Southeastern Louisiana 
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Group


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One-page vitaes of Members

Stuart Bamforth
Tulane University (emeritus)
E-mail:
sabamforth@aol.com
Phone: (504)-861-2698

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
I am a protozoan ecologist, interested primarily in soil protozoa (a major faunal group in nutrient cycling). I occasionally conduct studies on aquatic systems, with special interest in colonization of artificial substrates. My studies describing numbers and proportions of protozoa (and often bacteria and fungi) has led to biogeographic interest, enhanced by sabbaticls in New Zealand and Austrailia.  Present research focuses on soil protozoa of desert biotic crusts and rain forests, and amoebae in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.

5 Representative Publications
Bamforth, S.S.  1985.  The role of protozoa in litters and soils.  J. Protozool., 32: 404-409.

Bamforth, S. S., C. R. Curds, and B. J. Finlay. 1987. Protozoa of two Kenya lakes. Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc., 106:354-358.

Bamforth, S. S. 1995. Interpreting soil ciliate biodiversity. Plant and Soil, 170:159-164.

Bamforth, S. S. 2000.  Protozoa.  In: Sumner, M.E. e.d. Handbook of Soil Science, New York, CRC Press, pp C-45-C-52.

Bamforth, S.S.  2001.  Proportions of active ciliates in soils.  Biol. Fertil Soils, 33: 197-203.

Robinson, B.S., S.S. Bamforth, and P.J. Dobson.  2002.  Density and diversity of protozoa in some arid Australian soils.  J. Eukaryot. Microbiol., 49: 449-453.

Bamforth, S.S., 2004.  Water film fauna of microbiotic crusts of a warm desert.  J. Arid. Environ., 56: 413-423.

last updated 2005

Paul Barnes
Loyola University
pwbarnes@loyno.edu

http://cas.loyno.edu/biology/bios/barnes.html

504-865-2008

Department of Biological Sciences
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
Mechanisms of competition/facilitation between plants; woody plant increase in grasslands and savannas; ecological and physiological effects of stratospheric ozone depletion and increased ultraviolet-B radiation on plants and ecosystems.

Teaching Interests
Plant Ecology/Ecophysiology

Global Ecology

Research Interests
Barnes, P.W., J. R. Shinkle, S.D. Flint , and R.J. Ryel. 2004. UV-B radiation, photomorphogenesis and plant-plant interactions. In: K. Esser, U. Luttge, W. Beyschlag, and J. Murata (eds). Progress in Botany Vol 66 (In Press).

 

Shinkle, J.R., A.K. Atkins, E.E. Humphrey, C.W. Rodgers, S.L. Wheeler, and P.W. Barnes. 2004. Short and long wavelength UV-B radiation induce different growth and morphological responses in cucumbers ( Cucumis sativum ) and other dicotyledonous seedlings. Physiologia Plantarum 120:240-248.

 

Jessup, K.E., P.W. Barnes, and T.W. Boutton. 2003. Vegetation dynamics in a Quercus - Juniperus savanna: an isotopic assessment. Journal of Vegetation Science 14:841-852.

 

Nelson, J.A., P.W. Barnes, and S. Archer. 2002. Leaf demography and growth responses to altered resource availability in woody plants of contrasting leaf habit in a subtropical savanna. Plant Ecology 160:193-205.

 

Barnes, P.W., P.S. Searles, C.L. Ballaré, R.J. Ryel, and M.M. Caldwell. 2000. Non-invasive measurements of leaf epidermal transmittance of UV radiation using chlorophyll fluorescence: field and laboratory studies. Physiologia Plantarum 109:274-283.

Barnes, P.W., and S. Archer. 1999. Tree-shrub interactions in a subtropical savanna parkland: competition or facilitation? Journal of Vegetation Science 10:525-536.


last updated Jan. 2005

Hank Bart
Tulane University
hank@museum.tulane.edu

www.museum.tulane.edu/hank

504-394-1711/504-862-8283

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
Ecology and systematics of freshwater fishes, especially darters (Actinopterygii: Percidae) and suckers (Catostomidae)

Teaching Interests
Ichthyology
Vertebrate Morphology
Stream Ecology
Natural Resource Conservation (a service learning course)

5 Representative Publications
Bart, H.L., Jr. 1989. Fish-habitat association in an Ozark stream. Environmental Biology of Fishes 24:173-186.

Bart, H. L., Jr. and L.M. Page. 1992. The influence of size and phylogeny on life history variation in North American percids, pp 553-572 In: R.L. Mayden (ed.) Systematics, historical ecology and North American freshwater fishes. Stanford University Press.

 

Bart, H.L. Jr., P.J. Martinat, A. Abdelghani, and S. L. Taylor. 1998. Influence of taxonomy, ecology, and seasonality in river stage on fish contamination risks in floodplain swamps of the lower Mississippi River . Ecotoxicology 7:325-334.

 

Bart, H.L., Jr. and M.S. Taylor. 1999. A new darter of the subgenus Fuscatelum of Etheostoma from the upper Black Warrior River system, Alabama . Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 31:23-52.

 

Bart, H.L., Jr. 2000. Fish diversity in a heavily industrialized reach of the lower Mississippi River , pp 203-218 In: C. Colten (ed.) Centuries of Change: transformation of the lower Mississippi River and its environs. University of Pittsburgh Press.


last updated Jan. 2005

Charles Bell
Xavier University
Charles.bell@post.harvard.edu

www.phylodiversity.net/cbell

520-504-5011

Department of Biology

Xavier University of Louisiana

1 Drexel Drive, Box 85B

New Orleans , LA 70125



Research Interests
My research all revolves in one way or another around understanding phylogeny. My research interests span from micro-evolutionary questions about DNA sequence evolution to macro-evolutionary questions concerning biogeography and the evolution of alpine flora. My research program aims to integrate data from disciplines such as genetics, ecology, and geography to address broad questions of how biological and physical processes interact to drive evolution. My empirical work has focused primarily on plant diversity and evolution. In particular, I have a great interest in Valerianaceae and Dipsacales (in collaboration w/ Dr. Michael Donoghue and Dr. Richard Winkworth, Yale University), and in the origin and early evolution of flowering plants (with Drs. Pam and Doug Soltis, University of Florida, and Dr. Taylor Feild, University of Toronto).


Teaching Interests
Biodiversity

Evolution

Phylogentics


5 Representative Publications
Bell , C. D. 2004. Preliminary phylogeny of Valerianaceae (Dipsacales) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31:340-350.[pdf]

 

Bell , C. D. and M. J. Donoghue. 2003. Phylogeny and biogeography of Morinaceae (Dipsacales) based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 3: 227-237.

 

Davis, C. C, C. D. Bell, P. W. Fritch, and S. Mathews. 2002. Biogeography of Acridocarpus-Brachylophon (Malpighiaceae): high latitude Tertiary migration in the interchange of worldwide tropical floras and their influence on afroasian biogeograph. Evolution 56: 2395-2405.

 

Davis, C. C., C. D. Bell, S. Mathews and M. J. Donoghue. 2002. Laurasian migration explains Gondwanan disjuncts: evidence from Malpighiaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , USA 99: 6833-6837.

last updated Jan. 2005

Rebecca Blanton
Tulane University
rblanton@tulane.edu

504-473-3711


Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Tulane University

310 Dinwiddie Hall

New Orleans , LA 70118

Research Interests
My primary research is focused on the study of historic and contemporary mechanisms of speciation in freshwater fish species of
North America . I am currently studying these topics for a species complex of darters (Percidae), the Etheostoma flabellare species complex of the subgenus Catonotus . General areas of research interest include the evolution, systematics, and biogeography of North American fishes and crayfishes.

Teaching Interests
Ichthyology, aquatic ecology, aquatic invertebrates, zoology, general biology



5 Representative Publications

last updated Jan. 2005

Devin Bloom
Southeastern Louisiana University
Devin.Bloom@selu.edu

985-215-9294


162 Southgate Dr .

Ponchatoula. LA 70454

Research Interests
Systematics, behavior, and conservation of fishes. Molecular systematics of Chirostoma (silversides found in
Mexico ), and spawning behavior of lamprey.

5 Representative Publications

last updated Jan. 2005

Anne S. Bradburn
Curator of Tulane Herbarium
Tulane University
abradbu@tulane.edu
http://www.tulane.edu/~darwin/Herbarium/herbarium_index.htm
504-862-8299

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
Gulf Coast Barrier Islands,
Yucatan Flora,
Ethnobotany


5 Representative Publications
Bradburn, A.S. and S.P. Darwin. 1993. Type specimens of vascular plants at Tulane University, with a brief history of the Tulane Herbarium. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 29: 73-95.


last updated Jan. 2004

Sarah Brock
University of New Orleans
skitlbug@yahoo.com

504-250-0908

Department of Biological Sciences
Computer Center , Room 200
2000 Lakeshore Drive
University of New Orleans
New Orleans , LA 70148


Research Interests
I’m interested in the interactions of larval parasitoids within the host. I’m looking at how resource partitioning and spatial distribution are altered by the presence of competing parasitoid species. I’m interested in studying competitive interactions based on life history aspects like solitary vs. gregarious larvae, mobile vs. immobile larvae, ectoparasitoids vs. endoparasitoids.

Teaching Interests
I taught High School Science for 3 years including Zoology & Physical Sciences. I was also a TA for introductory Biology Labs.

5 Representative Publications


last updated Jan. 2007

Trey Brown
Xavier University
rbrown14@xula.edu

http://webusers.xula.edu/rbrown14/
504-520-7622


Department of Biology

1 Drexel Drive

Xavier University of New Orleans

New Orleans , LA 70125


Research Interests
My areas of research reflect my interest in the transport, fate and effects of chemicals in the environment and the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to solving problems in environmental toxicology from molecular to behavioral endpoints. My current work involves the effects of lead on growth and development of the terrestrial snail, Helix aspersa . In particular I am interested in understanding heavy metal homeostasis in both juvenile and adult garden snails in specific tissues and examining how snails differentiate between essential and toxic metals as a function of incidental homeostatic mechanisms controlling calcium.


Teaching Interests
Genetics

Environmental Toxicology

Invertebrate Zoology


5 Representative Publications
Brown, RW , L
Richmond , A Beeby. Allocation of calcium in shell versus soft tissues in the terrestrial snail, Helix aspersa . (In preparation).

 

Richmond , L, RW Brown , A Beeby. Calcium regulation as a function of lead exposure in the terrestrial snail, Helix aspersa . (In preparation).

 

Brown, RW, B Joab. Toxicity of un-ionized ammonia to the development of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus , and the sand dollar, Dendraster excentricus , in sediment pore water and elutriate bioassays. (In preparation)

 

Brown, RW, JQ Word and SJ Klaine. Toxicity and bioaccumulation of methylmercury to the deposit-feeding polychaete, Abarenicola pacifica . (In preparation.)

 

Brown, RW. Evidence for nitric oxide induced effects on sodium uptake in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss , gill cell culture. Submitted.

last updated Jan. 2005

John Caruso
Tulane University
jcaruso@tulane.edu
http://www.tulane.edu/~ebio/
(504) 280-5440

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

310 Dinwiddie Hall

Tulane University

New Orleans , LA 70118


Research Interests
What little time I have had available to devote to research has been focused upon the systematics of the deep-sea lophiiform anglerfish families Chaunacidae and Lophiidae. In the process of revising both families, I have described six new species (two chaunacids and four lophiids) and a new genus (a chaunacid), with a new eel species thrown in for a brief change of pace. I am currently trying to find time to finish a project on the lophiiform fishes of Ile de la Reunion with a colleague from the Paris Museum.

Teaching Interests

5 Representative Publications
1995. Family Lophiidae. pp. 1227-1230. in W. Fischer; Krupp, F.; Schneider, w.; Sommer, C.; Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, H. V. Guia FAO para la identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Vol. III. Verbetrados Parte 2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.

