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Tennessee colleges and universities that have herpetology classes or programs: A. Floyd Scott, Ph.D. Herpetologist, Professor of Biology Austin Peay State University Center for Field Biology P. O. Box 4718 Clarksville, TN 37044 Phone: 931.221.7019 Email: fieldbiology@apsu.edu Fax: 931.221.6372
BIOL 5610 Herpetology (4 credit hours) Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory Prerequisite: Permission of instructor A study of the taxonomy, structure, reproduction, ecology, behavior and geographic distribution of amphibians and reptiles with emphasis on the herpetofauna of the Southeastern United States.
Research Opportunities in Herpetology: Opportunities as a paid research assistant with the Center for Field Biology in Dr. Floyd Scott's lab are available to both undergraduate and graduate students at Austin Peay. More information can be found at the following web address: http://www.apsu.edu/field_biology/index.htm
Brian P. Butterfield, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Biology Freed-Hardeman University 158 E. Main Street Henderson, TN 38340-2399 Phone: 731-989-6954 Email: bbutterfield@fhu.edu
BIO 416, Herpetology (4 credit hours) The morphology, systematics, behavior, ecology, and zoogeography of amphibians and reptiles, with emphasis on taxa from the southeastern U.S. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory or fieldwork per week.
Current Research Projects: 1. Distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Chester and McNairy Counties. 2. A survey of the amphibians and reptiles of the Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge. 3. The distribution of Hyla crucifer in west Tennessee. 4. The parasites of exotic lizards in Florida. 5. The community ecology of the turtles of Wekiwa Springs State Park, Florida. Research Opportunities: FHU offers undergraduate research stipends through the School of Science and Mathematics Research Center. Several students are working on herpetological related projects through the center. John Copeland, PhD Professor of Biology Math and Natural Science Lincoln Memorial University Email: john.copeland@lmunet.edu Phone: 423-869-6225
Lincoln Memorial University offers an undergraduate course in herpetology. WDLF 340 Herpetology: Classification, distribution, natural history, anatomy and physiology, and evolution of amphibians and reptiles, with emphasis on local species.
LMU requires all undergraduates to complete a biological research project before they graduate. I have had a number of students involved with herp projects. I presently have one student, Russel Stock, working on a herp survey in Claiborne county, TN. Middle Tennessee State University
Vincent Cobb, Ph.D. Department of Biology Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 (615) 898-2059 Email: vcobb@mtsu.eduPersonal web page: http://www.mtsu.edu/~vcobbResearch focuses on the thermal ecology and natural history of reptiles, particularly snakes and turtles. Most research is field-oriented. Recent Graduate Student Research: J. Jeffrey Green (M.S. 2005) – Thermal ecology of the racer Chad Hanna (M.S. 2005) – Effect of temperature on nest-site selection in the green lynx spider Tennessee Technological University University of
Tennessee, Knoxville Gordon M. Burghardt, Ph.D. Distinguished Service Professor Department of Psychology The University of Tennessee 303D Austin Peay Bldg. (865)974-6843 Email: gburghar@utk.edu Personal web page: http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/burghardt.asp
Research in the Burghardt lab focuses on, in part, the relationship between genetics and early environments in the development of behavior patterns and sensory processes.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS: (including student and collaborative efforts) 1. Comparative ontogeny of predation, defense, sociality, and play. 2. Behavior, phylogeny, and speciation in Natricine snakes. 3. Intraspecific behavioral and genetic variation. 4. Heritability of learning and multiple paternity. 5. Behavior of two-headed ringneck snake.
Marguerite Butler, PhD. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The University of Tennessee 569 Dabney Hall Knoxville, TN 37996-1610 phone:(865)974-7894 fax:(865)974-3067 Email: mabutler@utk.edu Personal web page: http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/butler.asp
Major research areas: evolutionary ecology of lizards and damselflies, sexual dimorphism, adaptive radiation
My research questions are centered on two themes: 1) adaptive evolution, or how environmental variation produces diversity among species, and 2) sexual variation, particularly the evolutionary and ecological factors involved when sexes show different patterns of adaptation.
Arthur C. (Sandy) Echternacht, Ph.D. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1610 (865) 974-3065 (Voice) (865) 974-3067 (FAX) Email: echterna@utk.edu Personal web page: http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/echternacht.asp Research emphasizes field and laboratory investigations of 1) geographic variation in the reproductive biology, ecology, genetics, and behavior of the lizard Anolis carolinensis (the green anole), and 2) interactions between invading species, as exemplified by A. sagrei (the brown, or Cuban, anole) and native congeners, exemplified by A. carolinensis in Florida and A. conspersus (the Grand Cayman blue-throated anole) on Grand Cayman Island, and 3) the ecology of the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura nubila lewisi). Recent Related Graduate Student Research: James J. Minesky (Ph.D., December 1998) has completed an extensive investigation of habitat use by a population of A. carolinensis along the Little Tennessee River in east Tennessee. David C. Bishop (M.S. December 2000) completed a study of the winter ecology and behavior of A. carolinensis at the same study site utilized by Jim Minesky.
Matthew J. Gray, Ph.D. Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries University of Tennessee 247 Ellington Plant Sciences Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4563 865.974.2740 [ofc] Email: mattjgray@utk.edu 865.974.4714 [fax] Personal web page: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/personnel/mgray.htm
At the undergraduate level, I teach Wetland Ecology (http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home.htm), and I am instructing a new graduate level course in Amphibian Biology and Conservation during spring semester 2007. My lab website is http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/WetlandLab/Gray.mht . I currently have 2 graduate students (Liz Burton and Chandler Schmutzer) doing amphibian research on the Cumberland Plateau (please see http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/WetlandLab/Burton.mht and http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/WetlandLab/Schmutzer.mht).
Neil Greenberg, Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty, Graduate Program in Ethology The University of Tennessee F241 Walters Life Science Building Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 (865)974-3599 voicemail (865)974-2371 (Department office) (865)974-8177 (UniStudies office) (865)974-2665 FAX Email: ngreenbe@utk.edu Personal web page: http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/greenberg.asp I take special interest in the physiological and evolutionary ethology of aggressive and reproductive behavior and its role in the regulation of social organization. In particular, the manner in which neuroendocrine integration of physiological stress-sensitive autonomic reflexes and fragments of motor patterns become elaborated and progressively brought under the control of external stimuli and higher neural centers. The physiological causes and consequences of social interactions. The role of physiological stress in the evolution and expression of complex behavior. |
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