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Danté Bruce
Fenolio
Current Position
2008-present: Amphibian Conservation Scientist, Atlanta Botanical Garden
2004-2008: University of Miami, Ph.D. in Biology. Dissertation: "Addressing Amphibian Decline through the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan."
2000-2003: University of Oklahoma, MS in Zoology. Thesis: "Ecology of the Grotto Salamander, Typhlotriton spelaeus."
1996-1994: University of California Santa Cruz, BA in Environmental Studies/Biology. Senior Thesis: "Captive Reproduction of the Orange-legged Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa hypocondrialis), and Development of a Protocol for Phyllomedusine Frog Reproduction in the Laboratory."
1993-1990: De Anza Junior College
| 2010: | Awarded by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Fenolio, D.B. “Surveys of aquatic cave organisms in Oklahoma's Ozarks,” $9,375.00 |
| 2010: | Awarded by Tree Walkers International. Fenolio, D.B. “Captive reproduction of the Georgia Blind Salamander, Haideotriton wallacei and the Dougherty Plains Cave Crayfish, Cambarus cryptodytes,” $3,500.00 |
| 2008 and 2009: | Awarded by the Shared Earth Foundation. Fenolio, D.B. “A Darwin’s Frog Conservation Initiative,” $12,000.00 |
| 2008: | Awarded by the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s Conservation Endowment Fund. Fenolio, D.B. “A Darwin’s Frog Conservation Initiative,” $39,697.00 |
| 2008: | Awarded by the Chicago Board of Trade. Fenolio, D.B. “A Darwin’s Frog Conservation Initiative,” $4,600.00 |
| 2008: | Awarded by the George and Marry Rabb Foundation. Fenolio, D.B. “A Darwin’s Frog Conservation Initiative,” $6,000.00 |
| 2007: | Awarded by the Amazon Conservation Association for work at the Wayqecha Cloud Forest Station, Cusco Province, Peru. Fenolio, D.B. “Elevated exposure to airborne pollutants in arboreal frog larvae of the neotropics,” $2,664.00 |
| 2007: | Awarded by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, "Subterranean Biodiversity Surveys in Hayes and Craig Counties, Oklahoma," $700.00 |
| 2006 and 2007: | Awarded by the Javitch Foundation, Fenolio D.B. “Life in the Dark” Biodiversity Book Project, $50,000.00 |
| 2005: | Awarded by the Javitch Foundation, Fenolio D.B. and A. Gluesenkamp "In search of Eurycea robusta (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae) and other elusive stygobitic organisms in springs along the Blanco River, Hays County, Texas," $10,600.00 |
| 2005: | Awarded by the Amazon Conservation Association for work at the CICRA Research Station, Madre de Dios Province, Peru. Fenolio, D.B. “Elevated exposure to airborne pollutants in arboreal frog larvae of the neotropics,” $3,400.00 |
| 2004 and 2008: | Awarded by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Bergey, E. A., D.B. Fenolio, and G.O. Graening "Surveys of Oklahoma caves and springs," $108,344.00 |
| 2003 and 2004: | Awarded by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Bergey, E. A. and D.B. Fenolio “Surveys of crayfish and the grotto salamander,” $17,000.00 |
| 2002: | Awarded by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Fenolio, D.B. “Non-game threatened species study: A survey of Typhlotriton spelaeus,” $740.00 |
| 2001: | Awarded by the Oklahoma City Zoological Society, Fenolio, D.B., M. Walvoord, and J.F. Stout “Phytotelmic communities in Madagascar’s rainforest canopies” (French Canopy Raft Program, Madagascar) $3,500.00 |
| 2001: | Awarded by the Oklahoma City Zoo – Wildlife Conservation Fund, Fenolio, D.B., M. Walvoord, and J.F. Stout “Phytotelmic communities in Madagascar’s rainforest canopies” (French Canopy Raft Program, Madagascar) $1,000.00 |
| 2001: | Awarded by a private donor (request to remain anonymous), Fenolio, D.B., M. Walvoord, and J. Stout “Phytotelmic communities in Madagascar’s rainforest canopies” (French Canopy Raft Program, Madagascar) $2,000.00 |
| 2001: | Awarded by the University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate (Research Grant), Fenolio, D., M. Walvoord, and J. Stout “Phytotelmic communities in Madagascar’s rainforest canopies” (French Canopy Raft Program, Madagascar) $125.00 |
