Emeritus Faculty | School of Biological Sciences | SIU

Education: MD., 1968; PhD, 1975, University of Chicago.

Areas of interest: Animal Behavior, Ethology, Neuroscience

Education: PhD, 1962, University of Illinois

Areas of interest: Herpetology

I am interested in testing how multiple human stressors affect aquatic communities, and how we can alleviate those stressors so organisms and ecosystems can adapt to climate change. I also investigate the some fundamental aspects of the biogeochemistry of microbial communities meaning that I study a variety of aquatic systems in the lab and field. Some questions that I investigate include:

• How do beavers change nutrient cycling and ecosystem productivity in Yellowstone National Park?
• Can aeration and cooling alter the genetic expression of toxins by cyanobacteria to stop harmful algal blooms in lakes?
• Can the geochemical-microbial signatures in extreme environments (i.e. geysers and acid mine drainages) give us insights into the evolution of life on other Planets?
• How do amphibians respond to night time cooling when challenged by water pollution?
• How does marine geochemistry affect sea ducks?

Education

B.S. Natural Science/Mathematics, University of Wyoming; M.A. Anthropology, University of Wyoming; Ph. D. Zoology, University of Wyoming; Postdoctoral Associate, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), University of California, Santa Barbara.

Courses taught

Limnology (Zool 415), Multiple Stressors in Ecology (Zool 458), and Undergraduate Research in the Laboratory (Zool 496) and Field (Zool 497).

Areas of interest

Freshwater and marine biogeochemistry and aquatic ecology

Selected Recent Publications

Brooks, ML, JR Lovvorn, JH Behnke, and EM Anderson. 2021. Detecting silent stressors: Trace element effects on nutritional status of declining scoter ducks of Puget Sound, USA. Science of the Total Environment 766:144247.

Miller, MW, JR Lovvorn, AC Matz, RJ Taylor, CJ Latty, ML Brooks, and TE Hollmén. 2019. Interspecific patterns of trace elements in sea ducks: Can surrogate species be used in contaminants monitoring? Ecological Indicators 98:830-839.

Marshall, AC, JS Paul, ML Brooks, and LA Duram. 2017. Anglers’ perceptions and fish consumption risks in the Lower Tisza River Basin. Exposure and Health 9:197-211.

Hallman, TA, and M L Brooks. 2016. Metal-mediated climate susceptibility in a warming world: Larval and latent effects on a model amphibian. Environ Toxicol Chem 35:1872-1882.

Hallman, TA and ML Brooks. 2015. The deal with diel: temperature fluctuations, asymmetrical warming, and ubiquitous metals contaminants Environ Pollut 296:88-94

Weston, DP, D Schlenk, N Riar, M Lydy, and ML Brooks. 2015. Effects of pyrethroid insecticides in urban runoff on chinook salmon, steelhead trout, and their invertebrate prey. Environ Toxicol Chem 34:649-657

Geisler-Lee, J, ML Brooks, JR Gerfen, Q Wang, C Fotis, AJ Sparer, X Ma, RH Berg, M Geisler. 2014. Reproductive toxicity and life history study of silver nanoparticle effect, uptake and transport in Arabidopsis thaliana Nanomaterials 4:301-318

North, CA, JR Lovvorn, JM Kolts, ML Brooks, LW Cooper, JM Grebmeier, 2014. Deposit-feeder diets in the Bering Sea: implications for effects of climatic loss of sea ice-related microalgal blooms Ecol Applic 24:1525–1542

Landis, WG, JL Durda, ML Brooks, PM Chapman, CA Menzie, RG Stahl, JL Stauber. 2013. Ecological risk assessment in the context of global climate change Environ Toxicol Chem 32:79-92

Brooks, ML, E Fleishman, LR Brown, PW Lehman, I Werner, N Scholz, CL Mitchelmore, JR Lovvorn, ML Johnson, D Schlenk, S vanDrunick, JI Drever, DM Stoms, AE Parker, R Dugdale. 2012. Life Histories, Salinity Zones, and Sublethal Contributions of Contaminants to Pelagic Fish Declines Illustrated with a Case Study of San Francisco Estuary, California, USA Estuar Coasts 35:603-621

