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Xavier Glaudas

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802

Phone: (803) 725-5988
Fax: (803) 725-3309
E-mail: xavier@srel.edu

updated 12/19/03

Education:

  • 2001-December 2003 - Master's Degree in Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens GA. Major advisor: J. W. Gibbons.
  • 1996-2000 - Bachelor's Degree in Geography, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon, France. First Class Honor

Professional Goals:

  • Doctoral degree in Ecology/Zoology with the goal of pursuing an academic career.

Research Interests:

  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Herpetology
  • Viper Biology
  • Natural History

Professional Experience:

  • 2001-December 2003 - Graduate research assistant at the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Lab, Aiken SC. Duties include radio-tracking gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) on the Savannah River Site; population assessments of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in coastal South Carolina; long-term herpetological community analysis; herpetological inventories of the Southeast Coastal Network of the U.S. National Park Service; environmental outreach and education.

Scientific Affiliations:

  • Animal Behavior Society
  • Sigma Xi
  • Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)

Grants and Awards:

  • 2003 - Safety excellence in research (awarded for studies conducted on venomous snakes)
  • 2000 - Honorable mention at the Geography Undergraduate Conference at the University of Georgia
  • 2000 - Member of Gamma Theta Upsilon International Geographical Honor Society
  • 1999-2000 - Dean's List
  • 1999-2000 - Selected by the Université Lyon 3 for the international exchange program with the University of Georgia (with funding [$2000] provided by Rhone-Alpes Regional Council, France)

Scientific Presentations:

  • Glaudas, X. Habituation vs. consistency of defensive behavior of cottonmouth, A. piscivorus, to human disturbances.UGA Graduate Student Symposium, Athens GA, January 2003.
  • Glaudas, X. Do cottonmouths (A. piscivorus) habituate to human confrontations? Association of Southeastern Biologists, Arlington VA, April 2003.

Guest Speaker:

  • Animal Behavior (class at UGA) - Invited by Dr. Patricia A. Gowaty
  • Advanced Herpetology (class at UGA) - Invited by Dr. Robert N. Reed

Publications:

  • Glaudas, X. In press. Do cottonmouths habituate to human confrontations? Southeastern Naturalist.
  • Glaudas, X., and D.L. Wagner. In press. Natural History Note: Cottonmouth. Herpetological Review.
  • Glaudas, X., Farrell, T.M., and P.G. May. Submitted to Copeia. The defensive behavior of free-ranging pigmy rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius).
  • Glaudas, X., Fedewa L.A., and C.T. Winne. Submitted to Animal Behaviour. Ontogeny of anti-predator behavioural habituation in cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus).
  • Glaudas, X., and J.W. Gibbons. Submitted to Amphibia-Reptilia. Do thermal cues influence the defensive strike of cottonmouths?

Current Project:

  • Glaudas, X., and K.M. Andrews. Investigating growth patterns in cottonmouths in a seasonal wetland on the Savannah River Site.

Reviewer for:

  • Southwestern Naturalist
  • The Herpetological Journal
  • Herpetological Review
  • Smithsonian Institution Press

Guest Editor:

  • Southeastern Naturalist

Relevant Courses:
Animal Behavior, Population Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Statistical Analysis, Field Mammalogy, Field Ornithology, Insect Diversity, Biogeography, Natural History of the Hymenoptera, Climatology.

References:

J. Whitfield Gibbons
Professor of Ecology
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
P.O. Drawer E Aiken, SC 29802-1030
Phone: (803) 725-5852 or 725-5733
E-mail: gibbons@srel.edu

Patricia A. Gowaty
Distinguished Research Professor
711 Biological Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-2602
Phone: (706) 542-3365
E-mail: gowaty@sparrow.ecology.uga.edu

Terrence M. Farrell
Professor
Biology Department
Stetson University
DeLand, FL 32720
Phone: (386) 822-8171
E-mail: farrell@stetson.edu

John Pickering
Associate Professor
717A Biological Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2602
Phone: (706) 542-1115
E-mail: pick@discoverlife.org

Robert N. Reed
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Southern Utah University
Life Sciences 184 B
Cedar City, Utah 84720
Phone: (435) 586-7943
E-mail: reed@suu.edu

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