| 2001: | Awarded by the University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate (Travel Grant), Fenolio, D.B. “Population ecology of the Grotto Salamander, Eurycea spelaeus” $250.00 |
| 2000: | Awarded by the Systema Naturae – Brazil, Fenolio, D.B. “Population ecology of the Grotto Salamander, Eurycea spelaeus” $1,100.00 |
| 2000: | Awarded by the University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate (Research Grant), “Population ecology of the Grotto Salamander, Eurycea spelaeus” $400.00 |
| 2006: | Best Published Graduate Student Paper, University of Miami, Department of Biology |
| 2006: | Tropical Biology Fellowship, University of Miami, Department of Biology |
| 2006: | Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Miami, Department of Biology |
| 2005: | Josef Laszlo Memorial Award - International Herpetological Symposium |
| 2005: | Best Published Graduate Student Paper, University of Miami, Deptartment of Biology |
| 2004: | University of Miami Provost Travel Award: $300.00 |
| 2004: | Kriloff Travel Scholarship, University of Miami: $200.00 |
| 2004: | Blanche Adams Zoological Summer Scholarship -- University of Oklahoma: $2,500.00 |
| 2003: | Blanche Adams Zoological Annual Scholarship -- University of Oklahoma: $1,000.00 |
| 2002: | Highlands Biological Station: half tuition scholarship for Plethodontid Salamander Biology: $200.00 |
| 2001: | Blanche Adams Zoological Summer Scholarship -- University of Oklahoma: $2,500.00 |
| 1994: | Josef Laszlo Memorial Award - International Herpetological Symposium |
Niemiller, M.L., M.S. Osbourn, D.B. Fenolio, T.K. Pauley, B.T. Miller, and J.R. Holsinger. 2010.
Conservation status and habitat use of the West Virginia Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus) and Spring Salamander (G. porphyriticus) in General Davis Cave, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 5(1): 32–43.
Graening, G.O. D.B. Fenolio, M.L. Niemiller, and A.V. Brown. 2010. Analysis of the 30-year recovery effort for the Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae), with current distribution, population dynamics, and status of this threatened species. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 87: 55–88.
Slay, M.E., G.O. Graening, and D.B. Fenolio. 2009. New state record and western range extension for
Pseudosinella dubia Christiansen (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Oklahoma, U.S.A. Entomological News, 120(5): 545.
Fenolio, D. and R. Bonett. 2009. Recent findings about the biology, ecology, and systematics of the grotto salamander, Eurycea spelaea. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Volume 1: 234–237.
Collier, B.A. and D.B. Fenolio. 2009. Sampling elusive species in karst environments: design and demographic modeling considerations. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Volume 1: 228–233.
Fenolio, D.B. and G.O. Graening. 2009. Report of a mass aggregation of isopods in an Ozark cave of Oklahoma with considerations of population sizes of stygobionts. Speleobiology Notes, 1: 9–11.
Niemiller, M.L., D.B. Fenolio, G.O. Graening, and B.T. Miller. 2009. Observations on oviposition and reproduction of the cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga, (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Arkansas and Tennessee, USA. Speleobiology Notes 1: 17–19.
Moreira, L.A., D.B. Fenolio, H.L.R. Silva, N.J. Da Silva Jr. 2009. A preliminary list of the herpetofauna from termite mounds of the cerrado in the upper Tocantins river valley. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 49(15): 183–189.
 | Fenolio, D.B., M.E. Walvoord, J.F. Stout, J.E. Randrianirina, and F. Andreone. 2007. A new tree hole breeding Anodonthyla (Chordata: Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from low-altitude rainforests of the Masoala Peninsula, northeastern Madagascar. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 120(1):86-98. |
Graening, G.O., M.E. Slay, D.B. Fenolio, and H.W. Robison. 2007. Annotated checklist of the isopoda (Subphylum Crustacea; Class Malacostraca) of Arkansas and Oklahoma, with an emphasis upon subterranean habitats. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, 87: 1–14.