1990. Family Lophiidae. pp. 479-480. in Check list of fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic. JNICT(UNESCO), Portugal.

1989. Review of: Frogfishes of the World: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. T. W. Pietsch and D. B. Grobecker. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1987, xxiv + 420 pp. In American Zoologist 29(3):1199-1200.

1989. Comments on the taxonomic status of Lophiodes guingueradiatus (Brauer), with the first record of Loophiomus setigerus from the Red Sea (Pisces: Lophiidae). Copeia 1989(4):1072.

1989. A review of the Indo-Pacific members of the deep-water chaunacid anglerfish genus Bathychaunax, with the description of a new species from the eastern Indian Ocean (Pisces: Lophiiformes). Bull. Mar. Sci. 45(3):574-579.

last updated 2006

Mollie F. Cashner
Tulane University
mcashner@tulane.edu

http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~mcashner/

(504) 862-8284


Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

310 Dinwiddie Hall

Tulane University

New Orleans , LA 70118

Research Interests
I am currently studying the breeding ecology/behavior of minnows in the Notropis subgenus Hydrophlox . This research involves a combination of techniques: molecular phylogenetics, field-based behavioral observations, experimental manipulations, and examination of museum materials. This multi-faceted approach combines many of my interests: fish behavior, museum curation/collection, conservation biology, and phylogenetics.

Teaching Interests
I've been a TA for the following courses: Intro Bio Lab, Ichthyology, Fisheries Science, and Stream Ecology

 

5 Representative Publications
Cashner, M. F. 2004. Are spotted bass ( Micropterus punctulatus ) attracted to Schreckstoff? A test of the predator attraction hypothesis. Copeia 2004 (3): 592-598.

 

Cashner, M. F. 2001. An investigation of chemical alarm systems of a coevolved assemblage of freshwater fishes in the southeastern United States . M.Sc. Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg , MS .

last updated Jan. 2005

Robert C. Cashner
University of New Orleans
rcashner@uno.edu
http://biology.uno.edu/faculty.html#bcashner
(504)280-6836

Dept. Biological Sciences
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148


Research Interests

My interests are primarily in the areas of systematics and ecology of North American freshwater fishes.

Teaching Interests

General Ecology
Stream Ecology
Biology of Fishes
Ichthyology

5 Representative Publications

Cashner, R. C., B. M. Burr and J. S. Rogers.  1989.  Geographic variation of mud sunfish Acantharchus pomotis (Baird).  Copeia 1989:129-141.

Cashner, R. C., and W. J. Matthews.  1988.  Changes in the Oklahoma fish fauna, 1973-1988.  Oklahoma Academy of Sciences:  In Press.

Matthews, W. J., R. C. Cashner and F. P. Gelwick.  1988.  Stability of summer fish assemblages in three midwestern streams.  Copeia 1988:942-952.

Cashner, R. C., J. S. Rogers and J. M. Grady.  1988.  A new species of Fundulus (Xenisma) from the Tallapoosa River system, Alabama and Georgia.  Copeia 1988:674-683.

Grady, J. M., and R. C. Cashner.  1988.  Evidence of extensive intergeneric hybridization among the cyprinid fishes in Clark Creek, MS.  Southwest.  Nat.  33:137-146.


last updated 1989

Terry Christenson
Tulane University
tchris@tulane.edu
http://www.tulane.edu/~psych/christenson.html
504-862-3313

Dept. Psychology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118


Research Interests

Reproductive behavior and strategies of the golden orbweaving spider, Nephila clavipes, and the basilica spider, Mecynogea Iemniscata.  Of particular interest are:  sexual selection, mate choice, male competition, sperm competition, male advantage patterns, anatomical bases of male advantage patterns.

Teaching Interests

Animal behavior
Ethology
Sociobiology
Field Methodology
Arachnology


5 Representative Publications

Bukowski, T., Linn, C., & Christenson, T. (in press). Copulation and sperm release in Gasteracantha cancriformis. Animal Behaviour.

Bukowski, T., & Christenson, T. (2000). Determinants of mating frequency in the spiny orb-weaving spider, Micrathena gracilis. Journal of Insect Behavior,13, 331-352.

Bukowski, T., & Christenson, T. (1998). Natural history and copulatory behavior of the spiny orb-weaving spider, Micrathena gracilis. Journal of Arachnology, 25, 307-320.

Bukowski, T., & Christenson, T. (1997). Determinants of sperm release and storage in a spiny orb-weaving spider. Animal Behaviour, 53, 381-395.

Christenson, T.  Sperm depletion in the orb-weaving spider Nephila clavipes.  In press.  Journal of Arachnology.

Myers, L. and Christenson, T.  1988.  Transition from predatory juvenile male to mate-searching adult in the orb-weaving spider Nephila clavipes (Araneae, Araneidae).  Journal of Arachnology.  16:254-257.

Hill, E. and Christenson, T.  1988.  Male residency on juvenile female Nephila clavipes (Araneae, Araneidae) webs.  Journal of Arachnology.  16:257-259.

last updated

Margaret R. Clarke
University of New Orleans
mclarke@uno   clarke893@cox.net

504-280-1338

Dept. of Anthropology
Univ. of New Orleans
2000 Lakeshore Drive
New Orleans LA 70148

Research Interests
My research interests are in animal behavior, specifically nonhuman primates. Population dynamics, social interactions, physiology and behavior, and environmental effects on behavior. I have maintained a field site in Costa Rica on free-ranging howling monkeys since 1978.

Teaching Interests
Primate Behavior, Human Evolution, Human Sociobiology, Human Variation, Primate Evolution, Observational Methods.

5 Representative Publications
Zucker, E.L., Clarke, M.R. Longitudinal assessment of immature-to-adult ratios in two groups of Costa Rican mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 24(1)87-101, 2003.

Clarke, M.R., Crockett, C.M., Zucker, E.L., Zaldivar, M. Mantled howler population of Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica from 1991 to 1998: Effects of deforestation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 56:155-163, 2002.

Clarke, M.R., Collins, D.A., Zucker, E.L. Adaptations to deforestation in a free-ranging group of mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 23(2): 365-381, 2002.

Clarke, M.R., Crockett, C.M., Zucker, E.L., Zaldivar, M. A comparison of methods to survey free-ranging monkeys in the Costa Rican dry forest. LABORATORY PRIMATE NEWSLETTER, 40(4): 4-6, 2001.

Clarke, M.R., O'Neil, J.A.S. Morphometric comparison of Chinese-origin and Indian-derived rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, 47(4):335-246, 1999.


last updated Jan. 2004
Brian I. Crother
Southeastern Louisiana University
bcrother@selu.edu
http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Biology/Faculty/Geninfo/bcrother.htm
985) 549 2162

Southeastern Louisiana University
Department of Biological Sciences
Hammond, LA 70402

Research Interests
My main research interests have been in phylogenetics and historical biogeography, mostly neotropical and mostly of herpetofauna. A key focus in the lab has recently been on snake evolution at multiple levels (origins to species questions), using both DNA and morphology. There is a collaboration on the evolution of primordial germ cell determination mechanisms, the genes involved, and the implications for macroevolution. Other current projects involve snake (fox snakes, racers) and phylogenetics and frog (gopher frogs) population genetics. I have also begun collecting baseline survey studies of herpetofauna in the Manchac and Maurepas areas as a beginning to long term studies in those areas.

Teaching Interests
Systematics, Biogeography, Historical Ecology, Herpetology, Genetics

5 Representative Publications
in press. Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics: Essays in Tribute to Jay M. Savage (co-editors are M. Donnelly, C. Guyer, M. Wake, M. White). University of Chicago Press.

In press. Higher level snake phylogeny as inferred from 28S ribosomal DNA and morphology. Book chapter IN Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics (eds., B. Crother, M. Donnelly, C. Guyer, M. Wake, M. White), University of Chicago Press (with M. White, M. Kelly-Smith)

2003. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico: Update. Herp. Rev. 34: 196-203. (I am the chair of a 14 person committee and the editor and an author of the document written by that committee.)

2003. Regulative Germ Cell Specification in Axolotl Embryos: A Primitive Trait Conserved in the Mammalian Lineage. (with Andrew D. Johnson, Matthew Drum, Rosemary F. Bachvarova,Thomas Masi, Roger Patient, Mary E. White) Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London, 358: 1371-1379.

2003. Evolution of Predetermined Germ Cells in Vertebrate Embryos: Implications for Macroevolution (with Andrew D. Johnson, Matthew Drum, Rosemary F. Bachvarova,Thomas Masi, Mary E. White). Evolution and Development 5(4): 414-431

2003. Man of the Yard. IN Islands and the Sea: Essays on Herpetological Exploration in the West Indies. R. W. Henderson and R. Powell (eds.). Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca. Pp.109-111.

1999. Caribbean Reptiles and Amphibians edited by B. I. Crother (editor). Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. i-xxx, 1-495.

last updated Dec. 2003

Steven P. Darwin
Tulane University
darwin@tulane.edu
http://www.tulane.edu/~darwin/homepage.htm

(504) 862-8286

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
My principle interest is the evolution and systematics of flowering plants, particularly Rubiaceae of the South Pacific, Papuasia, and southeastern Asia. My publications are mainly monographic and floristic studies. I am interested in leaf venation patterns of plants and hope to use computer-assisted image analysis to collect and evaluate venation data. My responsibilities extend to the curation of the Tulane University Herbarium and its associated library. Like many other plant systematists, I am also interested in the history of Botany and the biology of cultivated plants.

Teaching Interests
Plant Systematics
Evolution
Biogeography
Plant Morphology and Paleobotany
Plant Anatomy
History of Biology


5 Representative Publications
Darwin, S. P. and S. M. Chaw. Bobea. In: W. L. Wagner, D. R. Herbst, and S. H. Sohmer, Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i. B. P. Bishop Museum Press. (in press).

Smith, A. C. and S. P. Darwin. 1988. Rubiaceae. In: A. C. Smith, Flora Vitiensis Nova- A new Flora of Fiji. 4:143-376. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden.
Darwin, S. P. 1983. New species of Timonius (Rubiaceae) from Papuasia. Jour. Arnold Arb. 64:611-618.
White, D. A., S. P. Darwin, and L. B. Thien. 1983. Plants and plant communities of Jean Lafitte national Historical Park, Louisiana. Tulane Studies Zool. & Bot. 24:100-129.

last updated 1989
Kevin Delaney
Xavier University
kjdelane@xula.edu

504-520-5705

Department of Biology
1 Drexel Dr., Box 85B
Xavier
University of Louisiana
New Orleans
, LA 70125-1098

Research Interests
My current research interest falls within plant ecophysiology, where I have examined plant leaf level photosynthetic responses to insect herbivory. In some species, photosynthetic rate is not lowered on remaining tissue of injured leaves. In other species, photosynthetic rate is reduced on remaining tissue of injured leaves compared to uninjured leaves. The mechanism by which impairment occurs is of interest, as well as the influence of phenology on likelihood of photosynthetic impairment after herbivory .I would like to also examine chemical induction responses. I used to study behavioral ecology as a graduate student, where my interest was in sexual selection & communication of spiders. More specifically, I'm interesting in examining variation in female mate preference functions to try understand how that influences variation in male secondary sexual traits.

