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Welcome to the Mott Lab webpage!
We use field, mesocosm, and laboratory approaches in addressing issues in amphibian ecology, biogeography, and conservation. Our behavioral ecology research focuses on the roles of cannibalism, heterospecific predation, and other agonistic interactions in creating and maintaining aquatic communities, particularly in larval salamander assemblages exhibiting guild structure. We also investigate geographic range-wide patterns of distribution and abundance among the Amphibia, with particular focus on ecological and evolutionary phenomena occurring at range margins. Most recently, we have started to utilize publicly available datasets and macroecological methods to address large-scale questions in amphibian ecology and conservation. Outside of these three broad research areas, undergraduate and graduate students also frequently pursue related topics in herpetology, amphibian ecology, conservation biology, etc. Current projects are briefly described in the "Research" tab. |
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LAB NEWS
(20-Jun) Maddie presents at the International Herpetological Symposium in Knoxville. (15-May) Maddie receives both the EKU Graduate School Grad Student Grant and an EKU Division of Natural Areas Grant-in-Aid of Research to support her work on carry-over effects of predation risk on aposematic coloration! (29-Feb) Maddie has successfully defended her thesis proposal! (1-Nov) Maddie's undergrad research on spider orientation at Hanover College has been published in Zoology! (28-Oct) We received a mini-grant from EKU Sponsored Programs to support Maddie's thesis research on carry-over effects of larval predation risks! (6-Aug) Collaborative ambystomatid eDNA project with Ben Brammell and undergraduate students at Asbury University has been accepted in Conservation Genetics Resources! (1-Aug) Maddie Mann (B.S. Hanover College) joins the lab as a grad student; her thesis research will involve ecological tradeoffs associated with aposematic coloration! (8-Jun) Josey's thesis research on honeysuckle impacts in experimental mesocosms is published in Biological Invasions! |