Scholz, NL, E Fleishman, L Brown, ML Brooks, CL Mitchelmore, I Werner, ML Johnson, D Schlenk. 2012. Pesticides and the decline of pelagic fishes in western North America’s largest estuarine ecosystem BioSci 62:428-434

Chapman, PM, WJ Adams, ML Brooks, CG Delos, SN Luoma, WA Maher, HM Ohlendorf, TS Presser, and DP Shaw, editors. 2010. Ecological Assessment of Selenium in the Aquatic Environment. CRC Press, London, New York. 339 pages

Clements, WH, ML Brooks, DR Kashian, and RE Zuellig. 2008. Changes in dissolved organic material determine exposure of stream benthic communities to UV-B radiation and heavy metals: implications for climate change Global Change Biol 14:2201-2214

Brooks, ML, DM McKnight, WH Clements. 2007. Photochemical control of copper complexation by dissolved organic matter in Rocky Mountain Streams, Colorado USA Limnol Oceanogr 52: 766-779

Education: Ph.D.,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Areas of interest: Ichthyology

Education: PhD, 1964, Purdue University

Areas of interest: Genetics, General Biology

Education: Ph.D., Oregon State University

Areas of interest: Mammalogy, Wildlife Ecology

Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Areas of interest: Wildlife Toxicology, Population Dynamics

Education: PhD, 1970, Southern Illinois University

Areas of interest: Fisheries

How do complex behaviors and other adaptations emerge from the molecular organization of cells and genomes?  I am especially interested in the genetic "protocols" and mutational mechanisms that support adaptive evolution. 

Education

Ph.D.,University of California, San Diego

Courses taught

ZOOL 409 (Histology), BIOL 315 (History of Biology)

Areas of interest

Evolution, Neurobiology, Histology

Selected Recent Publications

King, D.G., (2012) Indirect selection of implicit mutation protocols. In: Effects of Genome and Sequence on the Generation of Variation and Evolution, vol. 1267, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 

King, D.G., and Y. Kashi (2011) Genetic variation among developing brain cells. Science e-letter. 

King, D.G. (2011) Evolution of simple sequence repeats as mutable sites. In: AJ Hannan, ed.,Tandem Repeat Polymorphisms: Genetic Plasticity, Neural Diversity and Disease, Landes Bioscience and Springer Science+Business Media.

King, D.G. and Y. Kashi (2009) Heretical DNA sequences? Science 326: 229-230.

Fondon III, J., E.A.D. Hammock, A.J. Hannan, and D.G. King (2008) Simple sequence repeats: Genetic modulators of brain function. Trends in Neurosciences 31:328-334.

For more information on my research program (and related links), please see my webpage.

Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Areas of interest: Fish Population Ecology, Aquaculture, Fisheries Management

I work on reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships at the species level within two major clades, the Australasian marsupial order Dasyuromorphia and the avian superfamily Gruoidea.  Dasyuromorphians are some 70 species of carnivorous marsupials including the numbat, thylacines, the Tasmanian devil, quolls, antechinuses, dunnarts, and planigales.  Their diversification over the past 35 million years took place in concert with radical climate and environmental changes in Australia, as indicated by our analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences.  The molecular phylogeny has allowed us to infer evolutionary patterns for several organismal features of dasyurids, including their diverse reproductive strategies and penis morphologies.  Gruoid birds (cranes, limpkins, and trumpeters) comprise constrained Neogene radiations with roots that may date to the earliest Tertiary.  Our sequences of complete mitochondrial genomes have largely resolved relationships among the 15 species of cranes, but raise interesting questions about timing and geography of diversification among gruoid families.

Education

B.S., Bemidji State University

M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Postdoctoral, Smithsonian Institution

Courses taught

ZOOL 418 (Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy), BIOL 200B Organismal and Ecological Biology, ZOOL 215 Sophomore Seminar, BIOL 220B Introductory Organismal Biology and Ecology, ZOOL 405 Systematic Zoology, ZOOL 417 Vertebrate Zoology, ZOOL 418 Vertebrate Anatomy Lab

Areas of interest

Systematics and evolution of birds and mammals.