Teaching Interests
General biology

I would like to teach biodiversity, animal behavior, evolution, invertebrate zoology, ecology, botany, entomology, and maybe plant physiology or plant ecology

5 Representative Publications
Delaney, K.J., & Macedo, T.B. 2001 . The impact of herbivory on plants: yield, fitness, and population dynamics. In: Biotic Stress and Yield Loss (R.K.D. Peterson & L.G. Higley, eds.), pp. 135-158. CRC Press

Basolo, A.L., & Delaney, K.J. 2001 . Male Biases for Male Characteristics in Females in Priapella olmecae and Xiphophorus helleri (Family Poeciliidae). Ethology 107 , 431-438.

last updated Jan. 2005
Margaret Devall
USFS Southern Research Station
E-mail:
mdevall@fs.fed.us
website:
504-897-2749 , 662-686-3161

Southern Research Station
Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research
P.O. Box 227
Stoneville , MS 38776


Research Interests
I am interested in research on endangered species, especially ecology of pondberry ( Lindera melissifolia and silviculture of rare and endangered tree species. My research interests also include forested wetlands, tropical ecology and dendrochronology including tropical dendrochronology.

Teaching Interests
Not teaching at present.

5 Representative Publications
Devall,
Margaret, Schiff, Nathan and Boyette, Douglas. 2001. Ecology and reproductive biology of the endangered pondberry ( Lindera melissifolia [Walt] Blume. Natural Areas Journal 21: 250-258.

Devall, Margaret S., Calvin E. Meier, Emile S. Gardiner, Paul B. Hamel, Theodor D. Leininger, Nathan Schiff and John A. Stanturf. 2001. The restoration of functions and values in bottomland hardwood forests of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley . Wetland Journal 13:37 -49.


Devall, Margaret S., Parresol, Bernard R. 2003. A dendrochronological study of teak ( Tectona grandis L.f., Verbenaceae). Proceedings of the International Conference: Quality Timber Products of Teak from Sustainable Forest Management. 2-5 December 2003. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi , India . 424-433.


Danny Skojac, Margaret S. Devall and Bernard R. Parresol 2004. Additions to the flora of Cleveland County , Arkansas : collections from Moro Bottoms
Natural Area, an old growth bottomland hardwood forest. Sida 20(4): 1731-1736.

Smith, C.G. III, Hamel, P.B., Devall, M.S., Schiff , N.M. 2004. Hermit thrush is the first observed dispersal agent for pondberry. Castanea 69(1): 1-8.


Devall, Margaret S., Leonard B. Thien, George Flowers, and Erik Ellgaard. 2006. Lead transport into Bayou Trepagnier wetlands in Louisiana . Journal of Environmental Quality 35(3): 758-765.


last updated Feb. 2007

Jessica R. Eberhard
Louisiana State University
eberhard@lsu.edu
http://www.biology.lsu.edu/webfac/jeberhard/
225-578-0068

Department of Biological Sciences
202 Life Sciences
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803


Research Interests
My research concerns the behavior, biogeography, and molecular systematics of birds, and has involved a combination of field observation and molecular techniques. I am especially interested in using comparative approaches to study the evolution of behavior, historical biogeography, and molecular evolution, and most of my molecular work has been driven by an interest in addressing questions within a historical framework. Much of my research has focused on the behavior and evolution of parrots, but has also included studies of hummingbirds and toucans, and my interests in biogeography and behavioral evolution are not taxonomically defined.

Teaching Interests
General Biology, Tropical Biology, Ornithology, Biogeography & Conservation, Animal Behavior, Molecular Systematics

5 Representative Publications
Eberhard, J. R. and E. Bermingham. 2004 Phylogeny and biogeography of the Amazona ochrocephala complex. The Auk (in press).

Eberhard, J. R. 2002. Cavity-adoption and the evolution of coloniality. The Condor 104:240-247.

Eberhard, J. R., T. F. Wright and E. Bermingham. 2001. Duplication and concerted evolution of the mitochondrial control region in the parrot genus Amazona. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18(7):1330-1342. (JRE and TFW co-first authors)

Eberhard, J. R. 1998. Evolution of nest-building behavior in Agapornis parrots. The Auk 115:455-464.

Eberhard, J. R. and P. W. Ewald. 1994. Effects of food availability and intrusion pressure on territory size: an experimental study of Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 34(1): 11-18.


last updated Feb. 2004
Jean Elbers
Southeastern Louisiana University
jean.elbers@selu.edu

985-869-3925

Department of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA 70402



Research Interests
Herpetology (especially the following)

Macrochelys temminckii -population demographics, conservation, diet

Eleutherodactylus planirostris -diet, competition with native anurans, phylogenetics

Snake eye anatomy

Teaching Interests
None yet, an undergraduate student

5 Representative Publications
No publications but:

Manuscript to be submitted to Herpetological Review on the geographic distribution of Eleutherodactylus planirostris in Louisiana

last updated 2007

Mark " Chad " Ellinwood
University of New Orleans
mcellinw@uno.edu
http://www.nekton.uno.edu/
985-320-5643

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of New Orleans
2000 Lakeshore Drive
New Orleans , LA 70148

Research Interests
Ecology of fishes within and between the Lake Pontchartrain Basin and Chandeleur Islands ; Effects of hypoxia on estuarine spp., particularly fishes

Teaching Interests
B.S. in Secondary Biology Education

5 Representative Publications


last updated 2007

Milton Fingerman
Tulane University (emeritas)
E-mail:
website:

504-865-5549

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
The research in my laboratory centers on the physiology of crustaceans, particularly the red swamp crawfish and fiddler crabs. Ongoing experiments deal with the hormones that regulate gonadal maturation in crustaceans, the neurotransmitters that trigger release of these hormones, the effects of organic and inorganic environmental pollutants on the physiology and biochemistry of these crustaceans.

Teaching Interests
Comparative Physiology
Comparative Endocrinology
Human Physiology
Scientific Writing


5 Representative Publications
Fingerman, M., M. Devi, P. S. Reddy and R. Katyayani, 1996. Impact of heavy metal exposure on the nervous system and endocrine-mediated processes in crustaceans. Zoological Studies, 35:1-8.


Nagabhushanam, R., R. Sarojini, P. S. Reddy, M. Devi and M. Fingerman, 1995. Opioid peptides in invertebrates: Localization, distribution and possible functional roles. Current Sci., 69:659-671.


Sarojini, R., R. Nagabhushanam, M. Devi and M. Fingerman, 1995. Dopaminergic inhibition of 5-hydroxytryptamine-stimulated testicular maturation in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 111C:287-292.


Devi, M. and M. Fingerman, 1995. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity in the central nervous system of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, by mercury, cadmium, and lead. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 55:746-750.


Sarojini, R., R. Nagabhushanam and M. Fingerman, 1995. A neurotransmitter role for red-pigment-concentrating hormone in ovarian maturation in the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. J. Exp. Biol., 198:1253-1257.


last updated 1996
J. Michael Fitzsimons
L.S.U. Museum of Natural Science
fitzsimons@lsu.edu
225-578-3079

Museum of Natural Science
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge , LA 70803

Research Interests
Behavior and systematics of teleost fishes.

Teaching Interests
Ichthyology
Ethology

5 Representative Publications
Fitzsimons, J. M., J. E. Parham, L. K. Benson, M. G. McRae, and R. T. Nishimoto. 2005. Biological assessment of Kahana Stream, Island of O'ahu , Hawai'i : An application of PABITRA survey methods. Pacific Science 59: 273-281.

Fitzsimons, J. M., M.G. McRae, and R. T. Nishimoto. 2006. Behavioral ecology of indigenous stream fishes in Hawai'i . Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries. N. L. Evenhuis and J. M. Fitzsimons, eds. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 11-21.

Fitzsimons, J. M. 2006. A biological basis for stream-use decisions in Hawai’i . Division of Aquatic Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai’i . 18 pp.

Nishimoto, R. T. and J. M. Fitzsimons. 2006. Status of native Hawaiian stream fishes, a unique amphidromous fauna. American Fisheries Society Sympos. 53:21-27.

Parham, J. E., G. R. Higashi, E. K. Lapp, D. G. K. Kuamo’o, R. T. Nishimoto, J. M. Fitzsimons, D. A. Polhemus, and W. S. Devick. 2006. Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds and Their Aquatic Resources. Five volumes: Islands of Hawai’i (786 pp.), Maui (471), Moloka’i (224), O’ahu (336), and Kaua’i (359). Division of Aquatic Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai’i .

last updated Jan. 2007

William F. Font
Southeastern Louisiana University
wffont@selu.edu
http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Biology/Faculty/Geninfo/wfont.htm

985-549-2901

Department of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA 70402

Research Interests

Ecology and Systematics of Parasites.  My current research is an analysis of the community structure of helminth parasites of bats.  I am studying the parasites of Louisiana bats and comparing these data with previous research on parasite communities of bats from the Midwest.  Long range objectives include comparative studies of parasite communities of bats from the tropics.  Other interests include life history studies of trematodes in Louisiana and the effect of progenesis on the evolution of Trematoda.

Teaching Interests
Parasitology
Invertebrate Zoology
Evolutionary Biology


5 Representative Publication

Lasee, B. A., W. F. Font, and D. R. Sutherland.  1988.  Culaeatrema inconstans gen. n., sp. n. (Digenea:  Allocreadiidae) from the Brook Stickleback (Culaea inconstans) in Wisconsin and Observations on Parthenogenetic Populations.  Canadian Journal of Zoology.  66:1328-1333.

Font, W. F.  1987.  Partial Life Cycle and Fish Hosts of Bolbogonotylus corkumi gen. et. Sp. n. and Cryptogonimus chyli Osborn, 1903 (Digenea:  Cryptogonimidae) in Wisconsin.  Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash.  54:191-196.

Lotz, J. M. and W. F. Font.  1985.  Structure and Enteric Helminth Communities in Two Populations of Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera).  Can. J. Zool.  63(12);2969-2978.

Font, W. F., R. W. Heard, and R. M. Overstreet.  1984.  Taxonomy and Biology of Phagicola nana (Digenea:  Heterophyidae).  Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc.  103:408-422.

Font, W. F., R. W. Heard, and R. M. Overstreet.  1984.  Life Cycle of Ascocotyle gemina n. sp. a Sibling of A. sexidigita (Digenea:  Heterophyidae) Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc.  103:392-407.



last updated  1990

Cliff Fontenot
Southeastern Louisiana University
cfontenot@selu.edu
http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Biology/Faculty/Geninfo/cfontenot.htm

985-549-3466

Department of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA 70402

Research Interests
My research interests are fairly broad, but are generally in the behavioral and evolutionary ecology of amphibians and reptiles. Much of my work has focused on salamander (Amphiuma) reproduction, alligator nesting and foraging ecology, turtle conservation, and garter snake ecology. My studies on the behavior and evolutionary ecology of garter snakes (Thamnophis) have led me in unexpected directions, i.e., how California paleogeology has influenced the evolution of California amphibians and reptiles. My garter snake foraging behavior studies have also led me to investigate how animals (snakes) that have independently evolved eyes on land, have adapted to foraging underwater (because of the difference in refractive index). I am also presently involved in a long-term study (with Brian Crother) to monitor changes in amphibian and reptile assemblages along Highway 51 (LaPlace to Ponchatoula), a road that runs between Lake Maurepas and Lake Ponchartrain.

Teaching Interests
Human Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Ecology, Behavior, Herpetology

5 Representative Publications
Fontenot, C. L., Jr. (In press). Cajun-French Common Names for Louisiana Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Review.

Fontenot, C. L., Jr. (In review). Ecological Assessment of Secondary Contact in the Garter Snakes Thamnophis atratus and T. hammondii. Ecology.

Fontenot, C. L., Jr. (In review). Experimental Laboratory Comparison of Garter Snake (Thamnophis) Foraging Behaviours in the Presence of Different Prey Types. Animal Behaviour.

Fontenot, C. L., Jr. 1999. Reproductive biology of the aquatic salamander Amphiuma tridactylum from southern Louisiana. J. Herpetol. 33:100-105.

