Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Michael J. Dreslik
1816 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
MC–652
Phone: 217-265-6707   Fax: 217-333-4949
Email: dreslik@illinois.edu
Title: Herpetologist
Office Location: NRB

Research
Conservation, Population, Spatial, Behavioral, and Community Biology of Reptiles and Amphibians.

Professional
affiliations
Co-Chair - Population Biology Committee, Illinois Eastern Massasauga Recovery Team

Member - Amphibian and Reptile Endangered Species Technical Advisory Committee, Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board

Selected
publications
Aldridge, R. D., B. C. Jellen, M. J. Dreslik, M. C. Allender, D. B. Shepard, J. M. Cox and C. A. Phillips. 2008. Reproductive biology of the massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) from south central Illinois. pp 403¬–412. In W. K. Hayes, K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.). The Biology of the Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California.

Allender, M. C., M.A. Mitchell, M. J. Dreslik, C. A. Phillips, V. R. Beasley. 2008. Measuring agreement and discord among hemagglutination inhibition assays against different ophidian paramyxovirus strains in the eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39:358-361.

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.

Dodd Jr., C. K. and M. J. Dreslik. 2008. Habitat disturbances differentially affect individual growth rates in a long-lived turtle. Journal of Zoology 275:18-25.

Jakubanis, J., M. J. Dreslik, and C. A. Phillips. 2008. Nest ecology of the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) in Eastern Illinois. Northeastern Naturalist 15:131-140.

Shepard, D. B. M. J. Dreslik, B. C. Jellen, and C. A. Phillips. 2008. Reptile road mortality around an oasis in the Illinois corn desert with an emphasis on the endangered eastern massasaugs. Copeia 2008:350-359.

Readel, A. M, M. J. Dreslik, J. K. Warner, W. J. Banning, and C. A. Phillips. 2008. A quantitative method for sex identification in emydid turtles using secondary sexual characteristics. Copeia 2008:643-647.

Jellen, B. C., D. B. Shepard, M. J. Dreslik, and C. A. Phillips. 2007. Male movement and body size affect mate acquisition in the eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus). Journal of Herpetology 41:451–457.


Professional
society
involvement
and activities
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Chelonian Research Foundation

Herpetologists League

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

Natural Areas Association

Education PhD., Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, 2005

MS, Biology, Eastern Illinois University, 1996

BS, Zoology, Eastern Illinois University, 1994

AS, Biology/ Education, Lakeland College--Mattoon, IL, 1992



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