Publications
Greene, C.A., McPeek S.J., Mitchem, L.D., Clark, A.B., Formica, V.A., Philson, C.S., Costello, R.A. (2025). Multilevel selection in the margins: A review of its representation in undergraduate biology textbooks. Ecology and Evolution, 15(11), e72493. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72493
Mitchem, L.D., Rupnow, R.L., Jaeger, C.P., Pezdek M.N., Anak Ganeng, B.K., Samonds, K.E., Bergan-Roller, H.E. (2025). "Replication of an Intervention to Mitigate Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching Yields Variable Results Across a Biology Department." CBE—Life Sciences Education 24.3 (2025): ar35. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.24-07-0193.
Greene, C.A.*, Mitchem, L.D.*, Anjos, V.D., Brodie, E.D. III., & Formica, V.A. (2025). Increased courtship effort, male-male aggression, and mating success with age in a long-lived beetle (Bolitotherus cornutus). Behavioral Ecology, araf092. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf092.
Cline, C., Mitchem, L.D., Samonds K.E., LaDue, N.D., & Bergan-Roller H.E. (In review). Doctoral Physical Therapy Students’ Value for Learning Communication Skills in Their First Year.
Mitchem, L.D., Singer, A., Ritchie, B. Bergan-Roller H.E. (In review). Introduction to the Biology Major: A First Year Seminar.
Mitchem, L.D., Formica, V.A., & Brodie, E.D. III. (In prep). Personalities are not expressed across social contexts in forked fungus beetles (Bolitotherus cornutus).
Mitchem, L.D., Formica, V.A., Debray, R., Homer, D.E., & Brodie, E.D. III (2022). Mycophagous beetle females do not behave competitively during intrasexual interactions in presence of a fungal resource. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8977. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8977.
Kastle, M., Kapfer, J., Kuhns, A., Graser, W., Glowacki, G., Ibach, A., Mitchem, L., Mozuch, J., Rudolph, N., Rutzen, K., & King, R. (2021). Blanding’s turtle hatchling survival and movements following natural vs. artificial incubation. Journal of Herpetology, 55, 167-173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1670/20-084.
Mitchem, L.D.*, Vilella-Pacheco*, Z., Formica, V.A., & Brodie, E.D. III (2021). Male competition reverses female preference for male chemical cues. Ecology and Evolution, 11, 4532-4531. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7348.
Mitchem, L.D., Debray, R., Formica, V.A., & Brodie, E.D. III (2019). Contest interactions and outcomes: relative body size and aggression independently predict contest status. Animal Behavior, 157, 43-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.06.031.
Mitchem, L.D., Stanis, S., Zhou, M., Loew, E., Epifanio, J.M., and Fuller, R.C. 2018. Seeing red: color vision in the largemouth bass. Current Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy019.
Mitchem, L.D., Stanis, S., Sutton, N.S., Turner, Z., and Fuller, R.C. 2018. The pervasive effects of lighting environments on sensory drive in bluefin killifish: an investigation into male/male competition, female choice, and predation. Current Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy038
Rutzen, K., L. Mitchem, N. Rudolph, K. Katovich, and J. M. Kapfer. 2015. Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding’s Turtle): Juvenile Diet. Herpetological Review 46:79-80.
Kapfer, J.M., Lorch, J.M., Wild, E.R., Brown, D.J., Mitchem, L., Rudolph, N., Rutzen, K., and Vogt, R. 2015. Distribution records for amphibians and reptiles from Wisconsin, USA. Herpetological Review 46:587-590.