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Current Projects

  • Ecology of the Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus c. catenatus) at Carlyle Lake, Illinois
  • Response of the Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus c. catenatus) to Habitat Management at Carlyle Lake, Illinois
  • Ecology of the Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus c. catenatus) in Piatt Co., Illinois
  • Ecology of the Freshwater Turtle Community at Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve: With Special Emphasis on the Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
  • Status of Blanding's Turtles in Lake County Forest Preserve District and Feasability of Initiating a Head-starting Program at Rollins Savanna
  • Effects of Terrestrial Habitat Degradation on the Health and Conservation of Freshwater Turtle Communities
  • Wetland Occupancy and Habitat Associations of Tiger Salamanders and Western Painted Turtles in the Green River Valley, Illinois
  • Factors Influencing Anuran Breeding and Recruitment Success in the Cache River Valley, Illinois.

Past Projects

  • Prevalence of West Nile Virus in Anurans; Relationship to Habitat Degradation and Urbanization
  • Baseline Inventory and Development of a Monitoring Protocol for the Ozark Hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi
  • Population Estimates and Age Class Structure of the Salamander Plethodon albagula (Plethodontidae) at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Amphibian and Reptile Survey of Sangamon River Corridor Restoration Project, Piatt Co., Illinois
  • Importance of the Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) and the Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer) to the Blackjack Oak Sand Savanna Community in the Kankakee Sands of Illinois and Indiana
  • Natural History of the Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) at the Vermilion River Observatory, Vermilion Co., Illinois
  • Amphibian colonization of a mitigation wetland in Perry County, Illinois
  • Amphibians and Reptiles of Calamus Lake Nature Preserve, Macon County, Illinois
  • A Survey of Plethodon sp. at Selected Karst Features of Fort Hood, Texas
  • Analysis of Randomly Chosen Frog Call Routes in Illinois

See INHS Annual Reports for more INHS Amphibian & Reptile-Related Research and Projects:

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Last updated: Wednesday, 27-Feb-2008 16:24:05 CST