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BOB REED

Post-doctoral Research Associate
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
 Drawer E,  Aiken, SC 29802
Phone: (803) 725-2825
Fax: (803) 725-3309
E-Mail: reed@srel.edu

Education

  • August 2001    PhD, Auburn University (Biological Sciences)
  • 2000-2001        Fulbright Post-Graduate Fellow, University of Sydney
  • August 1995     M.S., Arizona State University (Zoology)
  • May 1991            B.A., U.C. Berkeley (Zoology/English)

Teaching experience

  • Summer 1999   Instructor, Natural History of Vertebrates (ZY 402): 4 lectures/week, 2 labs/week This was a senior-level course addressing origins and evolution of vertebrates, with emphases on phylogenetic relationships and present-day diversity in form and function.
  • 1996-1999   Teaching assistant, Auburn University, for the following laboratory courses: Herpetology, Vertebrate Natural History, Ecology, Genetics, General Biology.
  • 1992-1995   Teaching assistant, Arizona State University, for the following laboratory courses:  Herpetology, Field Ornithology, Vertebrate Zoology, Techniques in Wildlife Management, General Biology. Duties for laboratory courses at Arizona State University and Auburn University included preparing lesson plans, giving lectures, preparing and administering tests, taking students on field trips, offering individual help, capturing/collecting animals and plants, etc.

Research experience

  • 2000 Ecology of three sympatric species of sea snakes (genus Laticauda) in the Republic of Vanuatu.

  • 1997-2001  Dissertation research: ‘Macroecology of North American and Australian reptiles, with emphases on body size, geographic range, and conservation’

  • 1998-2000  Assistant curator of herpetology, Auburn University Vertebrate Museum, responsible for preserving and cataloguing specimens, administering all loans, and organizing collecting trips

  • 1998  Research biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  Designed and executed a radiotelemetric study of the ecology and movement behavior of the mangrove monitor lizard (Varanus indicus) on Rota, with special reference to its impact on the endangered Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi). 

  • 1994-1995 Collaborator on project addressing ecology and conservation of endangered rattlesnakes in SE Arizona (field and museum research)

  • 1994  Participant in nine week Tropical Ecology course offered in Costa Rica by the Organization for Tropical Studies, including numerous self-designed research projects

  • 1992-1993 Research assistant, Arizona State University. M.S. Thesis title: 'Ecology of the Grand Canyon rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis abyssus, in the Little Colorado River Canyon.'

Major Grants and Fellowships

  • 2001-2002   Invasive Species Risk Assessment Grant (for boas and pythons). Granting Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Principal Investigators R.N. Reed and C. Guyer ($10,250).

  • 2000-2001  Fulbright Fellowship for one year of research at the University of Sydney, Australia, working with Dr. Richard Shine (~$23,000).

  • 1999-2001  Auburn University Presidential Graduate Fellowship (~$4000/year).

Other Awards and Honors

  • 1st Prize, Outstanding graduate presentation, Auburn Research Forum, 2001
  • Grant-in-herpetology, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2001. "Conservation of sea kraits [Laticauda] in Vanuatu via production and distribution of educational materials" ($500)
  • Outstanding Presentation, All-Alabama Herpetology Conference, 1999
  • Member, Phi Kappa Phi National Academic Honor Society
  • National Science Foundation Travel Grant to attend 1997 World Congress of Herpetology ($1500)
  • Founder and first president, Auburn Herpetological Society
  • Graduate Student Association Research Grant, Arizona State University, 1994 ($1500)
  • Zoology Dept Research Grant, Arizona State University, 1993 ($500)
  • American Museum of Natural History Theodore Roosevelt Fund Grant, 1993 ($800)
  • Various competitive travel grants (Auburn University Graduate School, Auburn University
  • Dept of Biological Sciences, Auburn University College of Science and Mathematics, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: total ~$2800)
  • Student Director, U.C. Berkeley Marching Band, 1990
  • Chancellor's Scholar, U.C. Berkeley, 1986-1989

Presentations of research

  • 2001   Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Seminar Series
  • 2001   Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series. Auburn University.
  • 2001   Graduate Student Forum. Auburn University.
  • 2001   Australian Society of Herpetologists. Tasmania, Australia
  • 1999   American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  Pennsylvania State Univ.
  • 1999    Graduate Student Forum. Auburn University.
  • 1998    Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society (invited speaker). Auburn University.
  • 1997    Third World Congress of Herpetology. Prague, Czech Republic
  • 1997    American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  University of Washington.
  • 1997   Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series. Auburn University.
  • 1996  American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. New Orleans, LA.

Refereed Publications

Shine, R., H. Cogger, R.N. Reed, S. Shetty, and X. Bonnet. In press. Aquatic and terrestrial locomotor speeds of amphibious sea-snakes (Serpentes, Laticaudidae). Journal of Zoology, London.

Reed, R.N. In press. Observations of courtship and copulation in the Grand Canyon rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis abyssus. Herpetological Review 33.

Reed, R.N. 2003. Interspecific patterns of range size, species richness, and body size among New World venomous snakes. Ecography 26: 107-117.

