chapman, Patsy Clinton, Cinnamon Dixon, Jacob Floyd, Phillip Jordan, Tara L. Keyser, Stephanie H. Laseter, Rachel Mallinger, Virginia McDaniel, Bryan Mudder, C. Dana Nelson, Katherine Odanaka, A. Christopher Oishi, Shawna L. Reid, Samm Reynolds, Kevin Robertson, Daniel Saenz, Mary Anne Sayer, Nathan Schiff, Brian Scholtens, Joel Scott, Martin Spetich, Melanie K. Taylor, John Willis, Andrew D. Young. 2024. Spatiotemporal patterns of forest pollinator diversity across the southeastern United States
• Emile S. Gardiner, Ted Leininger, Kristina Connor, Margaret Devall, Paul Hamel, Nathan Schiff, Dan D. Wilson. 2023. Leaf acclimation to soil flooding and light availability underlies photosynthetic capacity of Lindera melissifolia , an endangered shrub of bottomland forests in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA
• Wesley Bicha, Nathan Schiff, Aaron Lancaster, Piyawan Suttiprapan, Theerapan Dokjan, Brian Scheffler. 2022. A Key to Species of the Scorpionflies of Thailand with the Description of New Species of Panorpa and Neopanorpa (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) Based on Morphology and DNA Barcodes
• John Jennings, John Macdonald, Nathan Schiff, Ben A. Parslow. 2021. Revision of Xiphydriinae (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae) of Australia
• Ted Leininger, Emile S. Gardiner, Brian R. Lockhart, Nathan Schiff, Dan D. Wilson, Margaret Devall, Paul Hamel, Kristina F. Connor. 2021. Intensity and mode of Lindera melissifolia reproduction are affected by flooding and light availability
• Tracy S. Hawkins, Craig Echt, Margaret Devall, Paul Hamel, Dan D. Wilson, Kristina F. Connor, Nathan Schiff. 2019. Adaptive trait variation in the federally endangered Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae), as it relates to genotype and genotype-environment interaction
• Wesley Bicha, Nathan Schiff. 2019. A new species of scorpionfly from the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)
• Brian R. Lockhart, Emile S. Gardiner, Ted Leininger, Paul Hamel, Dan D. Wilson, Margaret Devall, Nathan Schiff, Kristina F. Connor. 2018. Biomass accumulation in the endangered shrub Lindera melissifolia as affected by gradients of light availability and soil flooding
• Wesley J. Bicha, Nathan Schiff, Thai Hong Pham, Aaron Lancaster, Brian Scheffler. 2017. New species of Neopanorpa (Mecoptera) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of Mecoptera of Vietnam
• Brian R. Lockhart, Emile S. Gardiner, Ted Leininger, Margaret Devall, Dan D. Wilson, K. F. Connor, Paul Hamel, Nathan Schiff. 2017. Light availability and soil flooding regulate photosynthesis of an imperiled shrub in lowland forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA
• Tracy S. Hawkins, Nathan Schiff, A. Dan Wilson, Theodor D. Leininger, Margaret Devall. 2016. Growth and competitive abilities of the federally endangered Lindera melissifolia and the potentially invasive Brunnichia ovata in varying densities, hydrologic regimes, and light availabilities
• Henri Goulet, Caroline Boudreault, Nathan Schiff. 2015. Revision of the world species of Xeris Costa (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
• Claudia Mettke-Hofmann, Paul Hamel, Gerhard Hofmann, Theodore J. Zenzal Jr., Anne Pellegrini, Jennifer Malpass, Megan Garfinkel, Nathan Schiff, Russell Greenberg. 2015. Competition and habitat quality influence age and sex distribution in wintering Rusty Blackbirds
• Wesley Bicha, Nathan Schiff, Aaron Lancaster, Brian Scheffler. 2015. A nearly cryptic scorpionfly, Panorpa cryptica n sp.(Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from North America
• Andreza M. Martins, Fernanda M. Abilio, Plinio Gonçalves de Oliveira, Raquel Partelli Feltrin, Fernanda Scheffer Alves de Lima, Priscilla de O. Antonelli, Daniela Teixeira Vilela, Carl G. Smith III, Collin Tidwell, Paul Hamel, Margaret Devall, Kristina Connor, Ted Leininger, Nathan Schiff, Dan D. Wilson. 2015. Pondberry (Lindera   melissifolia, Lauraceae) seed and seedling dispersers and predators