Selected Recent Publications

Feldhamer G, LC Drickamer, SH Vessey, JF Merritt, and C Krajewski. 2015. Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology, 4^th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Woolley PA, C Krajewski, and M Westerman. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships within Dasyurus (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae): systematics of quolls based on molecular evidence and male characteristics. Journal of Mammalogy 96: 37-46.

Krajewski, C., F.E. Anderson, and M. Westerman. 2012. Molecular evidence for a deep clade of dunnarts (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae: Sminthopsis). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 19: 265-276.

Krajewski, C., J.T. Sipiorski, and F.E. Anderson. 2010. Complete mitochondrial genome sequences and the phylogeny of cranes (Gruiformes: Gruidae). The Auk 27(2): 440-452.

Springer, M.S., and C. Krajewski. 2009. Monotremes (Prototheria). Pages 462-465 in: The Timetree of Life (S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar, eds.). Oxford University Press.

Springer, M.S., C. Krajewski, and R. Meredith. 2009. Marsupials (Metatheria). Pages 466-470 in: The Timetree of Life (S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar, eds.). Oxford University Press. 

Westerman, M., J. Young, and C. Krajewski. 2008. Molecular relationships ofPseudantechinus, Parantechinus, and Dasykaluta (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 29: 201-212.

Woolley PA, Westerman M, Krajewski C.>. 2007. Interspecific affinities within the genusSminthopsis (Dasyuromorphia : Dasyuridae) based on morphology of the penis: congruence with other anatomical and molecular data. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 1381-1392.

Fain MG, Krajewski C., Houde P. 2007. Phylogeny of "core Gruiformes" (Aves : Grues) and resolution of the Limpkin-Sungrebe problem. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 515-529.

Krajewski C., Torunsky R, Sipiorski JT, et al. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of the dasyurid marsupial genus Murexia. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 696-705.

Krajewski, C., G.R. Moyer, J. Sipiorski, M.G. Fain, and M. Westerman. 2004. Molecular systematics of the enigmatic "phascolosoricine" marsupials of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 389-415.

Moyer, G.R., B.M. Burr, and C. Krajewski. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of thorny catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae) inferred from molecular and morphological data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140: 551-575.

Amrine-Madsen, H., M. Scally, M. Westerman, M.J. Stanhope, C. Krajewski, and M.S. Springer. 2003. Nuclear gene sequences provide evidence for the monophyly of Australidelphian marsupials. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 186-196.

Krajewski, C., and M. Westerman. 2003. Molecular systematics of Dasyuromorphia. Pages 3-20 in: Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials (M. Jones, C. Dickman, and M. Archer, eds.). CSIRO Publications, Australia.

Education: Bachelor's (1952), Master's (1958), and Ph.D. (1962) degrees from the University of Minnesota

Areas of interest: Physiological vertebrate ecology with special interest in bioenergetics of birds in relation to ecologic and behavioral adaptations, flight, and migration.

Research interests are (1) taxonomy and biology of North American Pentatomoidea, including effects of photoperiod on various species, (2) biology of aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera, and (3) taxonomy and biology of Illinois Reduviidae.

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Course taught

ZOOL 115 (General Biology), ZOOL 220 (Animal Diversity), ZOOL 471 (Entomology), ZOOL 473 (Aquatic Entomology), ZOOL 514 (Advanced Entomology)

Areas of interest

Entomology, Insect Ecology

Recent Publications

McPherson, J. E., and I. Ahmad.  2015.  Sinea incognita McPherson, a new species of assassin bug from America north of Mexico, with designations of lectotypes and paralectotypes for Sinea complexa and Sinea integra and analysis and comparison of the three species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae).  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 108:  70–88.

Taylor, M. E., C. S. Bundy, and J. E. McPherson.  2014.  Unusual ovipositional behavior of the stink bug Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Heteroptra: Pentatomidae).  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 107: 872–877.

McPherson, J. E., Jacqueline M. Turner, and M. R. Whiles.  2013.  Diversity and community structure of stream insects in a minimally disturbed forested watershed in southern Illinois.  Great Lakes Entomol. 46: 42–89.