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Graening, G.O., J.R. Holsinger, D.B. Fenolio, E.A. Bergey, and C.C. Vaughn. 2007. Annotated checklist of the amphipod crustaceans of Oklahoma, with emphasis on groundwater habitats. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, 86:65-74. |
Da Costa, M.C., D.B. Fenolio, J.T. Itamar, V. Viera Jr., H.L.R. Silva, and N.J. Da Silva Jr. 2006. Hyla albopunctata (Spotted tree frog), H. multifasciata (Many-banded tree frog), Barycholos ternetzi (Savage's Goiás Frog), Epipedobatea flavopictus (Cerrado Poison Frog) Predation. Herpetological Review, 37(2):140-142.
| Fenolio, D.B., G.O. Graening, and J.F. Stout. 2006. Coprophagy in a cave-adapted salamander; the importance of bat guano examined through stable isotope and nutritional analyses. Proceedings of the Royal Society-B, 273(1585):439-443. |
| Fenolio, D.B., H.L.R. Silva, and N.G. Da Silva Jr. 2006. Leptodactylus pustulatus Peters (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) with notes on habitat, ecology, and color in life. Herpetological Review, 37(2):140-142. |
| Graening, G.O., D.B. Fenolio, H.H. Hobbs, S. Jones, M.E. Slay, S.R. McGinnis, and J.F. Stout. 2006. Range extension and status update for the Oklahoma Cave Crayfish, Cambarus tartarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae). The Southwestern Naturalist, 51(1):94-99. |
| Lewis, J.J., G.O. Graening, D.B. Fenolio, and E.A. Bergey. 2006. Caecidotea mackini, new species, with a synopsis of the subterranean asellids of Oklahoma (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 119(4):563-575. |
| McAllister, C.T., C.R. Bursey, S.E. Trauth, and D.B. Fenolio. 2006. Helminth parasites of the grotto salamander, Eurycea spelaea (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. Comparative Parasitology, 73(2):291-297. |
| Cumberlidge, N., D.B. Fenolio, M. Walvoord, and J. Stout. 2005. Tree-climbing crabs (Potamonautidae and Sesarmidae) from phytotelmic microhabitats in rainforest canopy in Madagascar. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 25(2):302-308. |
| Fenolio, D.B., G.O. Graening, and J.F. Stout. 2005. Seasonal movement pattern of pickerel frogs (Rana palustris) in an Ozark cave and ecological implications supported by stable isotope evidence. The Southwestern Naturalist, 50(3):385-389. |
| Fenolio, D. and S. Trauth. 2005. Species account for Eurycea (Typhlotriton) spelaeus. In Lannoo, M. (ed.) Amphibian Declines in North America. University of California Press, pp 863-866. |
| Graening, G.O. and D.B. Fenolio. 2005. Status update of the Delaware County Cave Crayfish, Cambarus subterraneus (Decapoda: Cambaridae). Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, 85:85-89. |
| Andreone, F., D.B. Fenolio, and M.E. Walvoord. 2003. Two unknown arboreal frogs (genus Platypelis) described from the rain forests of northeastern Madagascar (Microhylidae: Cophylinae). Current Herpetology, 22(2):91-100. |
Fenolio, D. 2000. Bufo paracnemis - Feeding Behavior. Herpetological Review, 32(2):101.
| Fenolio, D. 1996. Captive Reproduction of the Orange-legged Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa hypocondrialis), and Development of a Protocol for Phyllomedusine Frog Reproduction in the Laboratory. Advances in Herpetoculture - Special Publications of the International Herpetological Symposium, Inc. 1:13-21. |
Bergey, E.A., G.O. Graening, and D.B. Fenolio. 2007. Faunal survey of Oklahoma caves and springs. Final Report presented to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Bergey, E.A., G.O. Graening, and D.B. Fenolio. 2006. Faunal survey of Oklahoma caves and springs. Annual Report presented to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Bergey, E.A., S.N. Jones, and D.B. Fenolio. 2005. Surveys and studies of Oklahoma crayfish and the grotto salamander. Final Report. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Project T-11-P-1.