Jennings, W. B., and C. L. Fontenot, Jr. 1993. Observations on the feeding behavior of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, Kern County, California. Proc. Symp. Desert Tortoise Council. 1993:69-81.



last updated Jan. 2004

Kyle E. Harms
Louisiana State University
kharms@lsu.edu
http://www.biology.lsu.edu/webfac/kharms/index.htm
225-578-7566

Department of Biological Sciences
Louisiana State University
202 Life Science Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Research Interests
The focus of my research is diversity, ranging from the ecological and evolutionary processes that generate and maintain myriad phenotypes and life-history strategies to the mechanisms that create and maintain temporal and spatial patterns of organismal distribution, relative abundance, and species richness. Members of my research group strive for mechanistic understanding of plant strategies and species interactions, per se and to provide explanations for the structure and dynamics of plant populations and communities, primarily within tropical and sub-tropical latitudes (e.g., tropical forests and sub-tropical pine savannahs).

Teaching Interests
General Biology, Population & Community Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology


5 Representative Publications
2004 Harms, Kyle E., Jennifer S. Powers & Rebecca A. Montgomery. Variation in small sapling density, understory cover and resource availability in four Neotropical forests. Biotropica (in press).

2003 Harms, Kyle E. & C. E. Timothy Paine. Regeneración de árboles tropicales e implicaciones para el manejo de bosques naturales. Ecosistemas 3 [electronic journal: http://www.aeet.org/ecosistemas/revision2.htm].

2001 Harms, Kyle E., Richard Condit, Stephen P. Hubbell & Robin B. Foster. Habitat associations of trees and shrubs in a 50-ha neotropical forest plot. Journal of Ecology 89:947-959.

2001 Gilbert, Gregory S., Kyle E. Harms, David N. Hamill & Stephen P. Hubbell. Effects of seedling size, El Niño drought, seedling density, and distance to nearest conspecific adult on 6-year survival of Ocotea whitei seedlings in Panama. Oecologia 127:509-516.

2000 Harms, Kyle E., S. Joseph Wright, Osvaldo Calderón, Andrés Hernández & Edward Allen Herre. Pervasive density-dependent recruitment enhances seedling diversity in a tropical forest. Nature 404:493-495.



last updated Feb. 2004

Don Hauber
Loyola University
hauber@loyno.edu
www.loyno.edu/~hauber
504-865-2769

Department of Biological Sciences
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
I study the population genetics of local native and invasive plant species using isozyme and DNA markers. Recent work has focused on Salvinia minima, Sagittaria graminae complex, and Phragmites australis. I am also interested in polyploidy in plant species particularly as it pertains to meiosis. I have lately used the synaptonemal complex spreading technique to observe synapsis during prophase I.

Teaching Interests
My teaching focus is in genetics: Population Genetics, Genetic Analysis, Evolutionary Biology, Cell and Molecular laboratory

5 Representative Publications

Tercek, M.T., D.P. Hauber, S.P. Darwin. 2003. Genetic and historical relationships among geothermally adapted Agrostis ("Bentgrass") of North America and Kamchatka: evidence for a previously unrecognized thermally-adapted taxon. American Journal of Botany 90:1306-1312

Hauber, D.P., A. Reeves, and S. Stack. 1999. Synapsis in a natural autotetraploid. Genome 42:936-949.

Hauber, D.P. and L. Legé. 1999. A survey of allozymic variation among three members of the Sagittaria graminea complex (Alismataceae) from southeastern U.S. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 126:181-187.

Pellegrin, D., and D.P. Hauber. 1999. Isozyme variation among populations of the clonal species, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steudel. Aquatic Botany 63:241-259.

Jackson, R.C., and D.P. Hauber. 1994. Quantitative cytogenetic analyses of autoploid and alloploid taxa in the Helianthus ciliaris group (Compositae). American Journal of Botany 81:1063-1069.

Hauber, D.P., D.A. White, S.P. Powers, and F.R. DeFrancesch. 1991. Isozyme variation and correspondence with unusual infrared reflectance patterns in Phragmites australis (Poaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 178: 1-8.


Keywords
population genetics, polyploids, invasive (exotic) species, phragmites, Salvinia, Sagittaria

last updated Dec. 2003

David C. Heins
Tulane University
heins@tulane.edu
http://www.tulane.edu/~eeob/FacultyStaff/Heins/Heins.html

504-865-5563

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118


Research Interests
I am interested in the evolutionary ecology of North American stream fishes, particularly those inhabiting streams of the Gulf Coastal Plain. My research program emphasizes the reproductive ecology of minnows. I am attempting to understand the causes of variation in the life history traits under study: this involves the study of phylogenetic constraints, ecotypic variation, and phenotypic plasticity.

Teaching Interests
Aquatic Biology
Ecology
Population Biology
Ecology of Stream Fishes
Environmental Biology
General Biology


5 Representative Publications
Heins, D. C. and J. A. Baker. 1989. Growth , population structure, and reproduction of the percid fish Percina vigil. Copeia: In Press.

Heins, D. C. and J. A. Baker. 1988. Egg sizes in fishes: Do mature oocytes accurately demonstrate size statistics of ripe ova? Copeia 1988:238-240.

Heins, D. C. and J. A. Baker. 1987. Analysis of factors associated with intraspecific variation in propagule size of a stream-dwelling fish, p. 223-231. In: W. J. Matthews and D. C. Heins (eds.). Community and evolutionary ecology of North American stream fishes. Univ. Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma.

Matthews, W. J. and D. C. Heins (eds.). 1987. Community and Evolutionary Ecology of North American Stream Fishes. Univ. Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma. 310p.

Heins, D. C. and F. G. Rabitio, Jr. 1986. Spawning performance in North American minnows: direct evidence of the occurrence of multiple clutches in the genus Notropis. J. Fish Biol. 28:343-357.

last updated 1989

Mark Hester
University of New Orleans
mhester@uno.edu

http://biology.uno.edu/fac_web_pages/mhester.html
(504)280-6740

Department of Biological Sciences
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148

Research Interests
Plant stress ecophysiology of vegetation impacted by salinity, water and oil stress; development of stress-specific indicators in wetland plants and selection techniques to identify superior stress-tolerant wetland vegetation; clonal plant ecophysiology; mechanisms of stress reduction in clonal plants; restoration ecology with emphasis on the use of vegetation to restore degraded wetland habitats and reduce coastal erosion; adaptations and responses of plants to natural and anthropogenic environmental stress; plant ecology with emphasis on factors controlling the zonation and distribution of wetland vegetation.

Teaching Interests
Plant Physiology
Plant Stress Ecophysiology
Plant Ecology
General Ecology
Wetland Ecology
Clonal Plant Physiological Ecology
Biostatistics

5 Representative Publications
Hester, M. W., I. A. Mendelssohn, and K. L. McKee. In Press. Intraspecific variation in salt tolerance and morphology in the coastal grass Spartina patens (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany.

Hester, M. W., K. L. McKee, D. M. Burdick, M. S. Koch, K. M. Flynn, S. Patterson, and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1994. Clonal integration in Spartina patens across a nitrogen and salinity gradient. Canadian Journal of Botany 72:767-770.

Hester, M. W., B. J. Wilsey, and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1994. Grazing of Panicum amarum in a Louisiana Barrier Island Dune Plant Community: Management Implications for Dune Restoration Projects. Ocean and Coastal Management 23:213-224.

Hester, M. W. and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1991. Expansion patterns and soil physiochemical characterization of three Louisiana populations of Uniola paniculata (sea oats). Journal of Coastal Research 7:387-401.

Hester, M. W. and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1989. Water relations and growth responses of Uniola paniculata (sea oats) to soil moisture and water-table depth. Oecologia 78:289-296.


last updated 1996

Trenton W. Holliday
Ph.D. / Prof. Researcher-Educator
Tulane University
thollid@tulane.edu
http://www.tulane.edu/~anthro/
504) 862-3066; (504) 865-5336

Department of Anthropology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
I am a paleoanthropologist/human paleontologist who specializes in Late Pleistocene human evolution. My research interests include examining evolutionary changes in body size and shape among fossil hominids, recent humans, and extant nonhuman hominoids. My ongoing research involves assessing differences in limb proportions related to climatic adaptation and/or locomotion, as well as inferring phylogenetic relationships from postcranial and cranial metrics

Teaching Interests
Human paleontology, paleoanthropology, human anatomy and physiology, human population biology, adaptations to extreme environments.

5 Representative Publications

Holliday TW (1998) The ecological context of trapping among recent hunter-gatherers: Implications for subsistence in terminal Pleistocene Europe. Current Anthropology 39:711-720.

Holliday TW (1997) Postcranial evidence of cold adaptation in European Neandertals. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 104:245-258.

Holliday TW (1997) Body proportions in Late Pleistocene Europe and modern human origins. Journal of Human Evolution 32:423-448.

Ruff CB, Trinkaus E, and Holliday TW (1997) Body mass and encephalization in Pleistocene Homo. Nature 387:173-176.

Franciscus RG, and Holliday TW (1992) Hindlimb skeletal allometry in Plio-Pleistocene hominids with special reference to AL 288-1 ("Lucy"). Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie! de Paris n.s., 4, série 1-2:5-20.

Keywords
paleoanthropology, human evolution, modern human origins, Neandertals

last updated Jan. 2000

Craig S. Hood
Loyola University
chood@loyno.edu
www.loyno.edu/~chood/

(504) 865-2193

Department of Biological Sciences
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
I have very broad interests in ecology and evolutionary biology, having recently published papers on fish, mammals, and vascular plant communities. Evolutionary research focuses on study of size and shape sexual dimorphism in freshwater fish and mammals using geometric morphometric methods. Ecological research includes study of plant community ecology (Yucatan Peninsula, Mississippi Delta) and mammal biodiversity. I am currently engaged in studies of the mammals of Jean Lafitte National Park and the conservation biology of mammals in Louisiana.

Teaching Interests
Biology of Organisms (general biology for majors)
Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
Ecology & Evolution
Evolution (non-majors)


5 Representative Publications

Guill, J.M., D.C. Heins, & C.S. Hood. 2003. The effect of phylogeny on interspecific body shape variation in darters. Systematic Biology. 52: 488-500.

Guill, J.M., C.S. Hood, & D.C. Heins. 2003. Female body shape variation within and among three species of darters. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 12: 134-140.

Hood, C. S. 2002. [Review of] Ontogeny, Functional Ecology and Evolution of Bats. (RA. Adams & S.C. Pedersen, eds.). Journal of Mammalogy. 83: 628-630.

Hood, C.S., and D.C. Heins. 2000. Ontogeny and allometry of body shape in the blacktail shiner, Cyprinella venusta. Copeia, 2000 (1), 270-275.

Hood, C. S. 2000. Geometric morphometric approaches to the study of sexual size dimorphism in mammals. Hystrix. 11: 77-90.


last updated Feb. 2004

Jerry Howard
jjhoward@uno.edu
http://www.uno.edu/~jjhoward

(504) 280-5441


Department of Biological Sciences

University of New Orleans

2000 Lakeshore Dr .

New Orleans , LA 70148


Research Interests

I am primarily interested in plant-animal interactions, at all scales from molecules and behavior to communities and ecosystems. I have worked on foraging and diet selection in leafcutting ants (Atta and Acromyrmex) for a number of years; my current research emphasizes division of labor during foraging and the behavioral optimization of leaf harvest. Since moving to Louisiana I have also become interested in how human-caused disturbance, especially the introduction of invasive species, affects the integrity of plant-animal and other ecological interactions. My students and I are studying impacts of the invasive species Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) on insect communities and the food webs that rely on them. Finally, I am interested in the importance of behavioral ecology for conservation biology, and have advised students working on wolf behavior and captive primate populations.


Teaching Interests
I teach in the areas of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Recent undergraduate course offerings include general ecology, entomology, animal behavior, and conservation biology. Recent graduate courses include seminars on invasive species and theoretical community ecology.


