AREAS OF
RESEARCH INTEREST:
Students in my lab have been pursuing research projects in behavior,
ecology, and physiological ecology of amphibians and reptiles. My interests are
in investigating how feeding effects the metabolic
rate, digestive physiology and thermoregulatory behavior of amphibians and
reptiles.
Student
Projects:
Graduate Students
Heather Forster: Territorial Behavior in the salamander Plethodon albagula.
M.S. 1998
Eric Kessler: Characteristics and Selection of Natural Rock
Retreat-Sites by Woodland Snakes at
Cindy Moore: Temperature-mediated characteristics of the
dusky salamander, Desmognathus fuscus of southern
K. Brandon Chance: Winter Ecology of the Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana.
M.S. 2002
Megan Kearney: Food Passage Time and Digestive Efficiency
of Collared Lizards, Crotaphytus collaris. M.S. 2002
Angie Babbit: Metabolic and
Digestive Parameters of Cope's Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis. M.S. 2003
Rick Morrow: Effect of Diet on the Metabolic Rate of an Omnivorous Turtle.
Undergraduate Students
Janet Bailey: Specific Dynamic Action in the toad, Bufo woodhousii. Honor's thesis
Lani Burress: Effect of Feeding on Thermoregulation in the toad, Bufo woodhousii. Special Project
Megan Kearney: Digestive Parameters of the Great Plains Skink, Eumeces obsoletus. REU project
Marcia Puckett: Digestive Influences on Thermoregulation and Digestive Efficiency of Cornsnakes, Elaphe guttata. K-BRIN scholar
Daphne Jones: Thermal Influence on Digestive Rate of the Cornsnake, Elaphe guttata. K-INBRE scholar
Lynett Bontrager: Meal size and Thermoregulation of the Cornsnake, Elaphe guttata. K-INBRE scholar
Michelle Gilkerson: Snake size, Meal size, and Thermoregulation in Cornsnakes, Elaphe guttata. K-INBRE scholar
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