January 2026

Education

1995 Ph.D. Biology, Idaho State University. Major Advisor: Charles R. Peterson

1990 M.S. Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington. Major Advisor: J.A. Campbell

1986 B.S. Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington. Major Advisor: J.A. Campbell

Professional History

2026 – present Founder – TantillaLLC (scientific consulting and science-based fine art)

2016 – 2025        Science Instructor, Adult Continuing Education Program, FCI Ft. Dix, NJ

2016 – 2020        Owner/Operator, GreenFrog Online Retail, Huntersville, NC

2015 – 2016        Nancy and Erwin Maddrey Professor of Biology, Davidson College, NC

2011 – 2015        Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Davidson College, NC

2004 – 2011        Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Davidson College, NC

2009 – 2010        Visiting Research Scientist, University of Georgia – Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (sabbatical), Aiken, SC

1998 – 2004        Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Davidson College, NC

2002 – 2003        Visiting Research Scientist, University of Georgia – Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (sabbatical), Aiken, SC

1995 – 1998       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Georgia – Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC

1997 – 1998        Instructor, Introductory Biology, Univ. of South Carolina at Aiken, SC

1994 – 1995        Research Associate, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

1991 – 1994        Teaching Assistant (Advanced Human Physiology and Advanced Human Anatomy) Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

1990 – 1995        Herpetological Collections Manager, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

1990 – 1991        Research Assistant, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

1986 – 1990        Biology Instructor, Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District, TX

Research Interests

• Animal ecology, especially that of amphibians and reptiles
• Conservation biology
• Invasive species biology
• Physiological ecology

Theses

Dorcas, M.E. 1995. Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermoregulatory behavior and thermal physiology of the rubber boa (Charina bottae). Ph.D. Dissertation, Idaho State University.

Dorcas, M.E. 1990. Relationships among montane populations of Crotalus lepidus and Crotalus triseriatus. M.S. Thesis, The University of Texas at Arlington.

Publications (149 total publications)

Books (8)

Gibbons, W. and M. Dorcas. 2015. Snakes of the Southeast – Revised Edition. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M.E. and J.D. Willson. 2011. Invasive Pythons in the United States: Ecology of an Introduced Predator. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M. and W. Gibbons. 2011. Frogs: The Animal Answer Guide. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

Dorcas, M. and W. Gibbons. 2008. Frogs and Toads of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M.E., S.J. Price, J.C. Beane, and S. S. Cross. 2007. The Frogs and Toads of North Carolina. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, NC.

Gibbons, W. and M. Dorcas. 2005. Snakes of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M.E. 2004. A Guide to the Snakes of North Carolina. Davidson College Herpetology Laboratory. Davidson, NC.

Gibbons, J.W. and M.E. Dorcas. 2004. North American Watersnakes: A Natural History. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK.

Book Chapters (25) (* denotes student coauthor)

Dorcas, M.E., S.E. Pittman, and J.D. Willson. 2018. Burmese pythons. In: W. Pitt, J. Beasley, and G. Witmer (eds.), Ecology and Management of Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasive Species in the United States. Taylor & Francis Books, Oxford, England.

Price, S.J., J.W. Snodgrass, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Managing aquatic environments for wildlife in urban areas. In: R. McCleery, C. Moorman, and N. Peterson (eds.), Urban Wildlife Conservation: Theory and Practice. Springer, NY.

Willson, J.D. and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Effects of invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park. In: McGraw Hill Science and Technology Yearbook pp. 101-104.

Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 2013. Automated data acquisition. In: G. Graeter and J. Gibbons (eds.), Monitoring Methods for Amphibians and Reptiles. Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Special Publication.

Dorcas, M.E. and J.D. Willson. 2013. Hidden giants: problems associated with studying secretive invasive pythons. In: W. Lutterschmidt (ed.), Reptiles in Research: Investigations of Ecology, Physiology, and Behavior from Desert to Sea. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY.

Dorcas, M.E. and J.W. Gibbons. 2013. Long-term ecological research on America’s only estuarine turtle: the diamondback terrapin. In: W. Lutterschmidt (ed.), Reptiles in Research: Investigations of Ecology, Physiology, and Behavior from Desert to Sea. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY.

Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 2011. Automated data acquisition. In: R. McDairmid, M. Foster; C. Guyer, J. Gibbons, and N. Chernoff (eds.), Reptile Biodiversity – Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring. University of California Press, Los Angeles, CA.

Dorcas, M.E., S.J. Price, S.C. Walls, and W.J. Barichivich. 2010. Auditory monitoring of anuran populations. In: K. Dodd (ed.), Conservation and Ecology of Amphibians. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Dorcas, M.E. and J.D. Willson. 2009. Innovative methods for studies of snake ecology and conservation. In: S. Mullin and R. Siegel (eds.), Snakes: Applied Ecology and Conservation. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Dorcas, M.E. 2008. Amphibians and reptiles: Conservation of our natural heritage. In: Science in North Carolina: How Science Helps Our State. North Carolina Academy of Science, Raleigh, NC.

Dorcas, M.E. 2008. Northern watersnake (Nerodia sipedon). In: J. Jensen, C. Camp, W. Gibbons, and M. Elliott (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M.E. and J.W. Gibbons. 2008. Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus). In: J. Jensen, C. Camp, W. Gibbons, and M. Elliott (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M.E. and J.W. Gibbons. 2008. Glossy grayfish snake (Regina rigida). In: J. Jensen, C. Camp, W. Gibbons, and M. Elliott (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M.E. and J.W. Gibbons. 2008. Queen snake (Regina septemvittata). In: J. Jensen, C. Camp, W. Gibbons, and M. Elliott (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M.E. and S.J. Price. 2008. Effective undergraduate-based herpetological research in an urban environment. In: R.E. Jung and J.C. Mitchell (eds.), Urban Herpetology. Herpetological Conservation Vol. 3. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Salt Lake City, UT.

Harden, L.A. and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. Using thermal biology to investigate habitat use and activity of eastern mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) on a golf course. In: R.E. Jung and J.C. Mitchell (eds.), Urban Herpetology. Herpetological Conservation Vol. 3. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Salt Lake City, UT.

Hester, J.M., S.A. Budischak, and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. The Davidson College box turtle mark-recapture program: urban herpetological research made possible by citizen scientists. In: R.E. Jung and J.C. Mitchell (eds.), Urban Herpetology. Herpetological Conservation Vol. 3. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Salt Lake City, UT.

Jensen, J.B., M.E. Dorcas, and J.W. Gibbons. 2008. Striped crayfish snake (Regina alleni). In: J Jensen, C. Camp, W. Gibbons, and M. Elliott (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press. Athens, GA.

Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 2007. Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermal physiology and thermoregulatory behavior of rubber boas (Charina bottae). In: R. Henderson, R. Powell, G. Schuett, and M. Douglass (eds.), Biology of the Boas and Pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing, LLC, Eagle Mountain, UT.

Wigley, T.B., W.M. Baughman, M.E. Dorcas, J.A. Gerwin, J.W. Gibbons, D.C. Guynn, R.A. Lancia, Y.A. Leiden, M.S. Mitchell, and K.R. Russell. 2000. Contributions of intensively managed forests to the sustainability of wildlife communities in the South. In: Sustaining Southern Forests: The Science of Forest Assessment. Southern Forest Resource Assessment.

Dorcas, M.E. 1998. Snake biodiversity in South Carolina and Georgia. In: Snakes of South Carolina and Georgia. SREL Herp Outreach Publication, Aiken, SC.

