Graduate Students

Amy Skibiel.  PhD student. Education: MS - Auburn University BS - Juniata College Research interests: Maternal investment during lactation in Columbian ground squirrels:Influences of maternal characteristics on inter-individual variation in milk composition, effects of different concentrations of milk constituents on reproductive success, and physiological costs of lactation. Publications Skibiel, A. L., F. S. Dobson, A. G. McAdam, J. O. Murie. In prep. Maternal effects in Columbian ground squirrels, Spermophilus columbianus. Journal of Animal Ecology. T. J. Karels, F. S. Dobson, H. S. Trevino, A. L. Skibiel. In review. Testing causal structure in the biogeography of avian extinctions on oceanic islands. Journal of Biogeography. Paemelaere, E., L. Pastorello, S. Haba, A. Balmer, N. Rajamani, A.L. Skibiel,J. Stephens, S. Zappulla, H. Zimbler-Delorenzo, J. Yu, F. S. Dobson.2008. In review. Mammalian rarity in the New World: Atemperate-tropical comparison. Journal of Biogeography. Skibiel, A. L.,F. S. Dobson, J. O. Murie. 2008. In press. Maternal influences onreproduction in two populations of Columbian ground squirrels.Ecology/Ecological Monographs. Karels, T.J.,  F. S. Dobson, H. S. Trevino, A. L. Skibiel. 2008. The biogeography of avian extinctions on oceanic islands. Journal of Biogeography 35: 1106-1111. Trevino, H. S., A. L. Skibiel,T. J. Karels, F. S. Dobson. 2008. Importance of causal analysis ofthreats to oceanic avifaunas: Reply to Blackburn et al. ConservationBiology 22(2): 495-497. Trevino, H. S., A. L. Skibiel, T. J. Karels, F. S. Dobson. 2007. Threats to avifauna on oceanic islands. Conservation Biology 21(1): 125-132. Skibiel, A. L., H. S. Trevino. 2007. Comparison of several types of enrichment for captive felids. Zoo Biology 26: 371-381. Buonaccorsi, V. and A. Skibiel. 2005. A 'striking' demonstration of the Poisson distribution. Teaching Statistics 27(1): 8-10. Presentations  Skibiel, A.L.,Dobson, F.S., Murie, J.O. Maternal influences on reproduction in twopopulations of Columbian ground squirrels. Poster presentation at theInternational Behavioral Ecology Congress in Ithaca, NY, August 9-15,2008. Skibiel, A.L.,Trevino, H. Comparison of feeding enrichments on felids at theMontgomery Zoo. Poster presentation at the Zoological Association ofAmerica annual meeting in Montgomery, AL, October 12-15, 2005. Skibiel, A.L.,Kats, L. B., Vandergon, T. L. Microsatellite allele composition differssignificantly between two populations of the California newt, Taricha torosa,in the Santa Monica Mountains. Poster presentation at The Society forIntegrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting in Toronto, Ontario,January 4-8, 2003.