Earth, Ecology and Environmental Science

Ecology, Earth, and Environmental Science

The Ecology, Earth, and Environmental Biology research area of the Department of Biology comprises a diverse group of internationally renown investigators. Our research extends from mechanisms of ecological processes to applied conservation work and paleontology. Taxonomic foci run from phytoplankton to plants and animals. We use methods that mix fieldwork, laboratory experiments, and mathematical models. Projects include population biology of sea turtles and terrapins; the ecology of disappearing tropic amphibians; stable isotopic analyses of diet, behavior, and ecology; physiological constraints on habitat use of woodland breeding amphibians and desert reptiles; the distribution, phenology and habitat use of species in disturbed habitats, and the paleobiology and paleoecology of sauropod dinosaurs. Common characteristics of ecological projects are: attention to the effects of abiotic and physiological constraints on activity and distribution, pervasive interest in the how such effects influence the population ecology of organisms, and a frequent focus on the conservation implications of the project. The members of the research area collaborate extensively both within the department and around the globe on projects of local, national, and international scale.

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		Ecology, Earth, and Environmental Science The Ecology, Earth, and Environmental Biology research area of the Department of Biology comprises a diverse group of internationally renown investigators. Our research extends from mechanisms of ecological processes to applied conservation work and paleontology. Taxonomic foci run from phytoplankton to plants and animals. We use methods that mix fieldwork, laboratory experiments, and mathematical models. Projects include population biology of sea turtles and terrapins; the ecology of disappearing tropic amphibians; stable isotopic analyses of diet, behavior, and ecology; physiological constraints on habitat use of woodland breeding amphibians and desert reptiles; the distribution, phenology and habitat use of species in disturbed habitats, and the paleobiology and paleoecology of sauropod dinosaurs. Common characteristics of ecological projects are: attention to the effects of abiotic and physiological constraints on activity and distribution, pervasive interest in the how such effects influence the population ecology of organisms, and a frequent focus on the conservation implications of the project. The members of the research area collaborate extensively both within the department and around the globe on projects of local, national, and international scale.
		Faculty
			Harold Avery Associate Professor	Population Ecology and Conservation Biology of Vertebrates in Relation to Ecological Perturbations

			Walter Bien Research Professor	Plant Community Ecology, Conservation Biology, Threatened & Endangered Species in NJ Pine Barrens, Spatial (snake) Ecology, Fire Ecology, Restoration Ecology

			Gail Hearn Professor	Conservation Biology

			Susan Kilham Professor	Aquatic Ecology and Climate Change

			Kenneth Lacovara Associate Professor	Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoenvironmental Analysis

			Michael O’Connor Associate Professor	Biophysical and Quantitative Ecology

			Jacob Russell Assistant Professor	Ecology and Evolution of Symbiosis

			James Spotila Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science	Physiological Ecology and Conservation Biology

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