Peterson, C.R. and M.E. Dorcas. 1994. Automated data acquisition. In: W.R. Heyer, R.W. McDiarmid, M. Donnelly, and L. Hayek, (eds.), Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity – Standard Methods for Amphibians. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Peterson, C.R., A.R. Gibson, and M.E. Dorcas. 1993. Snake thermal ecology: the causes and consequences of body temperature variation. In: R.A. Seigel and J.T. Collins, (eds.), Snakes: Ecology and Behavior. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York, N.Y.

Dorcas, M.E. 1992. Relationships among montane populations of Crotalus lepidus and Crotalus triseriatus. In: J.A. Campbell and E.D. Brodie, Jr., (eds.), Biology of the Pitvipers. Selva Publications, Tyler, TX.

Peterson, C.R. and M.E. Dorcas. 1992. The use of automated data acquisition techniques in monitoring amphibian and reptile populations. In: D.R. McCullough and R.A. Barrett, (eds.), Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Applied Science, London.

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals (116) (*denotes student coauthor)

2016

*Greene, K.M., S.E. Pittman, and M.E. Dorcas. 2016. The effects of conspecifics on burrow selection in juvenile spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum). Journal of Ethology DOI: 10.1007/s10164m6-0476-6.

*Strickland, J.C., *A.P. Pinheiro, K.K. Cecala, M.E. Dorcas. 2016. Relationship between behavioral thermoregulation and physiological function in larval stream salamanders. Journal of Herpetology 50:239-244.

2015

*Kern, M.M., J.C. Guzy, J.E. Lovich, J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2015. Relationships of maternal body size and morphology with egg and clutch size in the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin (Testudines: Emydidae). Biological Journal of the Linneaen Society 117:295-304.

*McKee, R.K., K.K. Cecala, and M.E. Dorcas. 2015. Behavioural interactions of diamondback terrapins with crab pots demonstrate that bycatch reduction devices reduce entrapment. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems – DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2587.

Hart, K.M., M.S. Cherkiss, B.J. Smith. F.J. Mazzotti, Fujisaki, R.W. Snow, and M.E. Dorcas. 2015. Home range, habitat use, and movement patterns of non-native Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. Animal Biotelemetry 3: DOI 10.1186/s40317015-0022-2.

Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, M.E. Dorcas. 2015. Stream salamanders accurately assess size-dependent predation threats. Herpetologica 71:184-189.

*Chase, F.W., *B.E. Hardie, M.M. Kern, S.E. Pittman, L.A. Harden, and M.E. Dorcas. 2015. Evaluation of two individual identification techniques for spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum). Herpetological Review 46:192-196.

Murphy, M.O., M. Agha, T.A. Maigret, S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2015. The effects of urbanization on body size of larval stream salamanders. Urban Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007,611252-015-0486-0.

2014

*Akins, C.D., *C.D. Ruder, S.J. Price, L.A. Harden, J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Factors affecting temperature variation and habitat use in free-ranging diamondback terrapins. Journal of Thermal Biology 44:63-69.

Bryson, R.W., Jr., C.W. Linkem, M.E. Dorcas, A. Lathrop, J.M. Jones, J. Alvarado-Diaz, C.I Grunwald, and R.W. Murphy. 2014. Multilocus species delimitation in the Crotalus triseriatus species group (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3826:475-496.

Currinder, B., K.K. Cecala, R.M. Northington, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Response of stream salamanders to experimental drought in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 29:579-587.

*DeGregorio, B.A., J.D. Willson, M.E. Dorcas, and J.W. Gibbons. 2014. Commercial value of amphibians produced from an isolated wetland. American Midland Naturalist 172:200-204.

Gibbons, J.W. and M. E, Dorcas. 2014. What is a herpetologist and how can I become one? Journal of North American Herpetology 2014:1-2.

Guzy, J.C., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Using multiple methods to assess detection probabilities of riparian-zone anurans: implications for monitoring. Wildlife Research 41:243-257.

*Muncy, B.L., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Capture probability and survivorship of the stream salamander, Eurycea cirrigera, in drought and non-drought conditions. Copeia 2014:366-371.

Pittman, S.E., K.M. Hart, M.S. Cherkiss, R.W. Snow, I. Fujisaki, B.J. Smith, F.J. Mazzotti, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Homing of invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida: evidence for map and compass senses in snakes. Biology Letters 10:1-4.

*Strickland, L.C., *C.H. Bahram, L.A. Harden, S.E. Pittman, M.M. Kern, M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Life-history costs of reproductive behaviors in a wetland-breeding amphibian. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 1-11.

*Witczak, L.R., J.C. Guzy, S.J. Price, J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Temporal and spatial variation in survivorship of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 13: 146-151.

Willson, J.D., R.W. Snow, R.R. Reed, and M.E. Dorcas. 2014. Python molurus bivittatus (Burmese Python) – minimum size at maturity. Herpetological Review 45:343-344.

2013

Böhm, M.E. Dorcas… et al. 2013. The conservation status of world’s reptiles. Biological Conservation 157:372-385.

*Hunt, S.D., J.C. Guzy, S.J. Price, B.L. Halstead, E.A, Eskew, and M.E. Dorcas. 2013. Responses of riparian reptile communities to damming and urbanization. Biological Conservation 157:277-284.

Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price and M.E. Dorcas. 2013. Modeling the effects of life-history traits on estimation of population parameters for a cryptic stream species. Freshwater Science 32:116-125.

Guzy, J.C., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2013. The spatial configuration of greenspace affects semi-aquatic turtle occupancy and species richness in a suburban landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning 117:46-56.

*Kern, M.A., A.A. Nassar, J.C. Guzy, and M.E. Dorcas. 2013. Oviposition site selection by spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in an isolated wetland. Journal of Herpetology 47:445-449.

Price, S.J., J.C. Guzy, *L.R. Witczak, and M.E. Dorcas. 2013. Do ponds on golf courses provide suitable habitat for wetland-dependent animals in suburban areas? An assessment of turtle abundances. Journal of Herpetology 47:243-250.

Richter, S.C., S.J. Price, *C.S. Kross, *J.R. Alexander, and M.E. Dorcas. 2013. Upland habitat quality and historic landscape composition influence genetic variation of a pond-breeding salamander. Diversity 5:724-733.

*Underwood, E.B., *S. Bowers, J.C. Guzy, J.E. Lovich, C.A. Taylor, J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2013. Sexual dimorphism and feeding ecology of diamond-backed terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin). Herpetologica 69:397-404.

2012

Dorcas, M.E., J.D. Willson, R.N. Reed, R.W. Snow, M.R. Rochford, *M.A. Miller, W.E. Mehsaka, Jr., P.T. Andreadis, F.J. Mazzotti, C.M. Romagosa, and K.M. Hart. 2012. Severe mammal declines coincide with proliferation of invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:2418-2422.

*Eskew, E.A., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2012. Effects of river flow regulation on anuran occupancy and abundance in riparian zones. Conservation Biology 26:504-512.

*Foley, S.M., S.J. Price and M.E. Dorcas. 2012. Nest-site selection and nest depredation of semiaquatic turtles on golf courses. Urban Ecosystems 19:489-497.

*Kern, M.M., J.C. Guzy, S.J. Price, *S.D. Hunt, *E.A. Eskew, and M.E. Dorcas. 2012. Riparian zone amphibians and reptiles within the Broad River basin, South Carolina. Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science 128:81-87.

