Kirk
Stodola
Photographer - Isidor Jeklin
Department of
Biological Science, Mississippi State University, PO Box GY, Mississippi State,
MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-2115 email: kws36@msstate.edu
Hometown:
Arden Hills, Minnesota
Major Professor:
Dr. Eric Linder
Research:
ìThe
Potential Impacts Of Climate Variability On The Factors Affecting
Songbird Demographyî
In the past 50 yrs global temperate has increased 0.6ƒC
and this warming trend is expected to accelerate over the next century where
temperatures are expected to rise an additional 1-6ƒC.
What impact global warming will have on biodiversity is still uncertain but
predictions suggest a major restructuring of current biological communities.
In order to predict and help alleviate any negative impacts to community
structure it is imperative to understand the mechanisms driving community
structure in relation to temperature
variability and change. To address this question I am currently investigating
the mechanisms driving Ovenbird and Black-throated Blue Warbler demographics
along an elevation gradient in the Southern Appalachians. My study site is
located at the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory in Southwestern North Carolina
where we are able to use elevation as a substitute for latitudinal change.
Education: B.S.
in Wildlife Ecology and Biological Aspects of Conservation, University of
Wisconsin - Madison
Field Experience:
Northern Arizona University ñ I worked for Phd candidate James Battin on a project investigating
the effects of Ponderosa Pine forest restoration on songbird demography in
Northern Arizona.
Photograph by Rick Fridell Photograph by Don Baccus
The Peregrine Fund - I spent 2 years working with the California Condor reintroduction project along the Vermillion Cliffs in Northern Arizona. I also spent two summers helping with the release of the Aplomado Falcon in South Texas.