Bergey, E.A., G.O. Graening, and D.B. Fenolio. 2005. Faunal survey of Oklahoma caves and springs. Annual Report. Submitted to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Bergey, E.A., D.B. Fenolio, and G.O. Graening. 2004. Aquatic cave invertebrate survey Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge and associated areas: 1-28 (Final Report). Presented to Steve Hensley and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Bergey, E.A., D.B. Fenolio, and G.O. Graening. 2003. Aquatic cave invertebrate survey Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge and associated areas:1-28. Submitted to: Steve Hensley and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Popular Articles (non-peer reviewed)
Leaf Litter Magazine — 2008. Life in the tree tops. Leaf Litter 1(2): 15–26.
National Speleological Society News — Fenolio. D. 2007. My photographic journey. National Speleological Society News, 65(7):22-24.The Vivarium Magazine — 13 senior-authored articles, 2 coauthored articles (e.g., Fenolio, D. 1998. The Vanishing Cerrado. Vivarium, 9(5):38–42. and Fenolio, D. and Ready, M. 1995. Night Hiking the Río Momón, Perú. Vivarium, 7(2):30–35,54).
Fauna Magazine — 2 senior-authored articles (e.g., Fenolio, D. 1997. The Hole Thing: Frog and Toad Microhabitats. Fauna, 1(1):4–15.)
Reptiles Magazine — 21 senior-authored articles, 1 coauthored article (e.g., Fenolio, D., J. Stout, and M. Walvoord. 2005. Life in Madagascars Treetops. Reptiles 13(6):58–69. and Fenolio, D. 1998. Notes on the Captive Reproduction of the Amazonian Milk Frog (Phrynohyas resinifictrix). Reptiles, April 1998:84–89).
2004-2007, 5 semesters: |
(T.A.) General Biology, University of Miami |
2007, 1 semester: |
Gulliver College Preparatory Academy (Honors Biology) |
2005, summer school: |
Graduate Mentor, Middle School Ecology Summer Camp, University ofMiami |
2003, short course: |
Introduction to Amphibian Biology, Middle School Biology Enrichment Program, University of Oklahoma |
2001-2003, 2 semesters: |
(T.A.) Medical Entomology, University of Oklahoma |
2000-2003, 6 semesters: |
(T.A.) Introductory Zoology Laboratory, University of Oklahoma |
2000, 1 semester: |
(T.A.) Animal Behavior Laboratory, University of Oklahoma |
1998, 1 semester: |
Instructor - Field Methods, Catholic University of Goiás, Goiania, Brazil |
Mentoring Undergraduate Research
2004-2008 Kelly Hillbun, Undergraduate assistant at the University of Miami. Kelly participated in heavy metal exposure experiments and tannic acid experimentation. She assisted in all aspects of the research projects and has graduated and been accepted into a graduate program at the University of Washington.
Fenolio, D. 2011. The Darwin’s Frog Conservation Initiative. 8 March, University of Georgia, GA.
Fenolio, D. 2010. Amphibians in our future, amphibian conservation at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. University of Maine, ME.
Fenolio, D. 2010. Life in the Dark. University of Maine, ME.
Fenolio, D. 2009. Amphibians in our future, amphibian conservation at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. October 13th, Morehouse College, GA.
Fenolio, D. 2009. Life in the Dark. The J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center. August 13, Newton, GA.
Fenolio, D. and R. Bonett. 2009. Recent findings about the biology, ecology, and systematics of the grotto salamander, Eurycea spelaea. The 15th International Congress of Speleology. July 19-26, Kerrville, TX.
Collier, B.A. and D. Fenolio. 2009. Sampling elusive species in karst environments: design and demographic modeling considerations. The 15th International Congress of Speleology. July 19-26, Kerrville, TX.
Fenolio, D. 2008. The Conservation of Darwin’s Frogs. International Symposium on Global Amphibian Decline. September 11-12, Santiago, Chile.
