Current Projects

  • Snake Ecology
    • Recently, students and I have wrapped up a multi-year study on the ecology of timber rattlesnakes in Middle Tennessee.  For the past couple of years, I have been interested in the reproductive ecology of rattlesnakes in the Snake River Plain of Idaho and plan to continue some of that work.  I am always looking for good grad students interested in the snake ecology.
  • Thermal Ecology of Arthropods on Middle Tennessee Cedar Glades
    • I have been interested in the thermal biology of spiders in the local cedar glades.  The cedar glades offer a unique opportunity to examine small scale desert-like environments within a forested landscape.