Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Ed DeWalt
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-244-7515 Fax: 217-333-4949 Email: edewalt@inhs.uiuc.edu Title: Aquatic Entomologist, Stream Biologist Unit: DBEE–SBD Office Location: NRB | ||
| Activities | Subject Editor-Plecoptera & Megaloptera Zootaxa. |
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| Research |
Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of aquatic insects with particular emphasis on (Plecoptera). *Reintroduction of a large predatory stonefly into Illinois. *Comparison of historical and contemporary stonefly assemblages in the Midwest USA and Canada. *Post-glacial dispersal of stoneflies into the north from glacial refugia. |
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| Professional affiliations |
North American Benthological Society Entomological Society of America Society for Conservation Biology American Entolomological Society Illinois State Academy of Science |
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| Selected publications |
DeWalt, R. E., T. Tweddale, and L. Fennema. (2008). Extirpation, Range Loss, and Recolonization of Stoneflies in Illinois. Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on the Natural History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys. The Center for Excellence for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, 12: 23-38. DeWalt, R.E., L.M. Jacobus, and W.P. McCafferty. (2007). Summer Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera from southwestern drainages in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with additional Ephemeroptera records. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109:136-154. DeWalt, R. E., C. Favret, D. W. Webb. 2005. Just how imperiled are aquatic insects? A case study of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Illinois. Annals of Entomological Society of America 98: 941-950. DeWalt, R. E., and B. D. Heinold. 2005. Summer emerging Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera of Abrams Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107: 34-38. Heimdal, D.P., R.E. DeWalt, and T.F. Wilton. 2004. An annotated checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Iowa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106(4): 761-778. |
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| Program Affiliates |
University of Illinois *Natural Resources and Environmental Science *Department of Entomology |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
President-Elect & Treasurer Illinois State Academy of Science. Taxonomy Fair Participant and Student Presentation Evaluation Website. North American Benthological Society. |
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| Education | PhD, Aquatic Entomology, University of North Texas, 1992 MS, Biology, University of Akron, Ohio, 1986 BA, Biology, Hiram College, Ohio, 1983 | ||