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Ralph Edward Dewalt

Associate Research Scientist, Aquatic Entomology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Research Scientist, Aquatic Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey

Recent Publications

Houghton, D. C., & DeWalt, R. E. (2023). The caddis aren’t alright: modeling Trichoptera richness in streams of the northcentral United States reveals substantial species losses. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, Article 1163922. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1163922

Costello, M. J., DeWalt, R. E., Orrell, T. M., & Banki, O. (2022). Two million species catalogued by 500 experts. Nature, 601(7892), 191. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00010-z

Houghton, D. C., Dewalt, R. E., Hubbard, T., Schmude, K. L., Dimick, J. J., Holzenthal, R. W., Blahnik, R. J., & Snitgen, J. L. (2022). Checklist of the caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) of the Upper Midwest region of the United States. ZooKeys, 2022(1111), 287-300. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.72345

Houghton, D. C., & DeWalt, R. E. (2021). If a tree falls in the forest: terrestrial habitat loss predicts caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) assemblages and functional feeding group biomass throughout rivers of the North-central United States. Landscape Ecology, 36(10), 3061-3078. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01298-4

Newman, E. A., Dewalt, R. E., & Grubbs, S. A. (2021). Plecoptera (Insecta) Diversity in Indiana: A Watershed-Based Analysis. Diversity, 13(12), Article 672. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13120672

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