Price, S.J., R.A. Browne, and M.E. Dorcas. 2012. Evaluating the effects of urbanization on salamander abundances using a before-after control-impact design. Freshwater Biology 57:193-203.

Price, S.J., R.A. Browne, and M.E. Dorcas. 2012. Resistance and resilience of a stream salamander to supraseasonal drought. Herpetologica 68:312-323.

Reed, R.N., J.D. Willson, G.H. Rodda, and M.E. Dorcas. 2012. Ecological correlates of invasion impact for Burmese pythons in Florida. Integrative Zoology 7:254-270.

2011

*Connette, G.M., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2011. Influence of abiotic factors on activity in a larval stream salamander assemblage. Southeastern Naturalist 10:109-120.

Dorcas, M.E., J.D. Willson, J.W. Gibbons. 2011. Can invasive Burmese pythons inhabit temperate regions of the southeastern United States? Biological Invasions 13:793-802.

*Grosse, A.M., J.C. Maerz, L.A. Hempinstall-Cymerman, and M.E. Dorcas. 2011. Effects of roads and crabbing pressures on diamondback terrapin populations in coastal Georgia. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:762-770.

Mazzotti, F.J., M.S. Cherkiss, K.M. Hart, R.W. Snow, M.R. Rochford, M.E. Dorcas, and R.N. Reed. 2011. Cold-induced mortality of invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida. Biological Invasions 13:143-151.

*Pittman, S.E., T.L. King, S. Faurby and M.E. Dorcas. 2011. Demographic and genetic status of an isolated population of bog turtles (Glyptemvs muhlenbergii): Implications for managing small populations of long-lived animals. Conservation Genetics 12:1589-1601.

Price, S.J., *E.A. Eskew, *K.K. Cecala, R.A. Browne, and M.E. Dorcas. 2011. Estimating survival of a streamside salamander: importance of temporary emigration, capture response, and location. Hydrobiologia 679:205-215.

Price, S.J., *K.K. Cecala, R.A. Browne, and M.E. Dorcas, 2011. Effects of urbanization on occupancy of stream salamanders. Conservation Biology 29:547-555.

Price, S.J. and M.E. Dorcas. 2011. The Carolina Herp Atlas: an online, citizen-science approach to document amphibian and reptile occurrences. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6:287-296.

Willson, J.D., M.E. Dorcas, and R.W. Snow. 2011. Identifying plausible scenarios for the establishment of invasive Burmese pythons (Python molurus) in southern Florida Biological Invasions 13:1498-1504.

2010

*Birx-Raybuck, D., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2010. Pond age and riparian zone proximity influence anuran occupancy of urban retention ponds. Urban Ecosystems 13:181-190.

*Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2010. Ecology of juvenile northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) inhabiting low-order streams. Amphibia-Reptilia 31:169-174.

Dorcas, M.E., A.M. Domske, and G.E. Vaughan. 2010. A herpetofaunal inventory of Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee, South Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences 126:88-97.

*Eskew, E.A., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2010. Survival and recruitment of semi-aquatic turtles in an urbanized region. Urban Ecosystems 13:365-374.

*Eskew, E.A., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2010. Survivorship of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) in recently modified suburban landscapes. Chelonian Conservation Biology 9:244-249.

*Steelman, C.K. and M.E. Dorcas. 2010. Anuran calling survey optimization: developing and testing predictive models of anuran calling activity. Journal of Herpetology 44:61-68.

2009

*Cecala, K.K., J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2009. Ecological effects of major injuries in diamondback terrapins: Implications for conservation and management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 19:421-427.

*Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2009. Evaluating existing movement hypotheses in linear systems using larval stream salamanders. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:292-298.

*Harden, L.A., S.E. Pittman, J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2009. Development of a rapid assessment technique for diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) populations using head-count surveys. Applied Herpetology 6:237-245.

*Harden, L.A., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2009. Terrestrial activity and habitat selection of eastern mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum) in a fragmented landscape: Implications for habitat management of golf courses and other suburban environments. Copeia 2009:78-84.

*Pittman, S.E. and M.E. Dorcas. 2009. Movements, habitat use, and thermal ecology of an isolated population of bog turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii). Copeia 2009:781-790.

*Witczak L.R. and M.E. Dorcas. 2009. What are frogs and snakes worth? The economic value of reptiles and amphibians inhabiting the Charlotte-Metropolitan area of North Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 125:131-137.

2008

*Eskew, E.A., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. New distributional records for reptiles and amphibians from the Charlotte-metropolitan area of the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Herpetological Review 39:245-246.

*Hester, J.M., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. Effects of relocation on movements and home ranges of eastern box turtles. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:772-777.

*Pittman, S.E., A.L. Jendrek, S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. Habitat selection and site fidelity of Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) at the aquatic-terrestrial ecotone. Journal of Herpetology 42:378-385.

*Westfall, M.C, *K.K. Cecala, S.J. Price. and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. Patterns of trombiculid mite (Hannemania dunni) parasitism among plethodontid salamanders in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Journal of Parasitology 94:631-634.

*Zhang, Y., *M.C. Westfall, *K.C. Hermes, and M.E. Dorcas. 2008. Physiological and behavioral control of heating and cooling rates in rubber boas, Charina bottae. Journal of Thermal Biology 33:7-11.

2007

*Cecala, K.K., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2007. A comparison of the effectiveness of recommended doses of MS-222 (tricaine methanesulfonate) and Orajel (benzocaine) for amphibian anesthesia. Herpetological Review 38:63-66.

*Cecala, K.K., S.J, Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2007. Pseudotriton ruber. Polymelia. Herpetological Review 38:434.

Cecala, K.K., S.L. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2007. The diet of larval red salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber) examined using a non-lethal technique. Journal of Herpetology 41:741-745.

Dorcas, M.E., *J.D. Willson, and J.W. Gibbons. 2007. Crab trapping causes population decline and demographic changes in diamondback terrapins over two decades. Biological Conservation 137:334340.

*Failey, E.L., *J.C. McCoy, S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas, 2007. Ecology of turtles inhabiting golf course and farm ponds in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science 123:221-232.

*Harden, L.A., N.A. DiLuzio, J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2007. Spatial and thermal ecology of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in a South Carolina salt marsh. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 123: 154-162.

*McCoy, J.C., *B.L. Failey, S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2007. An assessment of leech parasitism on semi-aquatic turtles in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist 6:191-202.

2006

*Anderson, W.M. and M.E. Dorcas. 2006. Crotalus horridus (Timber rattlesnake): Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 37:497.

*Budischak, S.A., J.M. Hester, S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2006. Natural history of box turtles, Terrapene carolina, in an urbanized landscape. Southeastern Naturalist 5:191-204.

*Dorcas, M.E., S.J. Price, and G.E. Vaughan. 2006. Amphibians and reptiles of the Great Falls Bypassed Reaches in South Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 122:1-9.

Gibbons, J.W., … M.E. Dorcas … et al. 2006. Remarkable amphibian biomass and abundance in an isolated wetland, with implications for wetland conservation. Conservation Biology 20:1457-1465.

*Gooch, M.M., M. Heupel, S.J, Price. and M.E. Dorcas. 2006. The effects of survey protocol on detection probabilities and site occupancy estimates of summer breeding anurans. Applied Herpetology 3:129-142.

