Developing long-term inventory and monitoring systems for park units. The long-term maintenance of the biotic integrity of natural resources is a major responsibility for Federal land managers. We have developed field and laboratory techniques for acquiring data, using aquatic macroinvertebrate community attributes such as structure and function to help managers measure the health of their systems. Programs have been implemented, and new approaches are being designed.
Fruit tree entomology. We have studied the host status of the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella in Colorado commercial apple orchards. Additionally, we are interested in the biology and distribution of leafhopper vectors of Western X-disease (X-MLO) in Colorado peach orchards. We are also beginning a program for controlling and monitoring wine grape insects, especially preventing the establishment of new pests.
Revisions of groups of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Diptera. We have been revising selected taxa, with an emphasis on the analysis of intraspecific and interspecific variation. A long-term goal is a synopsis of the Plecoptera of Mexico and Central America.
Harris, S.C. and B.C. Kondratieff. 1990. Ephemeroptera. In Preliminary considerations on Rare and Endangered Invertebrates in Alabama. S.C. Harris (ed.) Alabama.
Ward, J.V. and B. C. Kondratieff. 1992. An illustrated guide to the mountain stream insects of Colorado. University of Colorado Press. 182 pp.
Kondratieff, B. C. and C. H. Nelson. 1995. A review of the genus Remenus Ricker (Plecoptera: Perlodidae), with the description of two new species. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 97:596-602.
Fitzgerald, S. J. and B. C. Kondratieff. 1995. A review of the mydid genus Pseudonomoneura Bequaert (Diptera: Mydidae) , with description of two new species. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 97: 22-34.
Kondratieff, B. C., M. J. Weissmann, R. Takumi. 1995. "Kingdom of the Small. Common Insects and Other Arthropods of Dinosaur National Monument." Dinosaur National Monument Association.
Kondratieff, B. C., M. J. Weissmann, R. Takumi. 1995. "Kingdom of the Small. Common Insects and Other Arthropods of Dinosaur National Monument." Dinosaur National Monument Association.
Cranshaw, W. and B.C. Kondratieff. 1995. Bagging Big Bugs of the Rocky Mountains. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden Colorado. 324 pp.
Kondratieff, B. C. and S. J. Fitzgerald. 1996. Review of the mydid genus Opomydas Curran (Diptera: Mydidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 89: 348-353.
Kirchner, R. F. and B. C. Kondratieff. 1996. A review of the genus Hansonoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 89:501-509.
Zimmerman, R., B. Kondratieff, E. Nelson. and C. Sclar. 1996. The life history of two species of grape leafhoppers on wine grapes in western Colorado. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69: 337-345.
Al Ayedh, H. Y., B. C. Kondratieff, S. L. Blodgett, F. B. Peairs. 1996. Evaluation of hymenopterous biological control agents of the alfalfa weevil larvae Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Northcentral Colorado. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 69: 326-336.
France, D.L., T. J. Griffin, J. G. Swanburg, J. W. Lindemann, G. C. Davenport, V. Trammell, C. T. Travis, B. Kondratieff, A. Nelson, K. Castellano, D. Hopkins, and T. Adair. 1997. Necrosearch revisited: further approaches to the detection of clandestine graves. In: Forensic Taphonomy. The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains. W. D. Haglund, M. H. Sorg (eds). CRC Press, Inc.
Kondratieff, B. C. Chapter 12. 1996. Perlodidae. In: Adult Stoneflies of Eastern North America. B. P. Stark (ed.). Ohio Biol. Surv. (in press).