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Geospatial analysis of Biodiversity Vulnerability in Tanzania project

Goals
  1. Synthesize existing knowledge about climate change impacts on Tanzanian biodiversity   
  2. Conduct climate change vulnerability assessments for key biodiversity targets, as established by USAID and partners on-the-ground   
  3. Conduct spatial analyses of the climate exposure of the target environments in Tanzania and potentially extend to other areas of East Africa   
  4. Produce a climate change refugia map that can highlight areas for prioritizing conservation action for biodiversity targets.   
How do biotic and abiotic factors drive geographic variation in spotted hyena skull size?
What are the patterns of skull size of striped hyena across geography and what factors drive patterns of skull size and shape across geography?
What are the patterns of skull shape of striped hyena across geography, and what can these patterns tell us about past dispersal events?
Ontogeny Project
What is the relationship between morphological maturity and the timing of first reproduction in the Order Carnivora?
Using a portable reader for non-invasive detection of pittagged skinks under cover-boards
Some natural history notes on the brooding behavior and social system of two Oklahoma skinks, Plestiodon fasciatus and Plestiodon obtusirostris
Some natural history notes on the brooding behavior and social system of two Oklahoma skinks, Plestiodon fasciatus and Plestiodon obtusirostris

Publications

Pearsall, D., P. Carton de Grammont, C. Cavalieri, P. Doran., L. Elbing, D. Ewert, K. Hall, M. Herbert, M. Khoury., S. Mysorekar., S. Neville., J. Paskus., and A. Sasson. 2012. Michigami: Great Water. Strategies to Conserve the Biodiversity of Lake Michigan. Technical Report. A joint publication of The Nature Conservancy and Michigan Natural Features Inventory. 309 pp. with Appendices.


Pearsall, D., P. Carton de Grammont, C. Cavalieri, C. Chu, P. Doran, L. Elbing, D. Ewert, K. Hall, M. Herbert, M. Khoury, D.Kraus, S. Mysorekar, J. Paskus and A. Sasson 2012. Returning to a Healthy Lake: Lake Erie Biodiversity Conservation Strategy. Technical Report. A joint publication of The Nature Conservancy, Nature Conservancy of Canada,and Michigan Natural Features Inventory. 340 pp. with Appendices.


Anderson, M., C. Cavalieri, S. Fox, and F. Rodríguez-Romero. 2012. The differential effect of tail autotomy on sprint performance between the sexes in the lizard Uta stansburiana. Journal of Herpetology 46:  648-652.


Cavalieri, C.N., D.T. Lynch, and S.F. Fox. 2011. Using a portable reader for non-invasive detection of PIT-tagged skinks under cover-boards. Herpetological Review 44: 181-184.


Cavalieri, C.N. 2010. Ecology and Natural History of Three Oklahoma Skinks Species. M.S. Thesis. Oklahoma State University.


Cavalieri, C.N. and S.F. Fox. 2010. Some natural history notes on the brooding behavior and social system of two Oklahoma skinks, Plestiodon fasciatus and Plestiodon obtusirostris. Reptiles & Amphibians. 17: 16-20.


Smith, C.N. 2005. A Herpetological Survey of the Black Mesa Ecoregion of Oklahoma. Honors Thesis, Oklahoma State University, Honors College.