*Kirlin, M.S., *M.M. Gooch, S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2006. Predictors of winter anuran calling activity in the North Carolina Piedmont. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 122:10-18.

*Kornilev, Y.V., S.J. Price, *E.P. Hill, and M.E. Dorcas. 2006. Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamander). Mortality. Herpetological Review 37:196.

*Kornilev, Y.V., S.J. Price, and M.E. Dorcas. 2006. Between a rock and a hard place: responses of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) when trapped between railroad tracks. Herpetological Review 37:145-148.

*Pittman, S.E. and M.E. Dorcas. 2006. Catawba River corridor coverboard program: a citizen science approach to amphibian and reptile inventory. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences 122:142-151.

Price, S.J., M.E. Dorcas, A.L. Gallant, R.W. Klaver, and *J.D. Willson. 2006. Three decades of urbanization: Estimating the impact of land cover change on stream salamander populations. Biological Conservation 133:436-441.

*Rice, A.N., *T.L. Roberts, IV, and M.E. Dorcas. 2006. Heating and cooling rates of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, Crotalus adamanteus. Journal of Thermal Biology 31:501-505.

*Waldron, J.L., S.H. Bennett, S.M. Welch, M.E. Dorcas, J.D. Lanham, and W. Kalinowsky. 2006. Habitat specificity and home-range size as attributes of species vulnerability to extinction: a case study using sympatric rattlesnakes. Animal Conservation 9:414-420.

*Willson, J.D., C.T. Winne, M.E. Dorcas, and J.W. Gibbons. 2006. Post-drought responses of semi-aquatic snakes inhabiting an isolated wetland: Insights on different strategies for persistence in a dynamic habitat. Wetlands 26:1071-1078.

2005

*Grayson, K.L., *L.W. Cook, *M.J. Todd, *D. Pierce, W.A. Hopkins, R.E. Gatten, Jr., and M.E. Dorcas. 2005. Effects of prey type on specific dynamic action, growth, and mass conversion efficiencies in the horned frog, Ceratophrys cranwelli. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 141:298-304.

*Tuberville, T.D., *J.D. Willson, M.E. Dorcas, and J.W. Gibbons. 2005. Herpetofaunal species richness of southeastern national parks. Southeastern Naturalist 4:537-569.

*Winne, C.T., M.E. Dorcas, and S.M. Poppy. 2005. Population structure, body size, and seasonal activity of black swamp snakes (Seminatrix pygaea). Southeastern Naturalist 4:1-14.

2004

Dorcas, M.E., W.A. Hopkins, and J.H Roe, 2004. Effects of body mass and temperature on standard metabolic rate in the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus). Copeia 2004:145-151.

*Grayson, K.L. and M.E. Dorcas. 2004. Seasonal temperature variation in the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta). Herpetologica 60:325-336.

*Willson, J.D. and M.E. Dorcas. 2004. A comparison of aquatic drift fences with traditional funnel trapping as a quantitative method for sampling amphibians. Herpetological Review 35:148-150.

*Willson, J.D. and M.E. Dorcas. 2004. Aspects of the ecology of small fossorial snakes in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist 3:1-12.

2003

Dorcas, M.E., S.M. Poppy, C.H. Ernst, and J.W. Gibbons. 2003. The striped crayfish snake (Regina alleni). SSAR Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 778.1-778.4.

*Todd, M.J., R.R. Cocklin, and M.E. Dorcas. 2003. Temporal and spatial variation in anuran calling activity in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences 119:103-110.

*Willson, J.D, and M.E. Dorcas. 2003. Effects of habitat disturbance on stream salamanders: implications for buffer zones and watershed management. Conservation Biology 17:763-771.

*Willson, J. D. and M.E. Dorcas. 2003. Quantitative sampling of stream salamanders: a comparison-of dipnetting and funnel trapping techniques. Herpetological Review 34:128-130.

2002

Ernst, C.H., J.W. Gibbons, and M.E. Dorcas. 2002. Regina Baird and Girard (crayfish snakes). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 756.1-756.4.

Gibbons, J.W. and M.E. Dorcas. 2002. Defensive behavior of cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) towards humans. Copeia 2002:195-198.

Ryan, T.J., T. Philippi, Y.A. Leiden, M.E. Dorcas, T.B. Wigley, and J.W. Gibbons. 2002. Monitoring herpetofauna in a managed forest landscape: Effects of habitat types and census techniques. Forest Ecology and Management 167:183-190.

2001

Beane J.C., D.S. Dombrowski, D.W. Herman, J.P. Cecil, M.E. Dorcas, and S.D. Lindsay. 2001. Geographic distribution. Plethodon wehrlei. Herpetological Review 32:189.

*Lindsay, S.D. and M.E. Dorcas. 2001. The effects of cattle on the morphology and reproduction of pond-dwelling turtles. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 117:249-257.

*Rice, A.N., *T.L. Roberts, J.G. Pritchard, and M.E. Dorcas. 2001. Historical trends and perceptions of amphibian and reptile diversity in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 117:264-273.

*Stroupe, D.A, and M.E. Dorcas, 2001. The apparent persistence of Crotalus horridus in the western Piedmont of North Carolina. Herpetological Review 32:287-288.

Tuberville, T.D., and M.E. Dorcas. 2001. Winter survey of a gopher tortoise population in South Carolina. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:182-186.

*Winne, C.T., *T. J. Ryan, Y. Leiden, and M.E. Dorcas. 2001. Evaporative water loss in two natricine snakes, Nerodia fasciata and Seminatrix pygaea, Journal of Herpetology 35:129-133.

2000

*Bridges, A.S. and M.E. Dorcas. 2000. Temporal variation in anuran calling behavior: Implications for surveys and monitoring programs. Copeia 2000:587-592.

*Mills, M.S., *S.M. Poppy, A.M. Mills, *T.J. Ryan, and M.E. Dorcas. 2000. Seminatrix pygaea. Diet. Herpetological Review 31:47.

*Roark, A.W., and M.E. Dorcas. 2000. Regional body temperature variation in corn snakes measured using temperature-sensitive passive integrated transponders. Journal of Herpetology 34:481-485.

1999

*Leiden, Y.A., M.E. Dorcas, and J.W. Gibbons. 1999. Herpetofaunal diversity in Coastal Plain communities of South Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 115:270-280.

*Mohr, J.R. and M.E. Dorcas. 1999. A comparison of anuran calling patterns at two Carolina Bays in South Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 115:63-70.

1998

Distler, J.K., M.E. Dorcas, J.W. Gibbons, K.L. Kandl, K. Russell. 1998. Winter mortality in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis (Lacertilia: Polychridae). Brimleyana 25:140-143.

Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 1998. Daily body temperature variation in free-ranging rubber boas. Herpetologica 54:88-103.

Dorcas, M.E., J.W. Gibbons, and H.G. Dowling. 1998. The black swamp snake (Seminatrix, Seminatrix pygaea). SSAR Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 679.1-679.5.

1997

Dorcas, M.E. and C.R. Peterson. 1997. Head-body temperature differences in free-ranging rubber boas. Journal of Herpetology 31:87-93.

Dorcas, M.E., C.R. Peterson, and M.E.T. Flint. 1997. The thermal biology of digestion in rubber boas (Charina bottae): behavior, physiology, and environmental constraints. Physiological Zoology 70:292-300.

Gibbons, J.W. … M.E. Dorcas … et al. 1997. Perceptions of species abundance, distribution, and diversity: lessons from four decades of sampling on a government-managed reserve. Environmental Management 21:259-268.

