Conservation Biology

Will Crampton
Office BIO 402C, 407-823-0915 crampton@mail.ucf.edu
Research program investigates the ecological, behavioral, and evolutionary mechanisms that generate and regulate species diversity.


John E. Fauth
Amphibian and Coral Reef Conservation
Office BIO 401D, 407-823-1661, jfauth@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: Quantitative, experimental approaches to understand the intensity and relative importance of disturbance (pond drying, fire) and biotic interactions (competition, predation) in structuring freshwater wetlands


Eric A. Hoffman
Evolutionary Biology
Office BIO 439, 407-823-4007, eahoffma@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: Evolution of color polymorphisms in frogs and toads, phylogeography and effective population size in Rana pipiens, conservation genetics of the Banggai cardinalfish, evolutionary genomics of male pregnancy in seahorses and pipefishes, evolutionary genomics of caste differentiation and development of yellowjacket wasps (Vespula squamosa)


David G. Jenkins
Wetland Ecology
Office BIO 402C, 407-823-1660, dgjenkin@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: Ecological community structure and function, especially the interplay between regional (dispersal, colonization, invasion, community assembly, etc.) and local (competition, predation, abiotic factors) processes


Reed F. Noss
Ecology and Conservation Biology
Office BIO 202C, 407-823-0975, rnoss@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: Multicriteria conservation planning on regional to continental scales
Link: The SPICE Lab


John A. Osborne
Limnology and Fishery Biology
Office BIO 402D, 407-823-2980, josborne@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Current Research: The eutrophication of lake and stream environments


Christopher L. Parkinson
Molecular Evolution
Office BIO 424, 407-823-4847, cparkins@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Current Research: Molecular evolution, phylo-geography, conservation, and systematics


Martin Quigley
Director, UCF Arboretum
407-823-3146, mquigley@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: ecology of the constructed landscape, sustainable landscape planning and maintenance, stewardship and restoration of urban forest fragments, and biofiltration of runoff from polluted and impervious surfaces. Basic research includes the structure of deciduous forest communities and long effects of human and natural disturbance.


Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio
Conservation, Population Modeling
Office BIO 401E, 407-823-1662, pquintan@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: Disturbance and spatial structure on plant community and population dynamics


I. Jack Stout
Ecology and Conservation Biology
Office BIO 111A, 407-823-2919, jstout@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Current Research: Population and community-level phenomena in ecosystems of peninsular Florida, small mammals' community structure, dispersal strategies, and habitat selection


Betsy Von Holle

Betsy Von Holle
Office: BL 202 A, 407-823-0916, vonholle@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: Interested in the landscape patterns and community mechanisms that influence the addition of species into ecosystems.
Von Holle Lab


John F. Weishampel
Landscape Ecology/Ecological Modeling
Office BIO 102B, 407-823-6634, jweisham@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: Landscape ecology (how landscape pattern influences ecological processes)


Graham A. J. Worthy
Marine Mammal Physiology
Office BIO 402A, 407-823-4701, gworthy@mail.ucf.edu
Current Research: Physiological ecology of marine mammals through the study of their energetics, growth, and nutrition



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