Brian R. Warren
| Address: 1309 Gatewood Drive Apartment No. 1707 Auburn, AL 36830-2883 |
Phone: (334) 826-9922 |
| E-mail: salamander_hunter@yahoo.com |
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/salamander_hunter/index.html |
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Education
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University of Southwestern Louisiana
Biology, 1990-1991
Louisiana State University
Zoology and Physiology, 1991-1994
Bachelor of Science (1994)
Southeastern Louisiana University
Biological Sciences, 1995-1999
Area of interest: ecology and conservation biology of amphibians and
reptiles
Master of Science (1999)
Professional Experience
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Auburn University
Contract Research Biologist, 2000-present
installed a drift fence and monitored a funnel-trap array for the capture of
flatwoods salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum), a federally-listed
species; purpose of the project is to ascertain what amount of capture effort
is needed to determine whether flatwoods salamanders are present on a given
piece of property
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals/Office of Public Health
Sanitarian, 1999-2000
performed inspections of retail food establishments, grocery stores, day care
centers, and other venues to verify compliance with the Louisiana State
Sanitary Code
Southeastern Louisiana University
Research Associate, 1998-1999
maintained lab Macintosh computers and performed general labwork in a molecular
phylogenetics lab
Southeastern Louisiana University
Teaching Assistant, 1995-1998
organized and taught introductory zoology labs
Contemporary Herpetology
Copy Editor, 1998-present
responsible for editing manuscripts for grammatical and mechanical content
Professional Memberships
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Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians (1995 - present)
The Herpetologists’ League (1995 - present)
Society for Conservation Biology (1997 - 1998)
Society of Systematic Biologists (1997 - present)
The Willi Hennig Society (1999)
Publications
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in prep
Warren, B.R., Crother, B.I., and M.E. White. Archosaurs and the tetrapod phylogeny problem: new data and old hypotheses. [a paper I am currently revising based upon my thesis research]
Warren, B.R. and B.I. Crother. Methods in Vicariance Biogeography: The Caribbean Example. [a chapter on cladistic biogeography for a forthcoming text]
1999
Crea, M., Merler, J., and R. Quintana. 1989. Contribucion a la Sistematica de Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso 20: 75-80. [English translation by B.R. Warren; published in Contemporary Herpetology's information series]
1998
Warren, B.R. 1998. "Re-evaluating the tragedy of the commons." Conservation Biology. 12(6): 1168-1169.
Web Pages
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Synopsis of Caiman Taxonomy
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/cbd-evo-1.htm
In conjunction with Dr. Adam Britton’s information project on crocodilians, I
authored this non-peer reviewed article on the historical context of caiman
taxonomy and the present state of affairs.
References
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Dr. Craig Guyer, herpetologist
Auburn University
Department of Biological Sciences
Auburn, AL 36849
(334) 844-9232
cguyer@acesag.auburn.edu
Dr. Mary E. White, molecular/developmental biologist
Southeastern Louisiana University
Department of Biological Sciences
SLU 10736
Hammond, LA 70402
(504) 549-3508
mwhite@selu.edu
Dr. Brian I. Crother, systematic herpetologist
Southeastern Louisiana University
Department of Biological Sciences
SLU 10736
Hammond, LA 70402
(504) 549-2162
bcrother@selu.edu
Professional Meetings Attended
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HL-ASIH Joint Annual Meeting 1996 - New Orleans, LA, USA
meeting of the Herpetologists’ League and American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists; no presentation
SSAR Annual Meeting 1996 - Lawrence, KS, USA
meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; no
presentation
HL-ASIH-SSAR Joint Annual Meeting 1999 - State College, PA, USA
meeting of the Herpetologists' League, American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles;
presentation: oral, "Archosaurs and the Tetrapod Phylogeny Problem"