1991

Dorcas, M.E. and J.R. Mendelson III. 1991. Distributional notes on Nerodia harteri harteri in Parker and Palo Pinto counties, Texas. Herpetological Review 22:117-118.

1990

Dorcas, M.E. and J.R. Mendelson III. 1990. Geographic distribution, Arizona elegans arenicolor. Herpetological Review 21:23.

Dorcas, M.E., and J.R. Mendelson III. 1990. Geographic distribution. Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki. Herpetological Review 21:23.

Dorcas, M.E. 1990. Geographic distribution. Masticophis flagellum flagellum. Herpetological Review 21:23.

Dorcas, M.E. and M.B. Harvey. 1990. Geographic distribution, Graptemys kohnii. Herpetological Review 21:39.

1989

McCord, J.S. and M.E. Dorcas. 1989. New Texas herpetological distribution records from the University of Texas at Arlington Collection of Vertebrates. Herpetological Review 20:94,96.

Miscellaneous Publications (5)

Dorcas, M.E. 2008. A bullsnake. Bulletin of the North Carolina Herpetological Society 31:16.

Harvey, R.G., M.L. Brien, M.S. Cherkiss, M.E. Dorcas, M. Rochford, R.W. Snow, and F.J. Mazzotti. 2008. Burmese pythons in South Florida: Scientific support for invasive species management. University of Florida IFAS Extension [WWW document]. http://edis.ifas.ufLedu/uw286.

Dorcas, M.E. 2005. Idaho’s little boa constrictor. Reptiles Magazine 13:38-42.

Gibbons J.W. and M.E. Dorcas. 1998. Cowards, bluffers, and warriors (the defensive behavior of free-ranging cottonmouths). Natural History 107:56-57.

Dorcas, M.E. 1997. Book Review: Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico. Copeia 1997:643-645.

> 160 Presentations at Regional, National, and International Scientific Meetings

Invited Seminars

Habitat and Wildlife Keepers, November 2015.

Mecklenburg Audubon Society, October 2015.

Schiele Museum, September 2015.

North Carolina Herpetological Society, May 2015 (Keynote Speaker).

North Carolina State University Herpetological Society, January 2015.

School for Field Studies, Yungaburra, Queensland, December 2014.

Middle Tennessee State University, October 2014.

Naples Botanical Garden – Florida Gulf Coast University – Moonlight on the Marsh Distinguished Lecture Series, February 2014.

University of Arkansas, February 2014.

Clemson University, January 2014.

National Park Service – Large Constrictor Technical Meeting, November 2013.

North Carolina Herpetological Society, November 2013.

U.S. Geological Survey Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, July 2013.

Washington College, April 2013.

North Carolina Wildlife Federation, March 2013.

North Carolina State Museum – Science Café – January 2013.

Appalachian State University, November 2012.

Wingate University, November 2012.

University of North Carolina, October 2012.

University of Central Florida, September 2012.

North Carolina State Museum, February 2012.

Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Society – Invasive Species Symposium, Kona, HI, November 2011.

Eastern Kentucky University, September 2011.

Auburn University, April 2011.

College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, April 2011.

University of North Carolina – Pembroke, March 2011.

Biological Consequences of Global Change – 4th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology Kunming, China, December 2010.

University of Virginia, Mountain Lake Biological Station, July 2010.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Vero Beach, June 2010.

Western Carolina University, April 2010.

University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, August, 2009.

Snake Ecologists Group – Fifth Annual Meeting, Donnelly, ID, July 2009.

Annual Meeting of the Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, February 2009.

Drexel University, January 2009.

University of South Carolina Upstate, November 2008.

University of Georgia, October 2008.

University of North Carolina Wilmington, September 2008.

Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists – Symposium on Undergraduate Research, April 2008.

University of South Carolina Upstate – Symposium on Undergraduate Research, April 2008.

Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Diamondback Terrapin Working Group, February 2008.

North Carolina Chapter of the Wildlife Society, February 2008.

Wake Forest University, September 2007.

Northeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Mountain Lake Biological Station, August 2007.

School for Field Studies, Queensland, Australia, July 2007.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, November 2006.

Annual Meeting of the Virginia Herpetological Society – Keynote Address, October 2006.

Annual Meeting of the Virginia Herpetological Society, (with Kristen Cecala), October 2006.

Powdermill Turtle Biology Meetings, Portal, Arizona, September 2006.

Georgia Diamondback Terrapin Workshop, Jekyll Island, Georgia, March 2006.

South Carolina Environmental Educators Association, Columbia, South Carolina, March 2006.

Third Annual South Carolina Herpetology Conference. January 2006.

Inaugural Meeting of the University of Georgia Herpetological Society, October 2005.

Meeting of the ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina, October 2005.

Joint Annual Meeting of the Association of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetologists’ League, and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Tampa, FL July 2005.

North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, March 2005.

Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Herpetological Society, Raleigh, NC. November 2004.

Snake Ecologist Meeting IV, Marion, IL. May 2004.

University of South Carolina at Lancaster, August 2003.

University of South Carolina at Spartanburg, November 2002.

Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Herpetological Society, May 2002.

Appalachian State University, March 2001.

Snake Ecology Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 2000.

Biology of the Vipers Symposium, Upsala, Sweden.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, March 2000.

Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Herpetological Society, April 1999.

University of Alabama, April, 1998.

Auburn University, November, 1997.

Snake Ecology for the 21st Century – Annual Meeting of the Texas Herpetological Society, October, 1997.

Francis Marion University, Florence, SC. March, 1997.

Southeast Louisiana State University, October, 1996.

Francis Marion University, Florence, SC. June, 1996.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, May, 1996.

Funding

2015       Duke Energy Water Resources Fund. Understanding connections among discharge, chemistry and ecology in first-order Piedmont streams – $55,410 (Bradley Johnson and Christopher Paradise, CoPIs).

2015       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Evaluating the impact of by-catch reduction devices for reducing mortality of diamondback terrapins in crab traps – $3500.

2015       Kiawah Island Conservancy. Evaluation of Reproductive Output of Diamondback Terrapins at Kiawah Island, SC – $1500.

2015       United State Fish and Wildlife Service and Catawba Lands Conservancy. Telemetry of bog turtles at Friday Bog during restoration efforts – $4000.

2014      Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens Conservation Support Fund. Carolina Herp Atlas – $4220.

2014       United States Geological Survey – Quick Response Grant. Risk Analysis for Diamondback Terrapins on Wassaw, Blackbeard, Wolf, and Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuges $24,984.

2014       South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Carolina Herp Atlas – $5000.

2014       United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Inventory of Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes in the ACE Basin and on Harris Neck, Blackbeard Island, Wassaw, and Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuges – $56,479.

2014       Duke Energy Foundation. Davidson College Herpetology Outreach Program – $5300.

2014       North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Testing the Utility of Environmental DNA (eDNA) for determining the presence of Bog Turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) – $9,981.

2014       United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Inventory of Diamondback Terrapins on Harris Neck, Blackbeard Island, Wassaw, and Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuges – $14,456.

2014       Department of Defense – Legacy Program. Innovative Methods for Estimating Densities and Detection Probabilities of Secretive Reptiles Including Invasive Constrictors and Rare Upland Snakes – $80,025.

2014       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Variation in body condition across small spatial scales: a study of the effects of land-use in diamondback terrapins – $3500.

2014       Town of Cornelius. Temporary Translocation of Semi-Aquatic Turtles at Robbins Park, Cornelius, North Carolina – $252.

