Results for "biodiversity"

Projects

Plant biodiversity - ecosystem functioning field experiment

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Please reach out in Fall 2022 if you are interested to be a part of this project!

 

In a collaboration with the Wolf and Farrior labs of UT Austin EEB, we are working on the second run…

Do-it-yourself environmental sensing

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We have had an excellent year with many undergraduates working the lab on this project. We are now seeking students to start in fall 2022. We have several related activities. Students can work on assembling and…

Cool Texas fishes in need of further research

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Texas has three species of catfishes restricted to deep underground aquifers. They are fascinating creatures, potentially endangered, and hugely in need of diverse research. Though we currently have only limited…

Fishes of Texas

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The Fishes of Texas Project (http://www.fishesoftexas.org) has compiled, and continues to expand and refine, a large database of museum specimen-based records of the the…

Faculty

David Cannatella

Affiliated Departments:
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences
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Reptile and amphibian biodiversity and evolution.
Phylogenomics and phylogeny of amphibians.
Biogeography and biodiversity of Latin America.
Evolutionary morphology of amphibians.
Acoustic…

Adam E Cohen

Affiliated Departments:
Integrative Biology
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Research focuses on documenting, primarily via museum specimens, the historic and current biogeography of Texas fishes. We work to improve these data and provide them to the world via the internet. We're also…

Tom Devitt

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Integrative Biology
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I study patterns of geographic variation among populations to understand evolutionary processes such as local adaptation, population divergence, and speciation. My research combines aspects of ecology, evolution,…

Dean Hendrickson

Affiliated Departments:
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences
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Dr. Hendrickson has focused his research on the evolution, conservation and ecology of freshwater ecosystems, particularly those of North American deserts and generally with emphasis on fishes and Mexico. His most…

Travis LaDuc

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Biology Instruction Office, Integrative Biology
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I am interested in the distribution and natural history of Texas reptiles and amphibians. Current projects focus on urban populations of blotched watersnakes, populations of yellow mud turtles in far west Texas, and…

Mary F Poteet

Affiliated Departments:
Integrative Biology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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I am broadly interested in the response of complex systems to anthropogenic drivers. My most recent work focuses on ecosystem-level responses of creek ecosystems to stressors from urbanization.