Vessels, H. K., C. S. Bundy, and J. E. McPherson.  2013.  Life history and laboratory rearing of Narnia femorata (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) with descriptions of immature stages.  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 106: 575–585.

Paiero, S.M., S. A. Marshall, J. E. McPherson, and M.-S. Ma.  2013.  Stink bugs (Pentatomidae) and parent bugs (Acanthosomatidae) of Ontario and adjacent areas:  A key to species and a review of the fauna.  Can. J. Arthropod Identification (24).  183 pp. (BOOK)

McPherson, J. E., and I. Ahmad.  2012.  Comparison of male genitalia of Euschistus spp. in the midwestern United States (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae).  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 105: 395–402.

McPherson, J. E.  2012.  Redescription of the holotype of Sinea sericea, supplemented with description of additional males and first description of females.  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 105: 613–618.

McPherson, J. E., C. S. Bundy, and M. H. Sweet, II. 2012. Value of nymphal morphology in determining identity of pregenital and genital segments in adult Corimelaena incognita(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Thyreocoridae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 105: 111-117. 

McPherson, J. E., and Imtiaz Ahmad. 2011. Murgantia thomasi, a new species of stink bug from the Dominican Republic (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 104: 149-153. 

McPherson, J. E., Richard J. Packauskas, Robert W. Sites, Steven J. Taylor, C. Scott Bundy, Jeffrey D. Bradshaw, and Paula Levin Mitchell. 2011. Review of Acanthocephala (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) north of Mexico with a key to species. Zootaxa 2835: 30-40. 

Bundy, C. Scott, and J. E. McPherson. 2011. Life history and laboratory rearing of Mecidea minor(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with descriptions of immature stages. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 104: 605-612. 

McPherson, J. E., and I. Ahmad. 2011. Parasinea, a new genus of assassin bug, with description of a new species from Colombia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 104: 1285-1291. 

Bundy, C. S., and J. E. McPherson. 2010. Presence of a red morph in adult populations ofMecidea minor (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Mecideni) in New Mexico. J. Entomol. Sci. 45: 317-321. 

McPherson, J. E., Imtiaz Ahmad, and C. S. Bundy. 2009. Comparison of the male and female genitalia of Mecidea major and M. minor (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Mecideini). J. Entomol. Sci. 44: 164-169, 295-296.

Tinerella, P. P., S. J . Taylor, and J. E. McPherson. 2009. New records and a checklist of aquatic true bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Illinois. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 82: 293-299. 

Bundy, C. S., and J. E. McPherson. 2009. Life history and laboratory rearing of Corimelaena incognita (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Thyreocoridae) with descriptions of immature stages. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 102: 1068-1076.

McPherson, J. E. 2008. Review of W. O. Lamp, R. C. Berberet, L. G. Higley, and C. R. Baird (eds.), Handbook of forage and rangeland insects. Great Plains Res. 18: 121-122. 

McPherson, J. E., and Imtiaz Ahmad. 2008. Comparison of male genitalia of Murgantia histrionica, M. varicolor, and M. violascens (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 110: 1028-1033. 

McPherson, J. E., and Imtiaz Ahmad. 2007. Redescriptions of Brochymena and Parabrochymena(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), based primarily on male genitalia, with reclassification of three species and description of New World tribe (Halyini). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 100: 673-682.

McPherson, J. E., Rachel A. Shurtz, and Shannon C. Voss. 2006. Identification of nymphs of midwestern species and instars of Sinea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 99: 755-767.

McPherson, J. E., and Steven J. Taylor. 2006. Notes of the field life history of Steinovelia stagnalis (Hemiptera: Veliidae) in southern Illinois, U.S.A., with a survey of the biological literature. Entomol. News 117: 399-405.

Taylor, S. J., and J. E. McPherson. 2006. Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in southern Illinois: species assemblages and habitats. Great Lakes Entomol. 39: 1-26.

Shurtz, Rachel A., and J. E. McPherson. 2005. Life history and laboratory rearing of Sinea spinipes (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) with descriptions of immature stages. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 98: 18-36.

