ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY OF ECTOTHERMS
We are integrative biologists interested in the evolutionary and ecological physiology of ectotherms. Our work combines field and laboratory experiments to study how organisms (mainly lizards, snakes, and salamanders) deal with variation in environmental conditions and the ecological and evolutionary consequences of these strategies. Navigate through this site to find information about each of these topics and additional information about the lab and it’s members.
Last updated April 2023
We are integrative biologists interested in the evolutionary and ecological physiology of ectotherms. Our work combines field and laboratory experiments to study how organisms (mainly lizards, snakes, and salamanders) deal with variation in environmental conditions and the ecological and evolutionary consequences of these strategies. Navigate through this site to find information about each of these topics and additional information about the lab and it’s members.
Last updated April 2023
LAB NEWS:
2022 - 2023
June-December 2021
2019-2020.....up to now (June 2021)
2022 - 2023
- Mikie Deutsch defended his thesis exploring the effect of predatory Collared Lizards on Prairie Lizards on Ozark glades.
- Tanner Senti is prepping to defend his thesis examining nutritional ecology in a population of Prairie Lizards.
- Undergraduate David Adams was awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship! He was one of 400 undergraduates nationally to receive this honor!!
- New funding is opening up new opportunities for understanding the role of the thermal environment in Collared Lizard ecology. Stay tuned for exciting developments.
June-December 2021
- Justin Mosbey defended his thesis on reproductive life history of Sceloporus consobrinus in Arkansas.
- Collaborative State Wildlife Grant proposal with Ginny and Reid Adams was funded to study thermal tolerance of stream fishes in the Ouachita River drainage.
2019-2020.....up to now (June 2021)
- Wow.....time has passed quickly. Lots has happened over the last few years. Andrew and Katherine have graduated and moved on to gainful employment in Missouri (Andrew) and Pennsylvania (Katherine). Justin is finishing his thesis, working full time, and taking care of a new baby. Mikie Deutsch joined the lab and, like Joe, has been extremely successful in grant writing to support his thesis research. Calvin is working on new projects looking at Sceloporus thermoregulation, for which he received research funding from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
- Extremely exciting stuff coming up in the lab. Tanner Senti is joining us in the Fall for his MS and David Adams will be joining us officially as an undergraduate (although David is somewhat of a lab veteran having worked in the lab for a couple years when he was in high school).
