University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Herpetology and Spatial Ecology Laboratory

                 Currently, my research interests are twofold. First, I have long been interested in the affects of landscape level changes on populations of amphibians and reptiles. Specifically, I have been conducting two long-term studies concerning the Spotted Turtle and Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake to determine their population viability and spatial ecology, and by blending restoration ecology with conservation genetics, I have designed a series of green-ways to study metapopulation dynamics. Second, my background in doing classical ecological analyses has developed my interest in designing new methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity and evaluating the statistical biases associated with sampling turtles in various aquatic habitats. To this end, I have collaborated with scientists at the Tennessee Aquarium so that professionals can move toward a standardization of ecological and environmental census techniques. The students working in my laboratory are using descriptive, comparative, and experimental studies to answer questions about the community ecology of riverine turtles in the Tennessee River Gorge

 

 

Dr. Thomas P. Wilson

Assistant Professor of Biology

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, # 2653

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

615 McCallie Ave.

Chattanooga, TN 37403

USA  

 

Phone: 423-425-4713 (Office); 423-425-4341 (Department Office); 423-425-XXXX (Laboratory)

 

Fax: 423-425-2285

 

email: Thomas-Wilson@utc.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sept. 2006 Field Trip to Southern Illinois