5 Representative Publications

Burd, M. and J. J. Howard . Central-place foraging continues beyond the nest entrance: the underground performance of leaf-cutting ants. In press, Animal Behaviour.

 

Hull-Sanders, H. M. and J. J. Howard. 2003. Impact of Atta colombica colonies on understory vegetation and light availability in a Neotropical forest. Biotropica 35: 441-445.

 

Howard, J. J. 2001. Costs of trail construction and maintenance in the leaf-cutting ant Atta columbica . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49: 348-356.

 

Snyder, M. J., Champagne , D. E., Cohen, M. B., and Howard, J. J. 1998. Effects of plant diet on the detoxification enzyme activities of two grasshoppers, Melanoplus differentialis and Taeniopoda eques . Journal of Chemical Ecology 24: 2151-2165.

 

Armbruster, W. S., J. J. Howard, T. P. Clausen, E. Debevec, J. Loquvam, M. Matsuki, B. Cerendolo, and F. Andel. (1997) Do biochemical exaptations link evolution of defense and pollination systems? Historical hypotheses and experimental tests with Dalechampia vines. American Naturalist 149: 461-484.


last updated Jan. 2005

Norman E. Leonard
University of New Orleans
E-mail: neleonard@cox.net
http://biology.uno.edu
(504) 280-6043

Department of Biological Sciences
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148


Research Interests
I am interested in the processes that control community structure in aquatic ecosystems, with an emphasis on the effects of terrestrially derived detritus. My current research is focused on the effect of Chinese tallow leaf litter on the development and survival of amphibian larvae in temporary ponds. I am also interested in issues related to the conservation of herps and the protection of endangered ecosystems.

Teaching Interests
Contemporary Biology (non-majors)


5 Representative Publications

Hamilton, S.K., J.L. Tank, D.F. Raikow, E.R. Siler, N. Dorn, J. Halliday, and N.E. Leonard. 2004. The role of in-stream vs. allochthonous N in stream food webs: Modeling the results of an isotope addition experiment. Journal of the North American Benthological Society.

Tank, J.L., J.L. Meyer, D.M. Sanzone, P.J. Mulholland, J.R. Webster, B.J. Peterson, W.M. Wolheim, and N.E. Leonard. 2000. Analysis of nitrogen cycling in a forest stream during autumn using a N-15-tracer addition. Limnology and Oceanography 45:1013-1029.


Keywords
Conservation biology, amphibian, temporary pond, Chinese tallow, water, aquatic

last updated April 2004

Martin T. O'Connell
University of New Orleans
moconnel@uno.edu
http://www.nekton.uno.edu
(504) 280-1055

Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA. 70148


Research Interests
Identification and museum collection management of Southeastern fishes; aquatic invasive species; ecology of stream-floodplain interactions; immunological responses of specific fish hosts to larval freshwater mussels (glochidia); identification of aquatic stream invertebrates; foraging behavior of stream fishes; conservation biology and management of threatened/endangered freshwater fishes and mussels; fish assemblage dynamics in estuarine habitats.

Teaching Interests


5 Representative Publications

O'Connell, M.T. 2003. The direct exploitation of prey on an inundated floodplain by cherryfin shiners, (Lythrurus roseipinnis) in a low order, blackwater stream. Copeia 2003(3): 635–645.

O'Connell, M.T. with G.N. Fuentes and R.C. Cashner. 2002. Application of a diffusion model to describe a recent invasion; observations and insights concerning early stages of expansion for the introduced Rio Grande cichlid, Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum, in southeastern Louisiana. Aquatic Invaders 13 (4): 1-5.

O'Connell, M.T. 2002. Dangerous Wildlife in the Southeast: A Guide to Safe Encounters at Home and in the Wild, by F. Lynn Bachleda - Book Review. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings Number 43:20.

Ross, S.T. with M.T. O'Connell, D.M. Patrick, C.A. Latorre, W.T. Slack, J.G. Knight, and S.D. Wilkins. 2001. Stream erosion and densities of Etheostoma rubrum (Percidae) and associated riffle-inhabiting fishes - biotic stability on a variable habitat template. Copeia 2001(4): 916-927.

Ross, S.T. with W.M. Brenneman, W.T. Slack, M.T. O'Connell, and T.L. Peterson. 2001. The Inland Fishes of Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. 624 pp.

O'Connell, M.T. and R.C. Cashner. 2000. Drought conditions attract rare visitors in Lake Pontchartrain. Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Bulletin 10(2): 1-3.

Keywords

last updated Dec. 2003

Meg O'Connell
University of New Orleans
auzeeoco@uno.edu

504-280-4037


College of Sciences

University of New Orleans

New Orleans , LA 70148


Research Interests
Fish ecology, anadromous fish biology, estuarine fish assemblage dynamics, data base manager


5 Representative Publications
O'Connell, A.M.(Uzee), and P.L. Angermeier. 1997. Spawning location and distribution of early life stages of alewife and blueback herring in a
Virginia stream. Estuaries 20(4): 779-791.

 

O'Connell, A.M.U. and P.L. Angermeier. 1999. Habitat relationships for alewife and blueback herring in a Virginia stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 14(3): 357-370.

 

O'Connell, M.T., A.M.U. O'Connell, and J.D. Williams. In press. Assessment of rarity of the blackmouth shiner Notropis melanostomus (Cyprinidae) based on museum and recent survey data. Southeastern Naturalist.


last updated Jan. 2005

Pamela O'Neil
University of New Orleans
poneil@uno.edu
http://biology.uno.edu/fac_web_pages/pamoneil/pamsindexfinal.htm
(504 )280-7042

Department of Biological Sciences
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA. 70148

Research Interests
I have diverse interests in evolutionary ecology and population genetics. Areas of particular interest include genetic constraints on evolution, the effect of natural selection on genetic variation in populations, the evolution of plant breeding systems, plant-pollinator interactions, sex allocation, and the genetics of self-incompatibility systems. My current research focuses on the evolution of traits associated with flowering phenology in the plant Lythrum slaicaria. There are four major components of this research project: 1) the measurement of selection on phenological traits, 2) the quantitative genetics of phenological traits, 3) the measurement of selection on experimentally produced phenotype combinations that do not exist in natural populations and 4) the influence of flowering phenology on genetic differentiation in natural populations.

Teaching Interests
Population Genetics
Ecology
Evolution
Evolutionary Biology
Population/Evolutionary Genetics
Plant Ecology
Plant Population Biology


5 Representative Publications
O'Neil, P. 1994. Genetic incompatibility and offspring quality in the tristylous plant Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae). American Journal of Botany 81(1):76-84.

O'Neil, P., and J. Schmitt. 1993. Genetic constraints on the independent evolution of male and female reproductive characters in the tristylous plant Lythrum salicaria. Evolution 47(5):1457-1471.

O'Neil, P. 1992. Variation in male and female reproductive success among floral morphs in the tristylous plant Lythrum salicaria L. (Lythraceae). American Journal of Botany 79(9):1024-1030.

Jennersten, O., D. H. Morse, and P. O'Neil. 1991. Movements of male and worker bumblebees on and between flowers. Oikos 62:319-324.

O'Neil, P. Natural selection on genetically correlated phenological characters in Lythrum salicaria L. (Lythraceae). In review at Evolution.

last updated

Kyle R. Piller
Southeastern Louisiana University
Kyle.Piller@selu.edu
http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/kpiller/
985-549-2191

Dept. of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University
Box 10736, Hammond, LA 70402


Research Interests
Systematics, evolution, ecology, and conservation genetics of North American freshwater fishes. Recent work includes systematic and taxonomic studies of darters (Etheostoma) and suckers (Ictiobus and Carpiodes) and conservation genetics of lake trout.

Teaching Interests
General biology
Ichthyology
Stream Ecology

5 Representative Publications
Tipton, J. A., H. L. Bart Jr., and K. R. Piller. In Press. Geomorphic distrurbance and its impact on darter distribution (Teleostomi: Percidae) and abundance in the Pearl River drainage, Mississippi, USA. Hydrobiologia.

Piller, K. R., H. L. Bart Jr., and J. A. Tipton. In Press. Decline of the frecklebelly madtom in the Pearl River based on contemporary and historical surveys. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Piller, K. R., H. L. Bart, Jr. and J. A. Tipton. 2002. Spawning in the black buffalo Ictiobus niger (Teleostomi: Catostomidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater. 14:145-150.

Piller, K. R., H. L. Bart Jr., and C. A. Walser. 2001. Morphological variation of the redfin darter, Etheostoma whipplei, with comments on the status of the subspecific populations. Copeia 2001: 802-807.

Piller, K. R. and B. M. Burr. 1999. Reproductive biology and spawning habitat supplementation of the relict darter, Etheostoma chienense, a federally endangered species. Env. Biol. Fishes. 55:145-155.


Keywords
Ichthyology, systematics, taxonomy, conservation genetics


last updated Jan. 2004

David D Pollock
Louisiana State University
dpollock@lsu.edu
www.EvolutionaryGenomics.com
www.biology.lsu.edu/
225-578-4597

Department of Biological Sciences
Biological Computation & Visualization Center
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803


Research Interests
Molecular evolution and evolutionary genetics/bioinformatics/genomics. Protein structure evolution, coevolution, bioinformatics, and
functional genomics: mathematical modeling and empirical study. Interaction of sequence evolution and protein structure, complex
models, and phylogenetic analysis. Comparative analysis of vertebrate mitochondrial genomes.


Teaching Interests
Evolution, Protein Evolution, Bioinformatics and Genomics.

5 Representative Publications
J. J. Faith and D. D. Pollock, "Likelihood analysis of asymmetrical mutation bias gradients in vertebrate mitochondrial genomes." Genetics 165(2): 735-745 (2003).

D.M. Hillis, D. D. Pollock, J.A. McGuire, and D.J. Zwickl, "Is sparse taxon sampling a problem for phylogenetic inference?" Systematic Biology 52(1): 124-126 (2003).

D. D. Pollock, "Genomic biodiversity, phylogenetics and coevolution in proteins." Applied Bioinformatics, 1(2): 81-92 (2002).

D. D. Pollock, D.J. Zwickl, J.A. McGuire, and D.M. Hillis, "Increased taxon sampling is advantageous for phylogenetic inference." Systematic Biology 51(4): 664-671 (2002).

P. D. Williams, D. D. Pollock, and R. A. Goldstein, "Evolution of functionality in lattice proteins." Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling 19:150-156 (2001).

D. D. Pollock, J. A. Eisen, N. A. Doggett, and M. P. Cummings, "A case for evolutionary genomics and the comprehensive examination of sequence biodiversity." Molecular Biology and Evolution 17(12): 1776-1788 (2000).

D. D. Pollock and W. J. Bruno, "Assessing an unknown evolutionary process: Effect of increasing site-specific knowledge through taxon addition." Molecular Biology and Evolution 17(12): 1854-1858 (2000).


Keywords
molecular evolution, protein structure, evolutionary theory, phylogenetics

last updated Jan. 2004

Calvin A. Porter
Xavier University
cporter@xula.edu
http://webusers.xula.edu/cporter/
504-485-6788

Department of Biology
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive, Box 85B
New Orleans, LA 70125

Research Interests
My major research interests involve the use of molecular and chromosomal techniques in the study of evolutionary genetics and systematics. I have examined a variety of organisms (particularly reptiles and mammals) in these studies. Recent research has focused on molecular systematics of New World leaf-nosed bats, primates, and mammalian orders. My current research plans include chromosomal studies of mammals collected during a recent field trip to Gabon. I also have interests in the genetics of natural hybrid zones and speciation mechanisms. Much of my research has concentrated on population cytogenetics and the possible role of chromosomal rearrangements in speciation. As a graduate student, I spent several years working with the Sceloporus grammicus complex of lizards in central Mexico, as well as a contact zone of white-footed mice in Oklahoma. My dissertation work investigated the evolution of repetitive DNA and its organization in the genome, and the mechanisms of concerted evolution in unisexual lizards of hybrid origin.

