Faculty & Research
Michael Reed
Professor
Avian ecology and conservation biology
Graduate Research Area:
Conservation
and the Environment and
Ecology, Behavior and Evolution
Research Interests
Prof. Reed is interested in a wide variety of conservation
related research problems. Most of his research focuses on
identifying characteristics of species that put them at risk to
human-caused threats, understanding why (or how) these
characteristics put a species at risk, and to determining how
best to reduce the risk.
Michael has been working, in particular, on the effects of
habitat loss and fragmentation on extinction risk and population
viability, and on the importance of animal behavior in
extinction risk and conservation. Although he is primarily a
"bird" person, some of his recent students worked (or work) on
amphibians, moss, and butterflies. Prof. Reed has worked in
forests and wetlands, evaluating habitat loss and fragmentation
as well as the impacts of grazing, logging, and suburban sprawl
on biodiversity.
Courses
Biology 7: Environmental Biology
Biology 91: Seminar in Environmental Preservation and Improvement
Biology 144: Principles of Conservation Biology
Biology 180: Seminar in Conservation Biology
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