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Past graduate students: (graduation year indicated)
| Storrs, S. I. |
2009 |
Exposure of amphibians to endocrine disruptors: intersex debate, species differences, and terrestrial uptake. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Aiken, SC] |
| Williams, B.K. |
2008 |
A multi-scale investigation of ecologically relevant effects of agricultural runoff on amphibians. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [U.S.G.S. Research Biologist, Columbia, MO] |
| Rittenhouse, T.A.G. |
2007 |
Behavioral choice and demographic consequences of wood frog habitat selection in response to land use. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri [Research Associate, U. Wisconsin, Madison] http://www.botany.wisc.edu/zedler/rittenhouse.html |
| Hocking, D.J. |
2007 |
Gray treefrog breeding site selection and offspring performance in response to forest management. M.A. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Ph.D. student, U. New Hampshire] |
| Harper, E.B. |
2007 |
The role of terrestrial habitat in the population dynamics and conservation of pond-breeding amphibians. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [currently a post-doc, Syracuse U., NY] |
| Crawford, J.A. |
2007 |
Beyond the edge: Riparian habitat use and forest management effects on stream salamanders in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [post-doc, Indiana State U.] |
Johnson, J. |
2005 |
Multi-scale investigations of gray treefrog movements: patterns of migration, dispersal, and gene flow. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [post-doc, UC-Davis] |
| James, S. |
2005 |
Amphibian metamorphosis and juvenile terrestrial performance following chronic cadmium exposure in the aquatic environment. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [water resources biologist, Prairie Rivers Network, IL] |
| Rothermel, B.B. |
2003 |
Juvenile dispersal in disturbed habitats and connectivity of populations. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Research Scientist, Restoration Ecology Lab, Archbold Biological Station
Lake Placid, FL ] |
| Rittenhouse, T.A. |
2002 |
Spotted salamander migration at a pond located on a forest-grassland edge. M.A. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Ph.D. student at U. Missouri] |
| Birchfield, G.L. |
2002 |
Adult green frog (Rana clamitans) movement behavior and terrestrial habitat use in fragmented landscapes in central Missouri. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri |
| Mills, N. |
2002 |
Direct and indirect effects of chemical stressors on amphibian interactions.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Assistant Professor, Harding University, AR] |
| Boone, M. |
2000 |
Effects of the complex interactions of natural and chemical stressors on
species interactions. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Assistant Professor, Miami University-Ohio] |
| Welch, A. |
2000 |
Sexual selection and a test of the “good genes” hypothesis of mate choice.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Adjunct Professor, College of Charleston, SC] |
| Ryan, T. |
2000 |
Fitness consequences of paedomorphosis and metamorphosis in the salamander
Ambystoma talpoideum. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Assistant Professor, Butler
University, IN] |
| Parris, M. |
1999 |
Evolution and maintenance of hybrid zone between two species of leopard frogs. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Associate Professor, Memphis University, TN] |
| Bridges, C. |
1999 |
Local and geographic variation in the susceptibility of amphibian larvae agricultural chemicals. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Missouri. [Research Biologist, ABC Labs, Columbia, MO] |
| Bodie, J.R. |
1998 |
Contemporary hydrology of a large-river floodplain: multiple-scale effects on freshwater turtles. M.A. Thesis, University of Missouri [Senior Scientist, Audubon International, Pawleys Island, SC] |
| Schmidt, B. |
1995 |
On the maintenance of the genetic polymorphism at the LDH-B locus in the poolfrog, Rana lessonae. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Zurich [administers the federal amphibian protection program in Bern, Switzerland] |
| Negovetic, S. |
1995 |
Effects of food and temperature on development of hemiclonal hybrid waterfrog tadpoles and their sexual host parental species. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Zurich |
| Fioramonti, E. |
1994 |
Effects of triphenyltin concentration, pH, and genotype on the growth and
development of tadpoles. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Zurich |
| Bergen, K. |
1994 |
Effects of different ratios of Rana lessonae and Rana esculenta on their mating system. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Zurich |
| Rist, L. |
1994 |
Feeding behaviour and growth efficiency among hemiclones of Rana esculenta
tadpoles. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Zurich |
| Horat, P. |
1993 |
Effects of predation and hunger on the behaviour of tadpoles of the waterfrogs Rana esculenta and Rana lessonae. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Zurich. [was a Ph.D.
student at ETH in Switzerland] |
| Koller, C. |
1993 |
The role of familiarity and relatedness in sibling discrimination and parental-
hybrid discrimination of tadpoles of Rana lessonae and Rana esculenta. M.Sc. Thesis,
University of Zurich |
| Imhoof, B. |
1993 |
Dear enemy recognition in wall lizards (Podarcis muralis). M.Sc. Thesis,
University of Zurich. [was a PhD student at ETH in Switzerland] |
| Gavasso, S. |
1992 |
Anti-predator behaviour in tadpoles of the bisexual hybrid system of Rana lessonae, R. esculenta, and R. ridibunda. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Zurich |
| Kaehli, H. |
1992 |
Habitat selection and species recognition in tadpoles of the waterfrogs Rana esculenta and Rana lessonae. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Zurich |
| Jackson, M. |
1990 |
Predation risk and facultative paedomorphosis. M.S., Memphis State University |
| Figiel, C. |
1990 |
Effects of body size, tail injury, and habitat complexity on the susceptability
of tadpoles to predation. M.S. Thesis, Memphis State University. [received a Ph.D. and currently has a research position with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Warm Springs, GA] |
| Harkey, G. |
1988 |
Environmental factors influencing the expression of a color polymorphism
in the frog, Pseudacris ornata. M.S. Thesis, Memphis State University. [received a Ph.D. and currently has a research position with Thermo-Finnigan, Schaumburg, IL] |
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