Fenolio, D. 2008. Amphibians in our future, amphibian conservation at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. October 24th, Eastern Kentucky University, KY.
Fenolio, D. 2007. Maintaining and breeding frogs in the laboratory. Florida Asociation of Lab Animal Sciences, July 20-23, Melbourne, Fl.
Fenolio, D., N.J. Da Silva, H.L.R. Silva, and L. Moreira. 2006. Herpetological diversity of the termite mounds of Brazil’s Cerrado. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparitive Biology, January 4-8, Orlando, Fl.
O'Reilly, J.C., C.R. Infante, D.B. Fenolio, and S.M. Deban. 2006. Prey capture in “macrophagous” tadpoles. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparitive Biology, January 4-8, Orlando, Fl.
Fenolio, D. 2005. Population ecology and behavior of the Ozark blind cave salamander, Eurycea spelaea. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparitive Biology, January 4-8, San Diego, CA.
Fenolio, D. 2004. Population ecology of the grotto salamander, Typhlotriton spelaeus. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, April 26 - May 1, Norman, OK.
Fenolio, D. 2003. The subterranean biodiversity of the Ozarks. Russian Academy of Sciences, December, St. Petersburgh, Russia.
Fenolio, D., M.E. Walvoord, J. Stout, and J.E. Randrianirina. 2002. A survey of microhabitats, herpetofauna, and stratification in northeastern Madagascar using the canopy raft program. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 3-8, Kansas City, MO.
Fenolio, D. 1999. Amphibian decline – proposed mechanisms behind the phenomenon. De Saisset Museum, November, University of Santa Clara, CA.
O’Reilly, J.C., D. Fenolio, L.C. Rania and M. Wilkinson. 1998. Altriciality and extended parental care in the west African caecilian Geotrypetes seraphini (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparitive Biology, January 4-8, Denver, CO.
Fenolio, D. 1995. Amphibian ecology in the upper Amazon Basin. University of California at Berkeley’s Herpetological Group Meeting. February, Berkeley, CA.
Invited Presentations
| 2010 | Atlanta Science Café, Atlanta, GA |
| 2010 | Georgia Audubon Society, Atlanta, GA |
| 2010 | Chicago Herpetological Society, Chicago, IL |
| 2009 | Midwest Herpetological Symposium, Chicago, IL |
| 2008 | Chicago Zoological Society, Chicago, IL |
| 2007 | Board of Directors Annual Meeting, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA |
| 2007 | Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2007 | Calusa Herpetological Society, Estero, FL |
| 2007 | International Amphibian Days, Baltimore, MD |
| 2006 | Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo, New York, NY |
| 2006 | CBSG/WAZA Ex Situ Amphibian Conservation Planning Workshop, Panama |
| 2005 | Atlanta Botanical Gardens/American Frog Day, Atlanta GA |
| 2005 | International Herpetological Symposium, Phoenix AZ |
| 2004 | Chicago Herpetological Society, Chicago, IL |
| 2004 | San Marcos Caving Society, San Marcos, TX |
| 2002 | Las Vegas Herpetological Society, Las Vegas, NV |
| 2002 | Oklahoma Herpetological Society, Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2002 | Dallas Herpetological Society, Dallas, TX |
| 2001 | Oklahoma City Zoo Herpetological Conference |
| 1999 | South Nevada Herpetological Society |
| 1999 | East Texas Herpetological Society, annual convention |
| 1999 | International Herpetological Symposium, San Diego, CA |
| 1998 | East Texas Herpetological Society/Houston Zoo |
| 1998 | North Bay Herpetological Society |
| 1997 | Northern California Herpetological Society |
| 1997 | West Coast / United States Amphibian Day, annual meeting |
| 1997 | International Herpetological Symposium, Liberia, Costa Rica |
| 1997 | South Nevada Herpetological Society |
| 1996 | San Diego Zoo |
| 1996 | West Coast / United States Amphibian Day, annual meeting |
| 1996 | Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society |
| 1996 | South Nevada Herpetological Society |
| 1995 | Eugene Herpetological Society |
| 1995 | West Coast / United States Amphibian Day, annual meeting |
| 1995 | All Florida Herpetological Conference |
| 1994 | International Herpetological Symposium, New Orleans, LA |
| 1993 | Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society |
| 1990 | Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society |
| 2011: | China - Photographic Field Work for grant funded biodiversity book project |
| 2009-2011: | Chile - Darwin’s Frog Conservation Initiative field work |