Tecic, Diane L., and J. E. McPherson. 2004. Resurvey of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) of the La Rue-Pine Hills Research Natural Area in Union County, Illinois. Great Lakes Entomol. 37: 30-70.

McPherson, J. E. and Imtiaz Ahmad. 2005. Further information on male genitalia of Parabrochymena Larivire and Brochymena Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 98: 282-290.

Bundy, C. S., and J. E. McPherson. 2005. Morphological examination of the egg of Mecidea major (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Southwest. Entomol. 30: 41-45.

Bundy, C. S., J. E. McPherson and P. F. Smith. 2005. Comparative laboratory rearing of Mecidea major and M. minor (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). J. Entomol. Sci. 40: 291-294.

McPherson, J. E., Steven J. Taylor, Steven L. Keffer, and John T. Polhemus. 2005. Life history and laboratory rearing of Macrovelia hornii (Hemiptera: Macroveliidae). Entomol. News 116:217-224.

Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

Areas of interest: Developmental Biology, Neurobiology

My research has focused on predator-prey systems, including the origin of cycles in these systems and how dispersal affects their dynamics. I also have interests in population ecology, genetics, and quantitative ecology.

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Courses taught

ZOOL 557 (Biostatistics), ZOOL 558 (Advanced Biostatistics), ZOOL 577 (Population Ecology)

Areas of interest

Predator-Prey Systems, Dispersal, Quantitative Ecology

Selected Recent Publications

Costa, A., and J. D. Reeve. 2011. Upwind flight response of the bark beetle predator Thanasimus dubius towards olfactory and visual cues in a wind tunnel. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 13: 283-290.

Costa, A., and J. D. Reeve. 2011. Olfactory experience modifies semiochemical responses in a bark beetle predator. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37: 1166-1176.

Costa, A., and J. D. Reeve. 2012. The effect of larval predators Thanasimus dubius (Coleoptera: Cleridae), produced by an improved system of rearing, against the southern pine beetle/Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biological Control 60: 1-6.

Reeve, J. D., and J. T. Cronin. 2009. Edge behaviour in a minute parasitic wasp. Journal of Animal Ecology, in press. 

Reeve, J. D., B. L. Strom, L. K. Rieske-Kinney, B. D. Ayres, and A. Costa. 2009. Geographic variation in prey preference in bark beetle predators. Ecological Entomology 34: 183-192.

Reeve, J. D., J. T. Cronin, and K. J. Haynes. 2008. Diffusion models for planthopper movement incorporating heterogeneity among substrates, individuals, and edge behaviors. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 898–904.

Schrey, N. M., A. W. Schrey, E. J. Heist, and J. D. Reeve. 2008. Fine-scale genetic population structure of southern pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Mississippi forests.Environmental Entomology 37: 271-276.

Lips, K. R., F. Brem, R. Brenes, J. D. Reeve, R. A. Alford, J. Voyles, C. Carey, L. Livo, A. P. Pessier, and J. P. Collins. 2006. Emerging infectious disease and the loss of biodiversity in a Neotropical amphibian community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103: 3165-3170.

Cronin, J. T. and J. D. Reeve. 2005. Host-parasitoid spatial ecology: a plea for a landscape-level synthesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 272: 2225-2235.

Heck, N. M., J. D. Reeve, and F. A. Anderson. 2005. Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the bark beetle predator Thanasimus dubius F. (Coleoptera: Cleridae) reveals regional genetic differentiation. Molecular Ecology 14: 3317-3324.

Reeve, J. D. and B. L. Strom. 2004. Some statistical problems encountered in semiochemical trapping studies of scolytids and associated insects. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30: 1575-1590.

Education: Ph.D., 1970, Kansas State University

Area of Interest: Reproductive Biology of Mammals

Research interests in wildlife ecology include (1) contaminant ecology, specifically the effects of contaminants on amphibians, reptiles, and birds and (2) wetland ecology including stormwater wetlands and the development of an index of biological integrity for assessing wetland condition.

Education

Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Courses taught

ZOOL 464 (Wildlife Administration and Policy)

Areas of interest

Wildlife Ecology, Contamination Ecology

Selected Recent Publications

Ortiz-Santaliestra ME, Sparling DW. 2007. Alteration of larval development and metamorphosis by nitrate and perchlorate in southern leopard frogs (Rana sphenocephala). ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 53: 639-646.