• Brian R. Lockhart, Emile S. Gardiner, Ted Leininger, Paul Hamel, Kristina F. Connor, Margaret Devall, Nathan Schiff, Dan D. Wilson. 2013. Lindera melissifolia responses to flood durations and light regimes suggest strategies for recovery and conservation
• Larry G. Bezark, William H. Tyson, Nathan Schiff. 2013. New species of Cerambycidae from Panama, with new distribution records (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Kris Connor, G.M. Schaefer, J.B. Donahoo, Margaret Devall, Emile S. Gardiner, Ted Leininger, Dan D. Wilson, Nathan Schiff, Paul Hamel, Stan Zarnoch. 2013. Lindera melissifolia seed bank study in a lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley bottomland forest
• Matthew A. Paschen, Nathan Schiff, Matthew D. Ginzel. 2012. Role of volatile semiochemicals in the host and mate location behavior of Mallodon dasystomus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Nathan Schiff, Henri Goulet, David Smith, Caroline Boudreault, A. Dan Wilson, Brian E. Scheffler. 2012. Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere
• Tracy S. Hawkins, Daniel A Skojac, Nathan Schiff, Ted Leininger. 2010. Floristic composition and potential competitors in Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) colonies in Mississippi with reference to hydrologic regime
• Annie E. Spikes, Matthew A. Paschen, Jocelyn G. Miller, Jardel A. Moreira, Paul Hamel, Nathan Schiff, Matthew D. Ginzel. 2010. First contact pheromone identified for a longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the subfamily Prioninae
• James J. Kruse, David Smith, Nathan Schiff. 2010. Monsoma pulveratum (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Allantinae), a palaearctic sawfly defoliator of alder in Alaska and new to the United States
• Brian R. Lockhart, Emile S. Gardiner, Theodor D. Leininger, Kristina F. Connor, Margaret Devall, Paul Hamel, Tracy S. Hawkins, Nathan Schiff, A. Dan Wilson. 2009. Linking stakeholder research needs and the federal data quality act: a case study of an endangered forest shrub in the southeastern Unitd States
• D. A. Delaney, M.D. Meixner, Nathan Schiff, W.S. Sheppard. 2009. Genetic characterization of commercial honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) populations in the United States by using mitochondrial and microsatellite markers
• J.T. Jennings, A.D. Austin, Nathan Schiff. 2009. The Australian endemic woodwasp genus Austrocyrta Riek (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae)
• Tracy S. Hawkins, Daniel A. Skojac, Brian R. Lockhart, Ted Leininger, Margaret Devall, Nathan Schiff. 2009. Bottomland Forests in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley associated with the endangered Lindera melissifolia
• Nathan Schiff. 2009. Don't tread on me
• Tracy S. Hawkins, Nathan Schiff, Theodor D. Leininger, Emile S. Gardiner, Margaret Devall, Paul Hamel, Dan D. Wilson, Kristina F. Connor. 2009. Growth and intraspecific competitive abilities of the dioecious Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) in varied flooding regimes
• Brian R. Lockhart, Emile S. Gardiner, Theran P. Stautz, Theodore D. Leininger, Paul Hamel, Kristina F. Connor, Nathan Schiff, Dan D. Wilson, Margaret Devall. 2007. Nondestructive estimation of leaf area for pondberry
• Tracy S. Hawkins, Nathan Schiff, Emile S. Gardiner, Theodore Leininger, Margaret Devall, Dan D. Wilson, Paul Hamel, Deborah D. McCown, Kristina Connor. 2007. Micropropagation of the endangered shrub pondberry (Lindera melissifolia [Walt.] Blume)
• Kristina Connor, Gretchen Schaefer, Jillian Donahoo, Margaret Devall, Emile S. Gardiner, Tracy S. Hawkins, Dan D. Wilson, Nathan Schiff, Paul Hamel, Ted Leininger. 2007. Development, fatty acid composition, and storage of drupes and seeds from the endangered pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