Teaching Interests
I am currently teaching a sophomore-level course in evolution, diversity, and ecology. While at Texas Tech University, I taught courses in Zoology, Botany, Comparative Anatomy, and Vertebrate Zoology.

5 Representative Publications

Baker, R. J., C. A. Porter, J. C. Patton, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2000. Systematics of bats of the Family Phyllostomidae based on RAG2 DNA sequences. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 202:1-16.

Porter, C. A., S. L. Page, J. Czelusniak, H. Schneider, M. P. C. Schneider, I. Sampaio, and M. Goodman. 1997. Phylogeny and evolution of selected primates as determined by sequences of the epsilon-globin gene and 5' flanking regions. International Journal of Primatology 18:259-293.

Porter, C. A., M. Goodman, and M. J. Stanhope. 1996. Evidence on mammalian phylogeny from sequences of exon 28 of the von Willebrand factor gene. In: Proceedings of the Symposium, "Molecular Anthropology: Toward a New Evolutionary Paradigm." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 5:89-101.

Hillis, D. M., C. Moritz, C. A. Porter, and R. J. Baker. 1991. Evidence for biased gene conversion in concerted evolution of ribosomal DNA. Science 251:308-310.

Porter, C. A. and J. W. Sites, Jr. 1987. Evolution of Sceloporus grammicus complex (Sauria: Iguanidae) in central Mexico. II. Studies on rates of nondisjunction and the occurrence of spontaneous chromosomal mutations. Genetica 75:131-144.


last updated Jan. 2004

Bernard (Barnie) Rees
University of New Orleans


Department of
Biological Sciences
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans , LA 70118

Research Interests
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Teaching Interests
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5 Representative Publications
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last updated

Sarah Brock
University of New Orleans
skitlbug@yahoo.com

504-250-0908

Department of Biological Sciences
Computer Center , Room 200
2000 Lakeshore Drive
University of New Orleans
New Orleans , LA 70148


Research Interests
I’m interested in the interactions of larval parasitoids within the host. I’m looking at how resource partitioning and spatial distribution are altered by the presence of competing parasitoid species. I’m interested in studying competitive interactions based on life history aspects like solitary vs. gregarious larvae, mobile vs. immobile larvae, ectoparasitoids vs. endoparasitoids.

Teaching Interests
I taught High School Science for 3 years including Zoology & Physical Sciences. I was also a TA for introductory Biology Labs.

5 Representative Publications


last updated Jan. 2007

Tiffany Schriever
Southeastern Louisiana University

Tiffany.schriever@selu.edu
http://www3.selu.edu/bgso/Schriever.htm

985-549-3008

Southeastern Louisiana University

Tiffany Schriever Box 10736
Department of Biological Sciences
Hammond , LA 70402

Research Interests
My research interests are in Ecology, phenotypic plasticity, food-web ecology, conservation, community ecology, and behavior of amphibians.

I am studying the effects of salinity on the development, growth, and survival of Hyla cinerea larvae. I also conduct amphibian and reptile surveys in the Manchac Wildlife Management Area as part of a long-term monitoring project.


Teaching Interests
Ecology, herpetology, and field courses


5 Representative Publications
Schriever, T. 2006. Review of Amphibians of East Africa, by A. Channing and K. H. Howell. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 41(6):107.

last updated Jan. 2007

Dave Schultz
Nicholls State University
Dave.Schultz@Nicholls.edu
http://www.nicholls.edu/biol-ds/

985 448 4720


Dept. Biology

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux , LA 70310

Research Interests
Fish ecology and evolutionary biology. Fish life history adaptation to local environments. Fish community composition and change

Teaching Interests
General Biology I

General Biology II

Evolution & Ecology

Biology of Fishes


5 Representative Publications
Hawkins, L. A., H. M. Tyus, W.L. Minckley, and D. L. Schultz. 2004. A comparison of four techniques for aging Colorado pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus lucius. Southwestern Naturalist 49:203-208

 

Schultz, D. L. 1999. Comparison of lipid levels during spawning in annual and perennial darters of the subgenus Boleosoma, Etheostoma perlongum and Etheostoma olmstedi. Copeia 1999(4):906-916.

 

Schultz, D. L. 1999. Population Structure, Reproduction, and Lipid Cycling in the Dusky Shiner (Notropis cummingsae) in Contrasting Streams. Copeia 1999(3): 669-683.

 

Schultz, D. L. 1991. Parental investment in temporally varying environments. Evolutionary Ecology 5:417-429.

 

Nussbaum, R. A. and D. L Schultz. 1989. Coevolution of parental care and egg size. American Naturalist 133:591-603.

last updated Jan. 2005

Dave Sever
Southeastern Louisiana University
dsever@selu.edu

http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/dsever

985-549-3740


Department of Biological Sciences

SLU 10736

Southeastern Louisiana University

Hammond , LA 70402

Research Interests
Reproductive biology and phylogeny of vertebrates. Ecological morphology of reproduction. Basically, I collect interesting animals and use gross anatomy, light microscopy and electron microscopy to study aspects of their urogenital systems, and I interpret the results in phylogenetic and ecological contexts.


Teaching Interests
I currently teach Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy and a graduate seminar on reproductive biology.


5 Representative Publications
Sever, D. M. 2004. Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake ( Seminatrix pygaea ). IV. The presence of an ampulla ductus deferentis. J Morphology 262:714--730.

 

Sever, D. M. and W. A. Hopkins. 2004. Oviductal sperm storage in the ground skink, Scincella lateralis (Holbrook). J. Exper. Zool. 301A:599--611.

 

Sever, D. M., Tait, C. K., Diller, L. V., and L. Burkholder. 2004. Ultrastructure of the annual cycle of female sperm storage in spermathecae of the torrent salamander Rhyacotriton variegatus (Amphibia: Rhyacotritonidae). J. Morphology 261:1-17.

 

Sever, D. M. 2003. Courtship and mating glands. In D. M. Sever (ed), Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Urodela (Amphibia). Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield , New Hampshire . Pp. 323--381.

 

Sever, D. M., editor. 2003. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Urodela. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield , NH . 627 pp.

 

Rania, L. C., Hasse, S., O'Neil, L., Hopkins , W. A., and D. M. Sever. 2003. Histopathology of the liver of Nerodia fasciata from a coal-ash contaminated site.   Journal of Herpetology 37:219--226.

 

Sever, D. M. 2002. Female sperm storage in amphibians. J. Exper. Zool. 292:


last updated Jan. 2005

Gary P. Shaffer
Southeastern Louisiana University
shafe@selu.edu
http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Biology/Faculty/Geninfo/gshaffer.htm
(985) 549-2865

Department of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University, SLU-814
Hammond, LA 70402

Research Interests
I am a quantitative ecologist with an emphasis in wetlands ecology and modeling. My previous research focused on the factors influencing primary productivity of benthic algae and development of analytical techniques for extracting information from dynamic processes. Recently, I have been studying the dynamics of wetland vegetation in the Atchafalaya and Lake Pontchartrain Basins. In addition, I have spent the last several summers as Director of Project CYPRESS, a science-reform program designed to re-tool high school teachers.

Teaching Interests
Biostatistics
Ecology
Ecological Methods
Estuarine Ecology
Phycology
Plant Ecology
Multivariate Statistics
Simulation Modeling
SAS programming I and II
Wetlands Ecology


5 Representative Publications
D. W. Llewellyn, Shaffer, G. P., N. J. Craig, D. Pashley, L. A. Creasman, and M. Swain. (in press). Restoration of the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain: a decision support system for prioritizing restoration sites. Con. Biol.

Myers, R. S., G. P. Shaffer, and D. W. Llewellyn. 1995. Baldcypress restoration in southeast Louisiana: the relative effects of herbivory, flooding, competition, and macronutrients. Wetlands 15(2):141-148.

Llewellyn, D. W., and G. P. Shaffer. 1993. Marsh restoration in the presence of intense herbivory: the role of Justicia Ianceolata. Wetlands. 13(3):176-184.

Shaffer, G. P., C. E. Sasser, J. G. Gosselink, and M. Rejmanek. 1992. Vegetation dynamics in the emerging Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana, USA. J. Ecology. 80:677-687.

Shaffer, G. P., D. M. Burdick, J. G. Gosselink, and L. C. Lee. 1992. A cumulative impact management plan for a forested wetland watershed in the Mississippi River Floodplain. Wetlands. Ecol. Manag. 1(3):199-210.


last updated 1995

Thomas W. Sherry
Tulane University
tsherry@tulane.edu
http://www.tulane.edu/~eeob/FacultyStaff/Sherry/Sherry.html
504-862-8296

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
310 Dinwiddie Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
I study the population ecology and conservation of Neotropical-Nearctic migratory birds, especially where they breed in North and winter in Caribbean (Jamaica). I use demographic analyses, models, experiments, statistical tests of hypotheses, and other methods to address the factors limiting and regulating populations of these birds. I am trying to understand the ecological bases for population changes, including declines in some species, in relation to different habitats used at various stages of the annual cycle. With my graduate students, I have also been doing research on the effect of commercial crawfish aquaculture on populations of colonial wading birds (herons, egrets, ibises) in southeastern wetlands, and on the role of these birds as bioindicators of aquatic contamination in Louisiana wetlands. I am also interested in ecological specialization and long-term population changes of tropical birds, in response to human activities. I am interested in international studies, and collaboration with tropical ecologists.

Teaching Interests
I teach Conservation Biology, General Ecology, Evolution, Ornithology, and Population Biology. I am teaching a new freshman writing seminar (Spring, 1999) on, "Cooperation, Confrontation, and Environmental Controversy". I have supervised numerous undergraduate theses and research projects, supervised many students in the! field, and graduated three MS students, two PhD students (and two more about to fledge). I am active in reviewing and helping supervise the graduate program in the EEOB department at Tulane, including development of a series of seminars/writeups on academic skills

5 Representative Publications

Rodenhouse, N.L., T.W. Sherry, and R.T. Holmes. 1997. Site-dependent regulation of population size: a new synthesis. Ecology 78: 2025-2042.

Sherry, T.W., and R.T. Holmes. 1997. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). In Birds of North America, No. 277 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC.

Sherry, T. W., and R. T. Holmes. 1996. Winter habitat limitation in Neotropical-Nearctic migrant birds: Implications for population dynamics and conservation. Ecology, in press.

Chamberlain, C. P., J. D. Blum, R. T. Holmes, T. W. Sherry, and G. R. Graves. 1996. The use of isotope tracers for identifying populations of migratory birds. Oecologia, in press.

Holmes, R.T., P.P. Marra, and T.W. Sherry. 1996. Habitat-specific demography of breeding black-throated blue warblers (Dendroica caerulescens): implications for population dynamics. J. Anim. Ecol. 65: 183-195.


last updated Jan. 1998

Tom Soniat
Nicholls State University
tom.soniat@nicholls.edu

985-448-4865

Department of Biology

Nicholls State University

New Orleans , LA 70310

Research Interests
Oyster reef conservation and restoration. Environmental and biological factors determining success and failure of oyster populations. Modeling and monitoring of the oyster parasite, Perkinsus marinus .


Teaching Interests
Invertebrate Zoology

Oceanography

Biology of Polluted Waters

5 Representative Publications
Soniat, T.M., C.M. Finelli, and J.T. Ruiz. 2004. Vertical structure and predator refuge mediate oyster reef development and community dynamics. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 310:163-182.

 

Soniat, T.M and E. Kortright. 1998. Estimating time to critical levels of parasitsm of Perkinsus marinus in eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica . J. Shellfish Res. 17:1071-1080.

