Research at the Division of Arthropods
Systematics and Taxonomy
Phylogeny and systematics of beetle (Dytiscidae, Hydradephaga, Cucujoidea Dytiscidae), web-spinners (Embiidina) and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae) - Kelly Miller
Inventory and systematics of moths (Lepidoptera) of White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, and Oliver Lee State Park, New Mexico - Eric Metzler
Systematic revisionary work of the North American band-winged grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae, esp. Trimerotropini), and the North American katydid genera Eremopedes, Pediodectes, Ateloplus, and Steiroxys (Orthoptera) - David Lightfoot
Diversity and distribution of Southwestern sheet-web weaver spiders (Linyphiidae) - Sandra Brantley
Ecology
An inventory survey of the arthropods of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA, and Cuatrocienegas Protected Area, Coahuila, Mexico - David Lightfoot and Kelly Miller
Relationships between grasshopper assemblages, prairie dogs, vegetation and soils at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, and the Janos Conservation Area, Chihuahua Mexico - David Lightfoot and Ana Davidson
Inventory and monitoring of arthropods at Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Park, Washington - Robert Parmenter
Community ecology of grasshoppers of the Jornada Basin and at the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research sites, New Mexico, relative to climate change and vegetation dynamics - David Lightfoot
Long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling arthropods across an elevation gradient in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, in relation to climate change - David Lightfoot, Sandra Brantley, and Craig Allen (USGS)