Sandra L. Brantley Research Assitant Professor Senior Collection Manager Museum of Southwestern Biology CERIA Building, MSC03 2020 The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 Phone: 505-277-8949 Fax: 505-277-0304 E-Mail: sbrantle(AT)unm.edu

Research Interests
	Ecology and taxonomy of Southwestern U.S. spiders, mites and other arachnids.

Publications

Brantley, S.L., M.C. Molles, Jr. and S.M. Fettig. 2003. Range extension for Carabus maeander Fischer (Coleoptera: Carabidae): from the Canada/U.S. border to New Mexico. Coleopterists Bulletin 57:382.

Shepherd, U.L., S.L. Brantley and C.A. Tarleton. 2002. Species richness and abundance patterns of microarthropods on cryptobiotic crusts in a piñon-juniper habitat. Journal of Arid Environments 52:349-360.

Brantley, S.L., P.L. Ford, R.A. Fagerlund and D.C. Lightfoot. 2001. Surface-active arthropods of shortgrass steppe: new county and state records from New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 46:207-209.

Brookhart, J.O. and S.L. Brantley. 1998. Solpugids (Arachnida) of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 45:443-449.

Parmenter, R. R., S. L. Brantley, J. H. Brown, C. S. Crawford, D. C. Lightfoot, and T. L. Yates. 1995. Diversity of animal communities on Southwestern rangelands: species patterns, habitat relationships, and land management. In: N. E. West, editor. Biodiversity of rangelands. Utah State University, College of Natural Resources, Natural Resources and Environmental Issues Vol. 4, Logan, UT.