Professor Emeritus
Department of Biological Sciences
Towson University
Towson, MD 21252 USA
Office: Smith 255
Phone: 410-704-2385
Fax: 410-704-2405
email: dforester@towson.edu
Education:
Postdoc University of Missouri
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
M.S. Texas Tech University
B.A. Texas Tech University
Courses Taught:
General Zoology
Herpetology
Animal Behavior
Undergraduate Seminar
Graduate Seminar
Research Interests:
Behavioral ecology of amphibians and reptiles. Areas of focus: (1) Amphibian mating systems, (2) Parental care in salamanders, (3) Home range and activity patterns of amphibians and reptiles.
Publications:
Forester, D.C., Snodgrass, J.W., Marsalek, K., and Z. Lanham.. 2006. The post-breeding dispersal and summer home range of female American toads (Bufo americanus). Northeastern Naturalist 13(1)9-72.
Otto, Clint R. V., Forester, Don C. and Joel W. Snodgrass. 2007. Influence of Wetland and Landscape Characteristics on the Distribution of Carpenter Frogs. Wetlands 27(2):261-269.
Otto, Clint R.V., Snodgrass, Joel W., Forester, Don C., Mitchell, Joseph C., and Robert W. Miller. 2007. Climatic variation and the distribution of an anuran polyploidy complex. Journal of Animal Ecology. 76:1053–1061.
Chattin, Elizabeth, Snodgrass, Joel W. and Don C. Forester. 2007. Distribution of a rare salamander, Eurycea junaluska: Implications for past impacts of river channelization and impoundment. Copeia, 2007(4), pp. 952–958.
Snodgrass, Joel W, Forester, Don C., Lehti, Megan, and Emily Lehman. 2007. Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) Nest-site Selection Over Multiple Spatial Scales. Herpetologica, 63(4), 2007, 441–449.
Forester, Don C., Cameron, Melissa and James D. Forester. 2008. Nest and Egg Recognition by Salamanders in the Genus Desmognathus: A Comprehensive Re-examination. Ethology, 114:965-971.Plenderleith, T.L. and D.C. Forester. 2011. Lack of evidence for the prior residence effect in the Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus). Ethology 117(6): 565-572.
Recent Graduate Students:
Clint Otto, University of Wisconsin, Stephens Point
Duncan Simpson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lynette Plenderleith, Lancaster University, UK
Undergraduate Students:
Lisa Chicarella