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Chris Floyd
Assistant Professor
Phillips Hall 354
 
Chris Floyd

Gothic Mountain

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California, Davis - 2003
  • B.S. University of Oklahoma, Zoology - 1992

Courses

  • Biol 211 Organismal Form and Function (pdf)
  • Biol 365 Animal Behavior (pdf)
  • Biol 410 Mammalogy (pdf)
  • Biol 340 Ornithology (pdf)

Research - Behavioral Ecology

  • Habitat selection by red-naped sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus nuchalis).
  • Ecological relationships among red-naped sapsuckers, willows (Salix sp.), quaking aspens (Populus tremuloides), and the aspen heartrot fungus, Phellinus tremulae.
  • Gene flow and population structure of the endangered Mexican fishing bat (Myotis vivesi) in the Gulf of California.
  • Systematics and biogeography of island and mainland spotted skunks (Spilogale gracilis).
  • Population genetics and social structure of golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis).
  • Selected Publications:

    Losin N, Floyd CH, Schweitzer T, and Keller SJ. (2006). Relationship between aspen heartwood rot and the location of cavity excavation by a primary cavity-nester, the red-naped sapsucker. Condor 108:706-710.

    Floyd CH, Van Vuren DH, and May BP. (2005). Marmots on Great Basin mountaintops: using genetics to test a biogeographic paradigm. Ecology 86:2145-2153.

    Floyd CH. (2004). Marmot distribution and habitat associations in the Great Basin. Western North American Naturalist 64:471-481.

Contact information:
Phillips Hall 354
Department of Biology
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004

Ph: 715-836-4163
Fax: 715-836-5089
email: floydch@uwec.edu

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