2013       Associated Colleges of the South – Resources for the ACS Sustainability Blended Learning Library; Biodiversity/Ecosystem Services. The problem of invasive pythons in the United States – $1700.

2013       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Implications of Small-scale Geographic Variation in Reproductive Allocation in Diamondback Terrapins – $3500.

2013       Williams-Transco. Monitoring the critically-endangered population of bog turtles. $99,000.

2012       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Foraging Ecology of Diamondback Terrapins and Their Role in Ecosystem Processes – $3500.

2012       National Science Foundation. Informal Science Education {subawardee) – $3200.

2011       Williams-Transco. Status of Bog Turtles in Gaston County -$80,000.

2011       Duke Energy. Status of Amphibian Populations at the McGuire Nuclear Station – $42,344.

2011       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Evaluation of factors affecting survivorship in diamondback terrapins $2600.

2010       Broad River Trust. Amphibians and reptiles as integrative ecological indicators of anthropogenic disturbance in riparian wetland habitats of the Broad River, South Carolina – $149,091 (CoPI Steven J. Price).

2009       National Fish and Wildlife Foundation -Wildlife Links Program. Golf Courses as Turtle Habitat in Urbanized Areas – $59,950 (CoPI Steven J. Price).

2009       North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Carolina Herp Atlas – $4886.

2009       Duke Energy. Herpetological Surveys of the W. S. Lee Ill Nuclear Station, Cherokee County, SC and Its Vicinity – $27,413.

2009       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Juvenile recruitment of diamondback terrapins in a Carolina Salt Marsh – $2600.

2009       Duke Energy. Herpetological Surveys of the Proposed Railroad Site between Gaffney and the WS Lee III Nuclear Station, Cherokee County, SC and its Vicinity – $26,413.

2008       Greenville Water System. Habitat Evaluation for Bog Turtles -$7169.

2008       University of Florida. Thermal Biology of Invasive Burmese Pythons in Everglades National Park. – $19,617.

2008       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. The thermal biology of diamondback terrapins: implications for activity, habitat use, and conservation – $2600.

2008      Duke Energy. Herpetofaunal Surveys of London Creek, South Carolina – $24,900.

2008      Duke Energy. Herpetofaunal Surveys of Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee, South Carolina – $28,300.

2008      Duke Energy Foundation. Herpetological Research and Education in the Catawba River Region – $2000.

2008       Associated Colleges of the South Faculty Development Grant. Unique opportunities for undergraduate research: Studies of invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park – $4800.

2007       South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Carolina Herp Atlas – $17,074.

2007       Duke Energy. Herpetological Survey of the W. S. Lee III Nuclear Station, South Carolina: Potential Impacts of Operations on Semi-Aquatic Species – $2710.

2007      Duke Energy Foundation. Herpetological Research and Education in the Catawba River Region. – $2500.

2007       North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Ecology, Conservation, and Management of a Bog Turtle Population in the Western Piedmont of North Carolina. – $8450 (Shannon E. Pittman, CoPI).

2007       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Causes and Effects of Limb Loss on Survivorship of Diamondback Terrapins – $2600.

2006       North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program. Herpetological Inventory of Five-Mile Branch Associated with Stream Restoration – $13,405.

2006       North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Carolina Herp Atlas – $17,000.

2006       Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Conservation Research of Diamondback Terrapins in Barrier Island Saltmarsh Ecosystems – $2507.

2006      Duke Energy Foundation. Herpetological Research and Education in the Catawba River Region – $1500.

2005      Davidson College Faculty Research Grant. Effects of Urbanization on Genetic Variation in Amphibian Populations – $2600.

2005      Duke Energy. Herpetofaunal Surveys of Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species of the Catawba-Wateree River System – $21,800.

2005       Duke Energy Foundation. Herpetological Research and Education in the Catawba River Region -$2000.

2004       National Science Foundation – CAREER Grant. Effects of Urbanization on Amphibian and Reptile Populations. 5-year grant – $612,761 – plus, REU Supplements 2004 – $6000; 2005 – $6000; 2006 – $12,000; 2007 – $12,000, 2008 – $12,000, 2009 – $7000.

2004      Duke Energy. The Status of Amphibians and Reptiles of the Fishing Creek Bypass and Evaluation of Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Amphibians and Reptiles of the Catawba —Wateree Rivers – $43,800.

2004       Duke Energy Foundation. Herpetological Research and Education in the Catawba River Region. – $1500.

2004       Davidson College Faculty Study and Research Grant. Continued monitoring of the Herpetofauna of Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica – $2600.

2003      Associated Colleges of the South. Teaching with Technology Fellowship: Floral and Faunal Identification Made Easy: A Novel Approach to an Old Problem – $2500.

2003      Duke Energy Foundation. Herpetological Outreach and Research – $3500.

2003       Davidson College Faculty Study and Research Grant. Herpetological Investigations of Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica – $2500.

2003       Associated Colleges of the South. Campus-Community Partnership Grant: Vertebrate Inventory of the Brackett Preserve, Davidson, NC – $3500 (Mark Stanback, CoPI).

2002      National Science Foundation – Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU). Developing Student Scientists: Collaborative Research in the Life Sciences at Davidson College. – $184,830 (Mark Stanback, CoPl) + 63,271 supplement to Julio Ramirez, PI.

2002       National Park Service. Herpetofaunal surveys on five National Park Units in North and South Carolina. $37,226 (Robert Reed and J. Whitfield Gibbons, CoPIs).

2002       Duke Energy Foundation. Support for the Davidson College Herpetology Program. $5100.

2002       National Park Service. (subcontract with University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory). Herpetological Inventories of the National Park Service Southeast Coastal Network – $33,976.

2002       Davidson College Faculty Study and Research Grant. The Effects of Ecological Reorganization on Snake Populations in a Semidesert Grassland – $2500.

2002      Global Partners Project. Herpetological Research Opportunities in Kenya – $2400.

2002       Associated Colleges of the South – Campus-Community Partnership Grant. The Central Carolina Amphibian and Reptile Initiative: A Partnership between Davidson College and Local Government – $200.

2001      Davidson College Faculty Study and Research Grant. Herpetological Biodiversity of the Ramah Creek Conservation Easement – $2999.

2001      Associated Colleges of the South – Teaching with Technology Fellowship, Techno-herpetology: Advanced Data Collection Techniques for Students Involved in Long-term Ecological Studies – $2500.

2000      National Science Foundation – CCLI-A&I Grant. Integrative Herpetology: Molecules, Muscles, and Migration – $59,349 (over three years).

2000       Associated Colleges of the South: Teaching with Technology Fellowship: A Web-Based Tool for of the Recognition of Anuran Vocalizations – $2500.

1999      Davidson College Faculty Study and Research Grant. Conservation of Davidson’s Amphibians and Reptiles: Historical and Current Patterns – $2499.

1998       Idaho State University. Development and testing of an automated recording systems for monitoring anurans and birds on the Savannah River Site – (Subcontract – original funding from USDA Forest Service – see below) $19,369 (for one year).

1998       Davidson College Faculty Study and Research Grant. Rattlesnakes on golf courses: habitat requirements and human interactions – 2500.

1998       The Nature Conservancy of Georgia. A Study to Document the Species Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles on Fort Gordon, Georgia – $8700 (J. Whitfield Gibbons, CoPI).

