Dr. Josh Ennen

Visiting Professor of Biology

 

Courses Websites:

Comparative Vertebrate Zoology

Herpetology

Evolution & Ecology

Biodiversity & Vertebrates (Non-majors SCI150)

Conservation & Huamn Health (Non-majors SCI350)

 

Research Interests:

Conservation genetics including systematics, phylogeography, & population genetics

Population ecology including habitat utilization and distribution, movement ecology, and reproductive ecology

The effects of utility-scale renewable energy on terrestrial wildlife

 

Select Publications:

1. Ennen, J.R., R. Birkhead, B.R. Kreiser, D. Gillard, J.E. Lovich, and C.P. Qualls. (2011). The Effects of Isolation on the Demography and Genetic Diversity of Long-Lived Species: Implications for Conservation and Management for the Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6:202-214.

2. Lovich, J.E., J.R. Ennen, S. Madrak, K. Meyer, C. Loughran, C. Bjurlin, T. Arundel, W. Tuner, C. Jones, and G.M. Groenendaal. 2011. Effects of long-term wind energy production on growth, demography, and survivorship of a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) population in southern California with comparisons to natural populations. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6:161–174.

3. Ennen, J.R. and C.P. Qualls. 2011. Habitat utilization of the Gopher Tortoise Tick (Amblyomma tuberculatum) in Southern Mississippi. Journal of Parasitology 97:202-206.

4. Ennen, J. R., B. R. Kreiser, C. P. Qualls, and J. E. Lovich. 2010. A morphological and molecular reassessment of Graptemys oculifera and Graptemys flavimaculata. Journal of Herpetology 44:9–12.

5. Ennen, J.R., J.E. Lovich, B.R. Kreiser, W.W. Selman, II, and C.P. Qualls. 2010. Genetic and morphological variation between populations of the Pascagoula Map Turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) in the Pearl and Pascagoula Rivers with description of a new species. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 9:98–113.

6. Ennen, J. R., B. R. Kreiser, and C. P. Qualls. 2010. Low genetic diversity in several Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations in the DeSoto National Forest, Mississippi. Herpetologica 66:91–98

 

For a complete list of publications, see my cirriculum vitae.

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/about/inside/quick-facts/