Sparling DW, Fellers. 2007. Comparative toxicity of chlorpyrifos, diazinon, malathion and their oxon derivatives to larval Rana boylii. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 147: 535-539.

Casey RE, Simon JA, Atueyi S, Snodgrass JW, Karouna-Renier N, Sparling DW. 2007. Temporal trends of trace metals in sediment and invertebrates from stormwater management ponds. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION 178: 69-77.

Sparling DW, Matson C, Bickham J, et al. 2006. Toxicity of glyphosate as Glypro (R) and LI700 to red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) embryos and early hatchlings. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 25: 2768-2774.

Sparling DW, Krest S, Ortiz-Santaliestra M. 2006. Effects of lead-contaminated sediment onRana sphenocephala tadpoles. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 51: 458-466.

Sparling DW, Harvey G. 2006. Comparative toxicity of ammonium and perchlorate to amphibians. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 76: 210-217.

Sparling DW, Eisemann JD, Kuenzel W. 2004. Contaminant exposure and effects in red-winged blackbirds inhabiting stormwater retention ponds. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 33: 719-729.

Education: PhD, 1958, Indiana University

Areas of interest: Limnology

I am interested in the evolution of genetic systems and in the evolution and maintenance of sexual reproduction. We are characterizing the genome of a species of a putatively asexual higher taxon of mites to better understand the factors maintaining sexual reproduction in the vast majority of metazoan lineages. I am also interested in the evolution of arthropod body form and particularly of chelicerate arthropods. We are using modern molecular techniques to study the development of mites and tardigrades.

Education

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Courses taught

Speciation, Evolution

Areas of interest

Molecular genetics, Molecular evolution

Selected Recent Publications

Webster LMI, Thomas RH, and McCormack GP. 2004. Molecular systematics of Acarus siro s. lat., a complex of stored food pests. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 817-822.

Tautz D, Arctander P, Minelli A, Thomas RH, and Vogler AP. 2003. A plea for DNA taxonomy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:70-74.

Dr. Waring's research spans the following: (1) ethology and vertebrate natural history; (2) applied animal behavior of wild, domesticated, and zoo animals; (3) behavioral development and ecological interactions; (4) computer modeling behavior of animals in groups using adaptive fuzzy systems; (5) visual and auditory communication of birds and mammals; (6) biological impacts of human activities on wild vertebrate populations; and (7) conservation biology related to alien species.

Education

Ph.D., Colorado State University

Course taught

Diversity of Animals: The Vertebrates, Natural History of Vertebrates, Upland Game Birds and Selectively-Managed Species, Ornithology, Animal Behavior, Seminar in Animal Behavior

Areas of interest

Animal Behavior, Applied Ethology, Vertebrate Biology

Recent Publications

Waring, George H. 1997. Behavior and habitat use of axis deer on Maui, Hawaii. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, College Park, Maryland. 

Waring, George H. 1998. Behavior and ecology of Jackson's chameleons on Maui, Hawaii. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Carbondale, Illinois.

Waring, George H. 1998. Status and behavior of newly-established parrot population of Maui, Hawaii. Abstracts, North American Ornithological Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.

Waring, George H. 1999. Foraging behavior, habitat utilization, and status of pueos (Asio flammeus sandwichensis) on Haleakala Volcano, Maui, Hawaii. Proceedings of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science 39(2):35.

Waring, George H. 2000. Survey of federally-funded marine mammal research and studies, FY74-99. Publication PB2001-103492. National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA. 174 p.

Waring, George H. 2000. Reactive distances: their utility in applied ethology. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

Gillie, Lynn L. and George H. Waring. 2003. Dog training laboratory: applied animal behavior. Pp. 159-165 in B. J. Ploger and K. Yasukawa [eds.], Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field: An Hypothesis-Testing Approach to the Development, Causation, Function, and Evolution of Animal Behavior. Academic Press, San Diego.

Waring, George H. 2003. Horse Behavior, Second Edition. Noyes Publications/William Andrew Publishing, Norwich, New York. 442 p.