Reed, R.N. and R. Shine. 2002. Lying in wait for extinction: Ecological predictors of conservation status among Australian elapid snakes. Conservation Biology 16(2): 451-461.

Shine, R., R.N. Reed, S. Shetty, M. LeMaster, and R. T. Mason. 2002. Reproductive isolating mechanisms between two sympatric sibling species of sea-snakes. Evolution 56(8):1655-1662.

Reed, R.N. and S.M. Boback. 2002. Does body size predict dates of species description among North American and Australian reptiles and amphibians? Global Ecology and Biogeography 11(1): 41-48.

Reed, R.N., R. Shine, and S. Shetty. 2002. Sea kraits (Squamata: Laticauda spp.) as a useful bioassay for assessing local diversity of eels (Muraenidae, Congridae) in the western Pacific Ocean. Copeia 2002(4):1098-1101.

Shine, R., R.N. Reed, S. Shetty, and H.G. Cogger. 2002. Relationships between sexual dimorphism and niche partitioning within a clade of sea-snakes (Laticaudinae). Oecologia 133: 45-53.

Reed, R.N. 2002. Effects of standard museum preservation techniques on length and mass of snakes. Amphibia-Reptilia 22(4): 488-591.

Reed, R.N. and M.E. Douglas. 2002. Ecology of the Grand Canyon rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis abyssus, in the Little Colorado River Canyon. Southwestern Naturalist 47(1): 30-39

Vogt, S.R., E.W. Campbell, R.N. Reed, and G.H. Rodda. 2001. New lizard records for the Mariana Islands. Herpetological Review 32(2):127-128.

Reed, R.N., J. Morton, and G. Desy. 2000. Use of monofilament snare traps for capture of varanid lizards. Micronesica 33(1/2):101-106.

Malmos, K.B., R.N. Reed, and B. Starrett. 1995. Hybridization between Bufo woodhousei and Bufo punctatus from the Grand Canyon region of Arizona. Great Basin Naturalist 55(4):368-371.

Manuscripts in progress

Reed, R.N. and A.D. Tucker. Submitted. Determination of age, sex, and reproductive condition in reptiles. Invited chapter (76 manuscript pages), for Measuring and monitoring biological diversity: Standard methods for reptiles. Smithsonian Institution Press, publication expected late 2003.

Moen, D.S, C.T. Winne, and R.N. Reed. Closely related but worlds apart: Evaporative water loss in the genus Agkistrodon (Serpentes, Viperidae). In preparation for Functional Ecology.

Holycross, A.T. and R.N. Reed. Growth and body condition of a threatened rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi obscurus) in Arizona and New Mexico. In preparation for Journal of Herpetology.

Reed, R.N., K. Bakkegard, and G. Desy. Evaluating impacts of an exotic predator on insular vertebrates: Diet composition of the cane toad (Bufo marinus) on Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. In preparation for Pacific Conservation Science.

Reed, R.N., J. Congdon, and J.W. Gibbons. Demography of alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii), and the myth of sustainable harvest. In preparation for Biological Conservation.

Boback, S.M., R.N. Reed, and C. Guyer. Patterns of body size extremes on landmasses: Evidence from insular herpetofaunas. In preparation for Evolution.

Greene, M. and R.N. Reed. Interspecific allometries of body size and their relationship to ecological niche divergence: evidence from a temperate snake community. In preparation for Oikos.

Refereed natural history notes

Reed, R.N. In press. Antaresia maculosa (spotted python): Reproductive output. Herpetological Review.

Keegan, K.A., R.N. Reed, A.T. Holycross, and C.W. Painter. 1999. Crotalus willardi (Ridgenose rattlesnake): Maximum Length. Herpetological Review 30(2):100.

Aresco, M.J., and R.N. Reed. 1998. Rana capito sevosa (dusky gopher frog). Predation. Herpetological Review 29(1):40.

Reed, R.N. 1998. Trimorphodon biscutatus quadruplex (lyre snake): Diet. Herpetological Review 28(4):206.

Book reviews

Reed, R.N. 2002. Review of: Franke, J. and T.M. Telecky. 2001. Reptiles as Pets: An examination of the trade in live reptiles in the United States. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 4(3):315-317.

Non-refereed material

Reed, R.N., J. Congdon and J.W. Gibbons. 2002. The alligator snapping turtle [Macroclemys (Macrochelys) temminckii]: A review of ecology, life history, and conservation, with demographic analyses of the sustainability of take from wild populations. Report to: Division of Scientific Authority, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Reed, R.N. and J.W. Gibbons. 2002. Conservation status of live United States nonmarine turtles in domestic and international trade. Report to: Division of Scientific Authority, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Reed, R.N., B. Yang, and J.W. Gibbons. 2003. Conservation status of live United States snakes in domestic and international trade. In preparation for: Division of Scientific Authority, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Reed, R.N. General Overview of Vertebrates. In preparation for Biology Matters! textbook series. Brown Partworks, London.

Activities and Interests

Rock climbing, jazz trombone, hunting, cycling/running duathlons, 19th century American literature, photography.

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