• Brian R. Lockhart, Emile S. Gardiner, Theodore D. Leininger, Kristina F. Connor, Paul Hamel, Nathan Schiff, Dan D. Wilson, Margaret Devall. 2006. Flooding facility helps scientists examine the ecophysiology of floodplain species used in bottomland hardwood restorations
• Paul S. Robbins, Steven R. Alm, Charles D. Armstrong, Anne L. Averill, Thomas C. Baker, Robert J. Bauernfiend, Frederick P. Baxendale, S. Kris Braman, Rick L. Brandenburg, Daniel B. Cash, Gary J. Couch, Richard S. Cowles, Robert L. Crocker, Zandra D. DeLamar, Timothy G. Dittl, Sheila M. Fitzpatrick, Kathy L. Flanders, Tom Forgatsch, Timothy J. Gibb, Bruce D. Gill, Daniel O. Gilrein, Clyde S. Gorsuch, Abner M. Hammond, Patricia D. Hastings, David W. Held, Paul R. Heller, Rose T. Hiskes, James L. Holliman, William G. Hudson, Michael G. Klein, Vera L. Krischik, David J. Lee, Charles E. Linn, Nancy J. Luce, Kenna E. MacKenzie, Catherine M. Mannion, Sridhar Polavarapu, Daniel A. Potter, Wendell L. Roelofs, Brian M. Rovals, Glenn A. Salsbury, Nathan Schiff, David J. Shetlar, Margaret Skinner, Beverly L. Sparks, Jessica A. Sutschek, Timothy P. Sutschek, Stanley R. Swier, Martha M. Sylvia, Niel J. Vickers, Patricia J. Vittum, Richard Weidman, Donald C. Weber, R. Chris Williamson, Michael G. Villani. 2006. Trapping Phyllophaga spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in the United States and Canada using sex attractants
• Nathan Schiff, Steven A. Valley, James R. LaBonte, David Smith. 2006. Guide to the siricid woodwasps of North America
• Kristina Connor, G.M. Schafer, J. Donahoo, Margaret Devall, Emile S. Gardiner, Theodor D. Leininger, Dan D. Wilson, Nathan Schiff, Paul Hamel, Craig Echt. 2006. A study of the early fruit characteristics of pondberry
• David Smith, Nathan Schiff. 2005. A new western nearctic species of Calameuta konow (Hymenoptera: cephidae)
• Kris Connor, Nathan Schiff. 2004. Handling unfamiliar seeds or how not to destroy your seed sample
• Dan D. Wilson, Theodor D. Leininger, William Otrosina, L. David Dwinell, Nathan Schiff. 2004. The impact and control of major southern forest diseases
• Margaret Devall, Nathan Schiff, Stephanie Skojac. 2004. Outplanting of the Endangered Pondberry
• Theodor D. Leininger, Nathan Schiff, Jackie Henne-Kerr. 2004. Impacts of Insect Defoliation in Cottonwood Plantations in Mississippi
• Nathan Schiff, Kristina F. Connor, Margaret Devall. 2004. Germination Conditions For Poison Ivy
• David Smith, Nathan Schiff. 2002. A review of the siricid woodwasps and their Ibaliid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Siricidae, Ibaliidae) in the Eastern United States, with emphasis on the Mid-Atlantic Region
• Margaret Devall, Nathan Schiff, Douglas Boyette. 2001. Ecology and reproductive biology of the endangered pondberry, Lindera melissifolia (Walt) Blume
• David Smith, Nathan Schiff. 2001. A New Species of Xiphydria Latreille (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae) Reared From River Birch, Betula Nigra L., in North America
• John D. Oswald, Nathan Schiff. 2001. A new species of the genus Dilar Rambur (Neuroptera: Dilaridae) from Borneo
• Nathan Schiff, Anthony J. Flemming, Donald L.J. Quicke. 2001. Spermatodesmata of the Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta): Evidence for Multiple Increases in Sperm Bundle Size
• Nathan Schiff, Terence L. Schiefer. 1999. New Blattodea records from Mississippi and Alabama
• David Smith, Nathan Schiff. 1998. The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America

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  Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants

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  Southern Research Station

• University of Illinois (UIUC), Ph.D., Entomology, 1988
• University of Arizona, M.S., Entomology, 1983
• UCLA, B.S., Biology, 1979