Current Graduate Students

 

 

• Travis Blunden uses a variety of survey methods to investigate the effects of scrub restoration techniques on small mammal and herp communities. Read the Herald Tribune News Story about Travis's research!

 

 

• Brian Camposano focuses on the morphology and geographic distribution of native and non-native anole lizards (Anolis sp.) in Florida.

 

 

• Gabriel Miller examines the ecology of upland snake species of the Southeast, specifically the Florida Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus), and its interspecies relationships with the Southeastern Pocket Gopher (Geomys pinetus).

 

 

• Raya Pruner investigates brood foraging behavior, habitat use, and factors affecting chick survival in the Cuban Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus tenuirostris) a state-threatened species in Florida that nests along the Gulf Coast.

 

 

Previous Graduate Students

 

 

• Betsy Roznik (M.S., December 2007) used radiotelemetry to investigate the movements and microhabitat use of juvenile and adult Florida Gopher Frogs (Rana capito). Betsy currently lives and works in Australia, where she hopes to pursue a doctoral degree.

 

 

• Kris Hoffmann (M.S., December 2007) used novel visual implant elastomer (VIE) to conduct a capture-mark-recapture and removal study of invasive and native treefrogs, in order to evaluate impacts of the invasive Cuban Treefrog.