Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Andrew R. Kuhns
1816 South Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
MC–652
Phone: 217-265-6707   Fax: 217-244-0729
Email: arkuhns@illinois.edu
Title: Aquatic Ecologist
Office Location: NRB

Activities I conduct field surveys for Illinois endangered and threatened animals throughout the state.

Research
Niche, Occupancy, and Detectability Modeling of T & E Herps.

Spatial Ecology, Demography, and Conservation of Blanding's Turtles.


Professional
affiliations
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Chelonian Research Foundation

Selected
publications
Shepard, D.B., A.R. Kuhns, M.J. Dreslik, and C.A. Phillips. 2008. Roads as barriers to animal movement in fragmented landscapes. Animal Conservation 11:288-296.

Dreslik, M.J., A.R. Kuhns, & C.A. Phillips. 2005. Structure and composition of a southern Illinois freshwater turtle assemblage. Northeasern Naturalist, 12, 173-186.

Kuhns, A.R. & J.A. Crawford. 2004. New amphibian and reptile county records for Pulaski County, Illinois. Herpetological Review, 35, 419-420.

Dreslik, M.J., A.R. Kuhns, C.A. Phillips and B.C. Jellen. 2003. Summer home range and movements of the Cooter turtle, Pseudemys concinna in Illinois. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(3):706-710.

Dreslik, M.J. and A.R. Kuhns. 2000. Early season basking in the red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences 93(3): 215-220.


Education M.S. Biological Sciences. Illinois State University. 2004.
B.S. Biology-Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1998.
A.S. Biology. Lake Land College. 1996.



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