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Evan H. Campbell Grant

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
12100 Beech Forest Rd.
Laurel, MD 20708

Telephone:   301-497-5842

Fax:   301- 497-5784

Email:  ehgrant@usgs.gov 
SCEP student (Wildlife)
Primary Responsibilities: 
Conduct field investigations on amphibian populations in the Northeastern United States, summarize data, submit findings to peer-reviewed scientific journals, and present results at national and international meetings.
Education/Training: 

PhD, in progress, University of Maryland College Park, Program of Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Sciences and Department of Entomology

BS, 2001, Cornell University, Natural Resources, with Distinction in Research

Areas of Expertise/Interest:  Amphibian populations, dispersal, ecological networks  
Active Projects: 

Movement ecology of stream salamanders

Dynamics of vernal pool breeding amphibian populations

Amphibian populations in the National Capital Region Network of National Parks

Publications/Products: 

Grant, E.H.C., W.H. Lowe and W.F. Fagan. 2007. Living in the branches: population dynamics and ecological processes in dendritic networks.  Ecology Letters 10:165-175.

             

S.D. Mattfeldt and E.H.C. Grant.  2007. Are two methods better than one?  Area constrained transects and leaf litterbags for sampling stream salamanders.  Herpetological Review 38:43-45.

Grant, E.H.C. 2006. Correlates of vernal pool occurrence in a Massachusetts landscape.  Wetlands. 25: 480-487.

Muths, E., A. L. Gallant, E.H.C. Grant, W. A. Battaglin, D. E. Green, J. Staiger, S. Walls, M. Gunzburger and R. Kearney. 2006. Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative: 5 year report. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5224, 77 p.

Grant, E. H. C. and P. Nanjappa.  2006. Addressing error in identification of Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamanders) using spot. Herpetological Review 37:57-60.

Grant, E. H. C., R. E. Jung, J. D. Nichols and J. E. Hines. 2005. Double observer counts of egg masses.  Wetlands Ecology and Management 13: 305-320.

Grant, E.H.C., R. E. Jung, and K. C. Rice. 2005. Stream Salamander Species Richness and Abundance in Relation to Environmental Factors in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. American Midland Naturalist 153(2): 348-356

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