 

Soniat, T.M., E.N. Powell, E.E. Hofmann, and J.M. Klink. 1998. Understanding success and failure in oyster populations: the importance of sampled variables and sample timing. J. Shellfish Res. 17: 1149-1165.


Soniat, T.M. and M.S. Brody. 1988. Field validation of a habitat suitability index model for the American oyster. Estuaries 11:87-95.


Soniat, T.M., S.M. Ray, and L.M. Jeffrey. 1984. Components of the seston and possible available food for oysters in
Galveston Bay , Texas . Contrib. Mar. Sci. 27:127-141.


last updated Jan. 2005

Volker Stiller
Southeastern Louisiana University
vstiller@selu.edu
http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/Biology/Faculty/Geninfo/vstiller.html
985-549-2493

Department of Biological Sciences
Southeastern Louisiana University
205 Meade Hall, Box 10736
Hammond, LA 70402

Research Interests
I am a Plant Ecophysiologist with a special interest in Plant Water Relations. I study how xylem structure supports xylem function and what the limits to xylem functioning are. One aspect of this research is water transport and xylem cavitation in aerobically grown rice (Oryza sativa L.) and its implications for gas-exchange and plant growth. Drought stress induces xylem cavitation and reduces the hydraulic conductivity of plants. In rice, this leads to a decrease in photosynthesis and a dramatic yield reduction. Knowing which mechanisms control the hydraulic conductivity in rice might give plant breeders an invaluable tool. A second, more basic aspect of my research addresses the question of how the limits of xylem functioning are determined by the elasticity and porosity of interconduit pit-membranes. Recent studies have revealed that these pit-membranes can act like hydrogels. They can shrink and swell in response to changing xylem sap compositions and thus provide the plant with a means to actively control its "drought-hardiness".


Teaching Interests
Plant Ecophysiology, Pant Water Relations, Plant Anatomy

5 Representative Publications

Stiller, V., Sperry, J. S. and Lafitte, R. (2003) Hydraulic properties of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and the response of gas exchange to drought stress. Plant Physiology, 132: 1698-1706

Stiller, V. and Sperry, J. S. (2002) Cavitation fatigue and its reversal in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) J. Exp. Bot., 53: 1155-116.

Sperry, J.S.; Stiller, V. and Hacke, U.G. (2002) Soil water uptake and water transport through root systems. In: Y Waisel, A Eshel, U Kafkafi, eds, Plant roots: the hidden half. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp 663-68.

Hacke, U.G.; Stiller, V.; Sperry, J.S.; Pittermann, J. and McCulloh, K.A. (2001) Cavitation Fatigue. Embolism and Refilling Cycles Can Weaken the Cavitation Resistance of Xylem. Plant Physiology 125: 779-786.

Stiller, V. and Sperry, J. S. (1999) Canny's compensation pressure theory fails a test. Am. J. Bot. 86 (8): 1082 -1086


Keywords
I am a Plant Ecophysiologist with a special interest in Plant Water Relations. I study how xylem structure supports xylem function and what the limits to xylem functioning are.

last updated Jan. 2004

Phil Stouffer
Louisiana State University
pstouffer@lsu.edu
http://www.fwf.lsu.edu/stoufferphi.htm
225-578-4221

School of Renewable Natural Resources
227 RNR Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6202


Research Interests
I'm interested in the ecology and conservation of birds. I've worked with bird communities in Amazonian forest fragments for over 10 years. Here in Louisiana, my students and I work in longleaf savannahs with Henslow's Sparrows and in cypress swamps and pine plantations with bird communities. We've also studied Hermit Thrushes and Swainson's Warblers in detail. In 2004 we'll begin a project to use radar to identify stopover habitat for migrant songbirds along the north shore of lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas.

Teaching Interests
General Ecology
Conservation Biology
Community Ecology

5 Representative Publications
2003. Ferraz, G., G. J. Russell, P.C. Stouffer, R. O. Bierregaard, Jr, S. Pimm, and T.E. Lovejoy. Rates of species loss from Amazonian forest fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100: 14069-14073.

2003. Stouffer, P.C. and G. M. Dwyer. Migration and winter distribution of Hermit Thrushes in eastern North America. Auk 120: 836-847.

2002. Brown, D.R., C.M. Strong and P.C. Stouffer. Demographic effects of habitat selection by Hermit Thrushes wintering in a pine plantation landscape. Journal of Wildlife Management 66: 407-416.

2001. Stouffer, P.C. Do we know what we think we know about the ranges of migrants to South America? The case of the Veery (Catharus fuscescens). Auk 118: 832-837.

2001. Stouffer, P.C. and S. H. Borges. Conservation recommendations for understory birds in Amazonian forest fragments and secondary areas. Pages 248-261 in R. O. Bierregaard, Jr., C. Gascon, T. E. Lovejoy, and R. Mesquita, eds. Lessons from Amazonia: the ecology and conservation of a fragmented forest. Yale University Press


Keywords
Birds, migration, fragmentation, communities

last updated Jan. 2004

Leonard B. Thien
Tulane University

lthien@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
http://cell.tulane.edu/faculty.htm#THIEN
(504) 862-3153

FAX (504) 865-6785



Dept. Cell & Molecular Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
Pollination biology of ancient plants with emphasis on Magnoliales.  Pollination biology and systematics of orchids.  Ant-plant interactions (Orchidaceae).  Structure and productivity of bottomland forests and marshes in the Mississippi Delta.

Teaching Interests
Introductory Biology
Ecology and Evolution


5 Representative Publications
Thien, L.B. 1974. Floral biology of Magnolia .. American Journal of Botany , 61(10): 1037-1045.

 

Pellmyr, O. and L. B. Thien.. 1986 . Insect reproduction and floral fragrance: Keys to the evolution of angiosperms? Taxon. 35(1): 76-85..

 

Suh, Y., L. B. Thien, H.E. Reeve, and E. A. Zimmer. 1993. Molecular evolution and phylogenetic implications of internal transcribed spacer sequences of ribosomal DNA in Winteraceae. American Journal of Botany, 80 (9): 1042-1055. [Erratum. American Journal of Botany 80: 1500. 1993.]

 

Azuma, H., J. G. Garcia-Franco, V. Rico Gray, and L. B. Thien. 2001 . Molecular phylogeny of the Magnoliaceae: The biogeography of tropical and temperate disjunctions.. American Journal of Botany 88(12): 2275 - 2285.

 

Thien, Leonard B., Tammy L. Sage, Tanguy Jaffre, Peter Bernhardt, Vincenza Pontieri, Peter H. Weston, Dave Malloch, Hiroshi Azuma, Sean W. Graham, Marc A. McPherson, Hardeep S. Rai, Rowan F. Sage, and Jean-Loouis Dupre. 2003 . The population structure and floral biology of Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae).. Annals of the Missouri  Botanical Garden 90: 466-49


last updated  Jan. 2005

Robert (Bob) Thomas
Loyola University
rathomas@loyno.edu
http://www.loyno.edu/lucec/chair/chairweb.htm

 

505-865-2107

Center for Environmental Communications
Loyola University   Box 199
6363 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118


Research Interests
I am a student of the sysItematics and biogeography of certain snakes (mostly xenodontine colubrids) of the Neotropics. My specific interests include Philodryas, Thamnodynastes (and other Tachymini), Ditaxodon, Tropidodryas, and Alsophis.


5 Representative Publications

last updated Dec. 2003

Jason Turner
University of New Orleans
jpturne1@uno.edu

http://www.nekton.uno.edu/

(504) 280-1055

Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences

University of New Orleans

Science Bldg., Rm. 2084

New Orleans , LA 70148

Research Interests
Analysis of biochemical signatures of producers and consumers for retrospective dietary analyses. Focus upon techniques involving stable isotopes and fatty acids as tracers of organic matter through consumer trophic networks. Ecosystem studies involving nutrient pathways through aquatic systems – coupling movement patterns with diet; connectivity of adjacent habitats. In the past have primarily focuses upon marine systems although recently investigating estuarine and freshwater components.

Teaching Interests
Marine/Estuarine Biology and Ecology

Nutritional Biochemistry

Natural History of Vertebrates

Biostatistics


5 Representative Publications
Turner J. P. and J. R. Rooker. In Press . Effect of dietary fatty acids on the body tissues of larval and juvenile cobia and their prey. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

Turner, J. P. and J. R. Rooker. In Press. Effect of diet on fatty acid signatures and turnover rates in an estuarine-dependent fish. Journal of Fish Biology.

Turner, J. P. and J. R. Rooker. In Press. Determining the trophic relationships among flora and fauna within Sargassum mat communities using fatty acids. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst.

Turner, J. P. and G.A.J. Worthy. 2003 . Variation in Cranial Morphometry in Bottlenose Dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) from the NW Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 84(2):665-672.

Rooker J. R., Holt S. A., Wells R. D., Turner J. P., C. Pratt. 2004. Retrospective determination of trophic relationships among pelagic fishes associated with Sargassum mats in the Gulf of Mexico . Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 55: 257-266.

last updated Jan. 2005

Roldan Valverde
Southeastern Louisiana University
roldan.valverde@selu.edu

985-549-3029


Southeastern
Louisiana University ,

Dept. of Biological Sciences,

Southeastern Louisiana University Box 10736
Hammond , LA 70402

Research Interests
I am interested in the study of the endocrine stress response of turtles (freshwater and marine) to environmental (natural and anthropogenic) challenges. For this I use an integrative approach, in which I use endocrinological techniques, measuring circulating stress hormones concentrations, as well as molecular biology techniques, looking at stress hormones gene activation.


Teaching Interests
Comparative Endocrinology

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Animal Physiology


5 Representative Publications
Valverde, R.A. , Stabenau, E., and MacKenzie, D.S. Physiology of ridley sea turtles. In : “Biology and Conservation of ridley turtles”. Plotkin, P. and Morreale, S. (eds.). In Press.

 

Seasholtz, A.F., Valverde, R.A., Denver , R.J. (2002). Corticotropin-releasing hormone-binding protein (CRH-BP): From fishes to mammals. Journal of Endocrinology, 175: 89-97.

 

Valverde, R.A., Denver , R.J., Cortright, D.N., and Seasholtz, A. (2001). Biochemical characterization and expression analysis of corticotropin-releasing hormone binding protein of Xenopus laevis . Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, 173: 29-40. (available at: www.elsevier.nl)

 

Valverde, R.A., Owens, D.W., MacKenzie, D.S., and Amoss, M.S. (1999). Basal and stress-induced corticosterone levels in olive ridley sea turtles ( Lepidochelys olivacea ) in relation to their mass nesting behavior. The Journal of Experimental Zoology, 284: 652-662

 

Lahanas, P.N., Bjorndal, K.A., Bolten, A.B., Encalada, S.E., Miyamoto, M.M., Valverde, R.A., and Bowen, B.W. (1998). Genetic composition of a green turtle feeding ground population: Evidence for multiple origins. Marine Biology, 130: 345-352


last updated Jan. 2005

Rachel A. Wallace
University of New Orleans
rawallac@uno.edu
504-837-9029

104 F Georgia Ct.
Metairie, LA 70005


Research Interests
Current research focus is on population genetics and phylogeography of Gopherus polyphemus, a threatened species through out the Southeastern United States. I am also working on amplifying variable mitochondrial and nuclear sequences of several species of Cephalophus, an African rainforest antelope, in order to construct a phylogeny that can be compared to work already done on gorillas.