1997       USDA Forest Service Cooperative Research Grant. Effects of experimental manipulations of coarse woody debris on community structure, species richness, and relative abundances of small mammals, amphibians, and reptiles in loblolly pine stands on the Savannah River Site -$86,126 (J. Laerm and T. S. McCay, CoPls).

1996       International Paper Company, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the National Audubon Society. Landscape level research on the Pee Dee River System in South Carolina: Herpetofauna and Management – $262,000 (J. Whitfield Gibbons, CoPl).

1996      USDA Forest Service Cooperative Research Grant. Development and testing of an automated recording systems for monitoring anurans and birds on the Savannah River Site – $32,504 (Charles R. Peterson CoPI).

1996      Savannah River National Environmental Research Park – Department of Energy. A largescale experimental approach to determine the effects of coarse woody debris on the species richness and relative abundances of amphibians and reptiles on the Savannah River Site – $15,800 (Justin D. Congdon, CoPI).

1995       Ontario Hydro Technologies. Testing and evaluating the automated wildlife surveyor. $12,000.

1993      National Science Foundation. Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant: Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermoregulatory behavior and thermal physiology of the rubber boa, a nocturnal snake – $7639 (C.R. Peterson, Sponsor).

1992      Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid-of-Research. Testing the optimality concept: the thermoregulatory behavior and thermal physiology of the rubber boa – $375.

1992       American Museum of Natural History. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund: Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermoregulatory behavior and thermal physiology of the rubber boa, a cold tolerant snake – $700.

1992      Idaho State University. Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Committee: The physiological basis for head-body temperature differences in nocturnal snakes – $507.

1991      Chicago Herpetological Society. Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermal biology of the rubber boa, a cold tolerant snake – $496.

1991      Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid-of-Research. Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermal biology of the rubber boa, a cold tolerant snake – $350.

1991      American Museum of Natural History. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund: Testing and applying the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermoregulatory behavior and thermal physiology of the rubber boa, a cold tolerant snake – $662.

1991      Northwest Science Association. Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermal biology of the rubber boa, a cold tolerant snake. – $300.

1991       American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Gaige Award: Testing the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermal biology of the rubber boa, a cold tolerant snake – $250.

Honors and Awards

2014      Outstanding Mentor Award – Council for Undergraduate Research.

2014       Distinguished Lecturer – Naples Botanical Gardens-Florida Gulf Coast University Moonlight on the Marsh Honorable Lecture Series, Naples, FL.

2012       Meritorious Teaching Award in Herpetology – Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, The Herpetologists’ League, and the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Presented at the World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, BC.

2012      Senior Research Award – Association of Southeastern Biologists, Athens, GA.

2009       Elected as a Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science

2008       North Carolina Earth Team Award (to Herpetology Lab) – presented by North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

2007       Senior Research Award – Association of Southeastern Biologists, Columbia, SC.

2005       First Place – National Outdoor Book Award for a Nature Guidebook. – Gibbons, J.W. and M.E. Dorcas. 2004, Snakes of the Southeast, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA.

2004       Environmental Educator of the Year -Governor’s Achievement Award – presented by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation.

2004      Board of Governors – American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

2002      Presidential Leadership Award – School for Field Studies

2001       Nominated to Executive Board of the Herpetologist’s League

1998       Eugene P. Odum Award for the Best Student Paper in Ecology – Bridges, Andrew and Michael E. Dorcas. Temporal Variation in Anuran Calling Behavior: Implications for Calling Surveys and Population Assessment. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Monroe, LA.

1997      Encyclopedia Book of the Year featured research by ME. Dorcas and C.R. Peterson on head-body temperature differences in free-ranging rubber boas.

1994       Best student paper – Body temperature variation in free-ranging rubber boas (Charina bottae). Annual Meeting of the Idaho Academy of Science, Pocatello, ID.

1992       Stoye Award for best student paper in physiological ecology – The effect of activity on body temperature variation in free-ranging rubber boas (Charina bottae). Joint Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and the Herpetologist’s League, Urbana, Il.

1992      American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Student Travel Award.

1991       American Society of Zoologists Student Travel Award.

Reviewer

American Naturalist

Animal Conservation

Applied Energy

Applied Herpetology

Biological Conservation

Biological Invasions

Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society

Banisteria

BioScience

Brimleyana

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Conservation Biology

Copeia

Ecography

Ecology

Ethology

Functional Ecology

Herpetologica

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Herpetological Journal

Herpetological Natural History

Herpetological Review

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Journal for Nature Conservation

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Journal of Comparative Physiology

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Journal of Herpetology

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science

Journal of Thermal Biology

Journal of Wildlife Management

Journal of Zoology

National Park Service

National Science Foundation —Grant Reviewer/Review Board Member

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Northeast Naturalist

Oikos

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

Renewable Bioresources

Southeastern Naturalist

Southwestern Naturalist

The Herpetological Journal

US Army Engineer Research and Development Center – Grant Reviewer

USGS – Grant Reviewer

USGS – Manuscript Reviewer

Virginia Sea Grant – Grant Reviewer

Professional Service

• Executive Council – Herpetologist’s League. 2015-2016.
• Senior Co-Chair – Diamondback Terrapin Working Group. 2013-2016.
• Brown Treesnake Technical Working Group – Research Committee. 2012-2016.
• Chair – Senior Research Award – Association of Southeastern Biologists. 2016.
• Research Advisor – Project Bog Turtle. North Carolina Museum of Natural History. 2000-2016.
• Consultant for Children’s Book: Aronin, M. Florida’s Burmese Pythons: Squeezing the Everglades, Bearport Publishing, NY. 2015.
• Committee Member — Theresa Strattman, Clemson University, 2014-2015.
• Committee Member – Senior Research Award – Association of Southeastern Biologists. 2012-2015.
• Chair – Senior Research Award – Association of Southeastern Biologists. 2014.
• Chair – North Carolina Scientific Council for Amphibians and Reptiles. 2009-2014.
• Organizer and Host – 6th Symposium on Diamondback Terrapin Biology. 2013.
• Junior Co-Chair – Diamondback Terrapin Working Group. 2010-2013.
• Advisory Board – Davidson Lands Conservancy. 2002-2013.
• D. Committee Member – Leigh Anne Harden, UNC Wilmington. 2008-2013.
• Editorial Board – Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences. 2002-2008.
• Symposium Organizer – Rethinking Normal: Moving from Theory to Action in the Face of Invasive Species and Global Change. World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, BC 2012.
• Judge – Eugene Odum Award – Association of Southeastern Biologists Meeting, Athens, GA. 2012.
• D. Committee Member – Theresa Walters, University of Florida. 2009-2011.
• Website Director – North Carolina Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NCPARC). 2004-2012.
• Board of Governors – American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 2004-2010.
• Education Committee – Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 2008-2011.
• Steering Committee – North Carolina Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NCPARC). 2004-2009.
• Chair – Research, Inventory, Management, and Monitoring Working Group – North Carolina Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NCPARC). 2005-2009.
• Campus/Community Grants Program Committee Member-Associated Colleges of the South Environmental Program. 2005-2009.
• S. Committee Member – Andrew Grosse, University of Georgia. 2006-2009.
• D. Committee Member – Ron Sutherland, Duke University, 2003-2009.
• D. Committee Member – J. D. Willson, University of Georgia. 2005-2008.
• North Carolina Scientific Council for Amphibians and Reptiles. 2004-2008.
• Session Moderator – Animal Ecology. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC, April 2008.
• Director Central Carolina Amphibian and Reptile Initiative (CARI). 2000-2008.
• D. Committee Member – Christopher Winne – University of Georgia. 2005-2008.
• Guest Editor – Conservation Biology. 2007.
• National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Review Panel, February 2007.
• Guest Editor— Southeastern Naturalist. 2006.
• Steering Committee – Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC). 2002-2005.
• National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Review Panel. February 2006.
• President – Southeast Chapter of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 2004 – 2005.
• Student Paper Judge – Odum Award Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Florence, AL, April 2005.
• National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Review Panel, February 2005.
• Associate Editor – Herpetologica – Published by the Herpetologists League. 2003-2004.
• Workshop Anchor – Physiological Ecology, Snake Ecologists Meeting IV, Marion, IL. May 2004.
• National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Review panel. February 2004.
• Vice President – Southeast Chapter of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 2003-2004.
• National Science Foundation – Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Review Panel. December 2003.
• Secretary/Treasurer – Southeast Chapter of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 2002-2003.
• National Science Foundation – Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Review Panel. December 2002.
• Associate Editor – Herpetological Review – Published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 2000-2003.
• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles – Kennedy Award Judge. 2002.
• Host – Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Herpetological Society. May 2002.
• National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Review Panel. February 2003.
• Board of Directors – Davidson Lands Conservancy. 2000-2002.
• National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Review Panel. February. 2002.
• Conservation Committee – Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 2000-2002.
• Student Paper Judge – Odum Award Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Boone, NC. April 2002.
• Graduate Student Poster Judge – Joint Meeting of the Association of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologist’s League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. LaPaz, B.C.S., Mexico. June 2000.
• Graduate Student Paper Judge – Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Chattanooga, TN, April 2000.
• Grants-in-Herpetology Committee Member – Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 1999-present.
• Chairperson: Student Travel Award Committee Member. Association of Southeastern Biologists. 1998-2000.
• Chairperson: Monitoring Protocols Working Group, Declining Amphibians Population Task Force, 1996-1999.
• Reviewer: Grant Applications to the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program. 1996-2000.
• Adjunct Faculty Member and Master’s Thesis Committee Member for Stephen Richter, Southeastern Louisiana University. 1996-1998.
• Session Chair: Amphibian and Reptile Physiology at the Joint Meeting of the Association of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologist’s League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Seattle, WA. June, 1997.