| 2000-2011: | Ozarks and Arbuckles of Oklahoma/Arkansas - Subterranean Biodiversity Project / USFWS endangered species monitoring / documentation of subterranean biodiversity in caves (over 150 caves inventoried) |
| 2010: | Gulf of Mexico, US - Mesopelagic and benthic fish and invertebrate trawling photography for grant funded biodiversity book project with the University of South Florida, Tampa |
| 2008: | Tennessee & Alabama - Subterranean biodiversity surveys |
| 2007: | Monterey, CA - Mesopelagic and benthic fish and invertebrate trawling and photography for grant funded biodiversity book project with the Monterey Bay Research Institute |
| 2007: | West Virginia- Gyrinophilus subterraneus work in Greenbriar County |
| 2007: | Gulf of Mexico - Mesopelagic and benthic fish and invertebrate trawling photography for grant funded biodiversity book project with the University of South Florida, Tampa |
| 2007: | Tottori Prefecture, Japan - Photographic Field Work for grant funded biodiversity book project |
| 2007: | Monterey, California - Mesopelagic and benthic fish and invertebrate trawling and photography for grant funded biodiversity book project with the Monterey Bay Research Institute |
| 2006: | Ozarks of Missouri- Eurycea spelaea tissue collection |
| 2006: | Edward's Plateau of Texas- Stygobitic salamander work |
| 2006: | Madre de Dios, Peru - Dissertation data collection at the Los Amigos (CICRA) Biological Field Station |
| 2006: | Panama - Herpetological Field Work |
| 2005: | Brazil- Herpetological field work for the University Catolica de Goiás and Dr. N.J. Da Silva |
| 2003: | Russia- Herpetological collaborations, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 2001: | Masoala Penninsula, Madagascar- Herpetological field work on the French canopy raft program |
| 2001: | Brazil - Herpetological field work for the University Catolica de Goiás and Dr. N.J. Da Silva |
| 2001: | Puerto Rico - Private industry photographic work |
| 2001: | Bolivia - Herpetological field work for W.W. Lamar |
| 2000: | Brazil - Herpetological field work for the University Catolica de Goiás and Dr. Nelson Da Silva |
| 2000-2006: | Ozark Mts. caves, Oklahoma, Arkansas - MS project studying grotto salamanders (Typhlotriton spelaeus) |
| 1999: | Guatemala/Mexico - Photographic work |
| 1998: | Brazil- Herpetological field work for the University Catolica de Goiás and Dr. N.J. Da Silva |
| 1998: | Kenya - Herpetological field work for the University of California - Berkeley |
| 1998: | Uganda- Herpetological field work for the University of California - Berkeley |
| 1997: | Costa Rica - Photographic work |
| 1997: | Panama - Photographic work |
| 1996: | Peru - Herpetological field work for W.W. Lamar |
| 1995: | Peru - Herpetological field work for W.W. Lamar |
| 1995: | Ecuador - Herpetological field work for W.W. Lamar |
| 1995: | Hawaiian island of Oahu - Introduced Dendrobatid observations project |
| 1995: | Monterey, California - UCSC Natural Reserves internship, Anniella field study project with Dr. M. Fusari |
| 1995: | Santa Cruz Mts., California - UCSC internship, amphibian survey with Dr. M. Fusari |
| 1994: | Peru - Herpetological field work for W.W. Lamar |
| 1993: | Hawaiian island of Oahu - Introduced Dendrobatid observations project |
| 1993: | Costa Rica - Herpetological field work for W.W. Lamar |
| 1992: | Costa Rica - Herpetological field work for W.W. Lamar |
| 1991: | Peru - Herpetological field work for W.W. Lamar |
| 1990: | Hawaiian island of Oahu - Introduced Dendrobatid observations project |
| 1990: | Trinidad/Tobago - Photographic work |
| 1990: | Anza Borrego Desert, California - Biological field class/photographic work |
| 1989: | Mt. Lassen, California - Biological field class/photographic work |
| 1989: | Anza Borrego Desert, California - Biological field class/photographic work |
| 1988: | Anza Borrego Desert, California - Biological field class/photographic work |
| 1987: | Hawaiian island of Oahu - Introduced Dendrobatid observations project |
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Pedagogy & Course Development |
University of Miami |
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Endangered Species & Environmental Contaminants: Conducting Problem Formulation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) |
Society of Envrionmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
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Academic Grant Writing |
University of Miami |
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Ecotoxicology and amphibians |
University of Miami |