Teaching Interests
General biology, ecology, and genetics

5 Representative Publications


Keywords
My research focus is on population genetics, phylogeography, and using molecular techniques to learn more about a species' ecology and behavior.

last updated Jan. 2004

James L. Wee
Loyola University
wee@loyno.edu
http://www.loyno.edu/~wee/homepage.html
504-865-2548



Department of Biological Sciences
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests

Mostly, my research has focused on the systematic and evolutionary biology of the silica-scaled species of golden algae (Synurophyceae, Chrysophyceae) using both molecular and morphological approaches. Although these interests are continuing I have become intrigued and concerned by the effects that saltwater intrusion and wetland loss are having on the phytoplankton as, inevitably, the open waters of the Lake Pontchartrin Basin Estuary expand and salinity increases. With collaborators from other institutions I am carrying out baseline, experimental, and comparative studies to better understand the effects of salinity, nutrients and other factors affecting the basin's water quality and microalgae. The approach is synoptic across spatial scales (e.g. remote sensing, electron microscopy) and spans sites from the freshwater rivers flowing into western Lake Maurepas to the mesohaline passes in eastern Lake Pontchartrain . Salinity experiments include transects across water masses identified by remote imagery, in situ bioassays and modeling diversity along salinity gradients. Hypotheses are tested with a variety data types including in situ , autonomous collection of a range of physical/chemical parameters, photosynthetic pigments determined with HPLC, nutrient analyses, scanning electron microscopy and standing crop estimation by cell enumeration. New initiatives include molecular approaches to characterize picophytoplankton diversity and emphases on taxa causing harmful algal blooms (e.g. Anabaena circinalis and other cyanobacteria).

Teaching Interests
For biology majors, my teaching responsibilities include both courses for first year students, Cells and Heredity, and Biology of Organisms. At the advanced undergraduate level I occasionally teach courses called Biology of Protists which focuses on the origin of the eukaryotic cells and uses cellular diversity to examine both free-living and parasitic microbial eukaryotes and Phycology which examines the diversity and ecology of microbial autotrophs. I also teach a non-science majors course called Evolution. My favorite teaching assignment is the Freshwater Algae course at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory operated by Iowa State University (http://www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/lakeside/). The course meets all day five days per week for four weeks and takes an ecological perspective to explore the diversity of photosynthetic microbes forming the energy base of freshwater ecosystems, as well as the environmental and economic concerns caused by excessive algal growth.


5 Representative Publications

Wee, J.L., James, A.M. & Hood, C.S. 2005 (in press). Exploratory Investigations of Palmella-Stage Formation in the Synurophyceae. In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Chrysophyte Symposium, to be printed as a volume of Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia.

Siver, P.A & J.L. Wee (eds). 2001. Chrysophytes and related organisms: topics and issues, Proceedings of the Fifth International Chrysophyte Symposium. Beiheft zur Nova Hedwigia Dr. E. Nagele, Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart , Germany . 258 p.

 

Jansen, R., J.L. Wee & D. Millie. 1998. Comparative utility of restriction site and DNA sequence data for systematic and evolutionary studies of plants. in: Molecular Systematics of Plants II , (eds.) D. Soltis, P. Soltis, and J. Doyle, Chapman and Hall publishers. p 87-100.

 

Wee, J.L. 1997. Scale biogenesis in Synurophycean protists: phylogenetic implications. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 16:497-534. (invited review paper).

 

Wee, J.L. 1982. Studies on the Synuraceae (Chrysophyceae) of Iowa . Bibliotheca Phycologica, Band 62, 1-183 p. J. Cramer, Verlag Braunschweig , West Germany .


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Stefan Woltmann
Tulane University
swoltman@tulane.edu

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

310 Dinwiddie Hall

Tulane University

New Orleans , LA 70118

Research Interests
I currently study Neotropical forest birds, with an emphasis on understanding how life history traits of tropical forest birds may make them particularly vulnerable to effects of forest fragmentation. In the past I have studied birds in
North America and have asked questions about stopover behavior of migratory hawks and the landscape distributon of migrant landbirds during stopover.

5 Representative Publications
Woltmann, S. in press. Group roosting behavior of Yellow Tyrannulets ( Capsiempis flaveola ). Wilson Bulletin.

 

Moore, F. R., M. S. Woodrey, J. J. Buler, S. Woltmann and T. R. Simons. in press. Understanding the stopover of migratory birds: a scale dependent approach. in C.J. RALPH and T.D. RICH, editors. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas. Partners in Flight, Albany , CA , USA .

 

Woltmann, S. 2003. Bird community responses to disturbance in a forestry concession in lowland Bolivia . Biodiversity and Conservation 12:1921-1936.

 

Woltmann S. and D. A. Cimprich. 2003. Effects of weather on autumn hawk movements at Fort Morgan , Alabama . Southeastern Naturalist 2:317-326.

 

Woltmann, S. 2001. Habitat use and movements of Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks during autumn at Fort Morgan , Alabama . North American Bird Bander 26:150-156

last updated Jan. 2005

Julie Lynn Whitbeck
University of New Orleans
jwhitbec@uno.edu
http://www.uno.edu/%7Ejwhitbec/
(504) 280-1201

Department of Biological Sciences
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148

Research Interests
My expertise lies in the ecology of plant roots and plant-microbe interactions, from whole organism physiological ecology to ecosystem ecology. I am interested in the roles of roots and plant-soil biota interactions in plant, community and ecosystem functions, and in how biotic and abiotic environmental perturbations (soil, vegetation, atmosphere…) change these relationships. Recently I have investigated the effects of drought on the timing of root production and root morphology, the role of tillage in shaping the community of mycorrhizal fungi, and the contrasting functional morphology of fine roots and mycorrhizal hyphae. I foresee extending the scope of this work in the following directions: 1)to examine the utilization of mycorrhizas and other microbe-plant associations in the amelioration, restoration and management of disturbed ecosystems (new funding 2/96 - 12/96!); 2)to link models of resource exchange and nutrient use at the organism level with those of ecosystem level nutrient cycling by explicit inclusion of plant-microbe-soil exchanges and to empirically test the resulting predication of how environmental parameters shape these processes; and 3)to explore the respective roles and functions of plant roots and their microbial symbionts in systems with differing vegetation, soils and environmental stresses.

Teaching Interests
I look forward to teaching introductory classes in plant biology and ecology as well as upper-level classes in several of their sub-disciplines such as plant physiological ecology, soil biology, microbial ecology, the biology of symbiosis, tropical ecology and ecosystem ecology. In addition I would like to develop team-taught interdisciplinary courses in areas including restoration ecology, global change, food resources and farming systems, examinations of how science is done and interactions between science and society.

5 Representative Publications
Whitbeck, J. L. Effects of tillage practices on the function of mycorrhizas in a low-input maize agroecosystem. In prep.

Whitbeck, J. L. Effects of light intensity on vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza development in Inga coruscans, submitted to New Phytologist.

Holbrook, N. M., J. L. Whitbeck & H. A. Mooney. 1995. Drought responses of tropical deciduous forest trees. In Tropical Deciduous Forests, eds. H. A. Mooney, S. H. Bullock, E. Medina, Cambridge University Press.

Gartner, B. L., S. H. Bullock, H. A. Mooney, V. B. Brown & J. L. Whitbeck. 1990. Water transport properties of vine and tree stems in a tropical deciduous forest. Am. J. Bot., 77:742-749.

last updated 1996

David A. White
Loyola University
dawhite@loyno.edu
http://www.loyno.edu/~dawhite
504-865-2770

Department of Biological Sciences
Loyola University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
Plant ecology is my field of study with interests in a wide range of habitats from local bottomland hardwood forests, dry tropical forests of northern Yucatan, to wetlands in the Mississippi River delta. Some might label me as field naturalist. I have carried out research on wetland productivity, plant decomposition, plant succession and colonization, and general phytosociology. I have permanent study plots in the Mississippi River delta that I have been tracking for over 20 years. There, I have been interested in wetland growth and decline, as well as the dynamics of substrate elevational change..

Teaching Interests
Ecology
Evolution
Conservation Biology
Human Ecology


5 Representative Publications
White, D.A., D.P. Hauber and C.S. Hood. 2005. Clonal differences in Phragmites australis from a unique wetland landscape - the Mississippi River delta. Southeastern Naturalist. Accepted.

White, D.A. and C.S. Hood. 2004. Vegetation patterns and environmental gradients in tropical dry forests of Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Journal of Vegetation Science. 15:151-160.

Martinez, M.L., G. Vazquez, D.A. White, G. Thivet and M. Brenges. 2002. Germination responses of five tropical beach and dune species exposed to artificial sand burial and inundation by fresh- and sea-water. Canadian Journal Botany. 80:416-424.

White, D.A. and S.A. Skojac. 2002. Remnant bottomland forests near the terminus of the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana. Castanea. 67:134-145.

White, D. A. 1993. Vascular plant community development on mudflats in the Mississippi River delta, Louisiana, U.S.A. Aquatic Botany. 45:171-194.


last updated 2004

Peter H. Yawkey
University of New Orleans
pyaukey@uno.edu
http://www.uno.edu/~geog/peter.html
Phone:

Department of Geography
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148

Research Interests
Affects of urbanization on bird populations during nesting, wintering, and migration, including utilization of different urban habitats by migrants during stopovers, and use of urban forest fragments for nesting. Geometry and spatial characteristics of the geographic ranges of organisms, including the stability of spatial patterns of abundance and the spatial patterns of range expansion and contraction.


Teaching Interests
Ecology
Biogeography
Weather and Climate
Geomorphology
Biogeography of Birds
Meteorology
Climatology
Elements of Physical Geography
Environmental Geography


5 Representative Publications
Yaukey, P. H. 1996. Patterns of avian population density, habitat use, and flocking behavior in urban and rural habitats during winter. The Professional Geographer. 48:70-81.

Yaukey, P. H. 1995. Effects of food supplementation and predator simulation on nuthatches and parids within mixed-species flocks. The Wilson Bulletin. 107:542-547.

Yaukey, P. H. 1994. Variation in racial dominance within the winter range of the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis L.). Journal of Biogeography. 21:359-368.

Yaukey, P. H. 1992. Habitat use by migrant birds in a disturbed habitat. Physical Geography. 13:149-159.


last updated 1996

Evan Zucker
Loyola University
zucker@loyno.edu
504-865-3255


Department of Psychology
Loyola University

6363 St. Charles Ave.

New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests
Focus is on the social interactions and life histories of adult nonhuman primates,

asking questions that address both proximate and ultimate explanations of behavior. Species studied include orangutans, gorillas, howling monkeys, and numerous species of Old World monkeys (diana, patas, green, rhesus, pigtailed, and crab-eating monkeys, olive baboons, and red-capped mangabeys). Current work is addressing how matrilineal rank is related to reproductive variables in captive rhesus and pigtailed monkeys.


Teaching Interests
Comparative Psychology; Physiological Psychology; Environmental Psychology; Health Psychology; Introductory Psychology; Social Psychology; Physiological Psychology Laboratory; Naturalistic Observation Laboratory; Statistics/Methods

 
5 Representative Publications
Zucker, E. L., Clarke, M. R., Glander, K. E., & Scott, N. J., Jr. (1996). Sizes of home ranges and groups of mantled howling monkeys at Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica: 1972-1991. Brenesia , 45/46, 153-156.

Zucker, E. L., & Clarke, M. R. (1998). Agonistic and affiliative relationships among adult female howlers (Alouatttta palliata ) in Costa Rica over a 4-year period. International Journal of Primatology , 19, 433-449.

Clarke, M. R., Collins, D. A., & Zucker, E. L. (2002). Responses to deforestation in a group of mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata ) in Costa Rica . International Journal of Primatology , 23, 365-381.

Clarke, M. R., Crockett, C. M., Zucker, E. L., & Zaldivar, M. (2002). Changes in the mantled howler population of Hacienda La Pacifica, Costa Rica between 1991 and 1998. American Journal of Primatology , 56, 155-163.

Zucker, E. L., & Clarke, M. R. (2003). Longitudinal assessment of immature-to-adult ratios in two groups of Costa Rican Alouatta palliata . International Journal of Primatology , 24, 87-101.


last updated Jan 2005