Courses Taught

• General Science (FCI Fort Dix: 2021)
• Conservation and Ecology (FCI Fort Dix: 2022)
• Reptile Ecology (FCI Fort Dix: 2022)
• Ecological-based Conservation (FCI Fort Dix: 2023)
• Extreme Zoology (FCI Fort Dix: 2024)
• Animal Physiology (Davidson College: 1998-2001, 2003-08, 2010-11, 2013, 2015)
• Organisms, Evolution, and Ecosystems (Davidson College: 1999-2002, 2004-09, 2012, 2014)
• Costa Rican Natural History and Herpetological Investigations (Davidson College: 2009)
• Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (Davidson College: 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
• Imaging the Earth (Davidson College: Fall 2001)
• Invasion Biology (Davidson College: Fall 2015)
• Group Investigations in Herpetology (Davidson College: Spring 2000. 2004, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Introductory Biology (University of South Carolina at Aiken: 1997, 1998)
• Advanced Human Anatomy (Lab – Idaho State University: 1994)
• Advanced Human Physiology (Lab – Idaho State University: 1991-1994)
• Research Techniques and Topics (Idaho State University: 1994)
• Research Students Mentored (1996-2016) – Andrew Bridges, Andrew Roark, Jenny Roberts, Scott Briggs, David Stroupe, Lauren Halpin, Shane Lindsay (honors), Kristine Grayson (high honors), J. D. Willson (honors), James Van Dyke, Lisa Marks, Bill Johnson, Meghan Bryant, Christopher Thawley, Aubrey Heupel, Michelle Gooch, Michelle Kirlin, Joy Hester, Yurii Kornilev, Betsy Failey, Clint McCoy, Kristen Cecala, Leigh Anne Harden, Nick DiLuzio, Caitlin Westfall, Wesley Anderson, Shannon Pittman (honors), Amy Jendrek, Grant Connette, Devynn Birx Raybuck, Breanna Fonville, Charlotte Steelman (honors), Evan Eskew (honors), David Millican, Laura Bergner, Lynea Witczak, Amber Lassiter, Richard Bauer, Lauren Seay, Shawna Foley (honors), Courun Williams, Stephanie Hunt, Adriana Nassar, Madeline Kern (honors), Christian Oldham, Sarah Bowers, Chance Ruder, Elizabeth Underwood, Christiana Akins, Margaret Stebbins, Lauren Carter, Chandler Gray, Grayam Sailor-Tynes, Rebecca McKee (honors), Justin Strickland, Ana Pinheiro, Bri Bowerman, Kristen Gillespy, Whitner Chase, Ben Hardie, Cyrus Bahram, Emily Rademacher, Annalee Tutterow (honors), Natalie Haydt, Kaity Anstrom, Emma Johnson, Anna Marie Scoccimaro, Joe Zhou, Emma Rose Parker, Katie Greene, Alanna Horton, Aren Carpenter.

School Service

• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Davidson College, 2011-2016.
• Student Study and Research Committee, Davidson College, 2012-2015.
• School for Field Studies – Curriculum Review Committee, 2014-2016
• School for Field Studies – Academic Advising Committee, 2013- 2016
• School for Field Studies – Davidson College Affiliate Representative, 1999-2016.
• Search Committee – Conservation Biologist, Davidson College, 2012.
• Faculty Study and Research Committee, Davidson College, 2010-2012.
• Supervisor – Natural Sciences Outreach Coordinator, 2009 – 2010.
• Search Committee – HHMI Sciences Outreach Coordinator, 2009.
• Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Committee – Sarah Rhodes, 2007-2009.
• E. Brown Conservation Fund Committee, Davidson College, 2005-2008.
• Dean Rusk Advisory Committee, Davidson College, 2003-2009.
• Strategic Planning Committee – Learning, Davidson College, 2008.
• Student Conduct Committee, Davidson College, 2004-2007.
• Search Committee Member – Biology Departmental Assistant, 2007.
• Search Committee Member – Biology Departmental Assistant, 2006.
• Davidson College SACS Accreditation Committee (Depth), 2005-2006.
• Search Committee Member – Instructional Technologist, 2005-2006.
• Director, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Life Sciences, 2003-2005.
• Associated Colleges of the South, Environmental Fellow, 2001-2002.
• Joint Committee Information Technology. Davidson College, 2001-2002.
• Academic Computing Committee. Davidson College, 2000-2002.
• Search Committee Member – Ecologist Position – Dept. of Biology, Davidson College, 2000.
• Honor’s Thesis Committee Member – Stephanie Courchesne. Davidson College, 2000-2002.
• Davidson College Affiliate Representative for Columbia University’s Bioshpere II, 1999-2003.
• Local Area Network Subcommittee. Davidson College, 1999-2001.
• Library Committee. Davidson College, 1999-2002.
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Davidson College, 1998-2001.
• Honor’s Thesis Committee Member – Jennie Hillmann. Davidson College, 1999-2001.
• Web Site Coordinator, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory – Herpetology Group – 1997-1998.
• Search Committee Member – Physiology Position. Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University. 1993.
• Tenure Review Committee Member for Charles R. Peterson. Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University. 1992.
• Faculty Research Committee Member. Idaho State University. 1991-1993.