Contact Information
Wildlife Ecologist National Great Rivers Research and Education Center One Confluence Way East Alton, IL 62024 618.468.2838 [email protected] Education Ph.D. - University of Missouri (Columbia), Biological Sciences Advisor: Raymond D. Semlitsch M.S. - Illinois State University, Biological Sciences Advisor: Lauren E. Brown B.S. - University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Biological Sciences Advisor: Christopher A. Phillips |
Research Interests
A primary goal of my research is to conduct projects that answer important contemporary questions related to the conservation and management of lower vertebrates. Interactions with state, federal, and private land managers as well as with policy-makers have played an important role in determining what information is most needed and has helped formulate questions. I prefer to conduct research that bridges disciplines, and combines current thinking and needs in multiple areas to approach and answer these questions. My primary research interests have been and continue to be on the effects of habitat alteration, habitat degradation, and global climate change on amphibian populations.
While I continue to work on determination of amphibian declines (causes), more recently I have begun investigations into methods which can mitigate these declines (solutions). Simply understanding the amphibian decline problem (or any problem for that matter) is not good enough. Feasible solutions must be developed in order to enact any long-term difference. To that end, I am currently involved in a number of long-term projects aimed at understanding and mitigating amphibian declines.
While I continue to work on determination of amphibian declines (causes), more recently I have begun investigations into methods which can mitigate these declines (solutions). Simply understanding the amphibian decline problem (or any problem for that matter) is not good enough. Feasible solutions must be developed in order to enact any long-term difference. To that end, I am currently involved in a number of long-term projects aimed at understanding and mitigating amphibian declines.