John Richard Thomlinson
Associate Professor and
Chair
I am interested in the spatial aspects of ecology and the effects of humans on the environment. Current and recent studies include the effect of agricultural systems on tropical bird communities, multi-scale drivers of tropical tree species distribution, remnant habitat patches in the Los Angeles and San Juan metropolitan areas, island biogeography applied to forest fragments, and songbird metapopulation ecology.
Courses
BIO 124 Principles of Biology III - Ecology and Evolution (starting Fall 2008)
BIO 230 Evolution
BIO 332 Ecology
BIO 394 Independent Study - many different aspects of ecology
BIO 490 Senior Project (starting Fall 2007)
BIO 495 Selected Topics - Landscape Ecology