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Advanced Mass Spectrometric Analysis for Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment |
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
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Methods in Animal behavior |
University of Miami |
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Island biogeography |
University of Miami |
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Animal behavior |
University of Miami |
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Psychological statistics |
University of Oklahoma |
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Plethodontid salamander biology |
Highlands Biological Station - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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Evolutionary ecology |
University of Oklahoma |
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Conservation biology |
University of Oklahoma |
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Professional aspects |
University of Oklahoma |
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Physiological ecology "water balance" |
University of Oklahoma |
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Animal behavior |
University of California Santa Cruz |
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Evolution |
University of California Santa Cruz |
Fenolio, D.B., M.E. Walvoord, J.F. Stout, and F. Andreone. 2007. A new treehole Anodonthyla frog from the low-altitude rainforests of Masoala Peninsula, NE Madagascar. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120(1): 86–98.
Select Media Coverage of this Paper:
Fenolio, D.B., G.O. Graening, and J.F. Stout. 2005 (early electronic release). Coprophagy in a cave-adapted salamander; the importance of bat guano examined through stable isotope and nutritional analyses. Proceedings of the Royal Society-B.
Select Media Coverage of this Paper:
1) Nature - online news service (16 Nov. 2005) http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051114/full/051114-9.html
2) The Washington Post, Washington DC (20 Nov. 2005) http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/929191841.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+21%2C+2005&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=A.06&desc=SCIENCE%3B+Notebook3) The Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio Interview (26 Nov. 2005)
4) The San Diego Union Tribune, California (23 Nov. 2005) http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051123/news_1c23scibrief.html
5) Bat Conservation International (18 Nov. 2005) http://www.batcon.org/index.php/component/mailing/?task=_viewArticle&ArticleID=1023
Fenolio’s canopy ecology work with the French Canopy Raft program in Madagascar covered in a film.
Media Coverage: The 2005 British Broadcasting Company film: “Madagascar: A Treetop Odyssey.”
Fenolio’s work with the discovery of several new species of groundwater invertebrates in the Ozarks of Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Media Coverage: The Nature Conservancy Magazine ‘04 (54(1):15), “New Species Found in Ozarks Cave.”
Fenolio’s canopy ecology work with the French Canopy Raft program in Madagascar covered in a film.
Media Coverage: The 2003 Gedeon Company film, “Madagascar, A Treetop Odyssey.”
Fenolio’s work with the discovery of several new species of groundwater invertebrates in the Ozarks of Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Media Coverage: The Daily Guard, Arkansas (30 Sep. ’03): “Scientists Find New Species in Cave City.”
Fenolio’s work with the discovery of several new species of groundwater invertebrates in the Ozarks of Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Media Coverage: Story featured in the Tulsa World, Oklahoma (17 Feb. ’02): “New Species?; Cave-dwelling crayfish may be new member of family tree”
Fenolio’s work with the ecology and reproduction of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona).
Media Coverage:
1) Story featured in Science 283: 623. (29 Jan. 1999) “Meeting spotlights creatures great and small.” By Elizabeth Pennisi.
2) Story featured in the San Jose Mercury News, California (23 Mar. ’99): “A fine can of worms. San Jose man’s passion for frogs and their cousins, the caecilians, helps biologists leap to new conclusions that may lead to better understanding of amphibians’ gradual decline.”
2006-present: National Speleological Society
2001-present: Herpetologists League
1998-present: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles