Jennifer Deitloff

 

Education

2008   Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Thesis Title: Ecological processes responsible for species co-occurrence patterns in two species of Plethodon salamanders.

Advisors: Dean Adams and Nicole Valenzuela. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.


2003    B.S. Zoology.

Research Title: Weather and changes in population size in Peromyscus leucopus and Microtus pennsylvanicus: a twenty year study.

Major: Biology, Emphasis: Zoology. Advisors: John Krenz and Brock McMillan. Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN.

Selected Publications

Deitloff, J. 2011. Sympatry between Two Wide-Ranging Salamander Species. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians 18: 6-11.


Graham, S. P., E. K. Timpe, S. K. Hoss, M. Alcorn†, and J. Deitloff. 2010. Notes on Reproduction in the Brownback Salamander (Eurycea aquatica). IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians 17:168-172.


Deitloff, J., M. Falcy, J.D. Krenz, and B.R. McMillan. 2010. Correlating small mammal abundance to climatic variation over twenty years. Journal of Mammalogy 91: 193-199.


Deitloff, J., J. O. Church, D. C. Adams, and R. G. Jaeger. 2009. Interspecific agonistic behaviors in a salamander community: Implications for alpha-selection. Herpetologica 65: 174-182.


Deitloff, J., D. C. Adams, B. F. M. Olechnwski, and R. G. Jaeger. 2008. Interspecific aggression in Ohio Plethodon: Implications for competition. Herpetologica 64: 180-188.

Teaching Experience

Organization for Tropical Studies, Duke University.

Feb. 2010      Resource Faculty, Graduate Field Ecology and Tropical Biology, Costa Rica.

April 2009      Resource Faculty, Undergraduate Tropical Biology, Costa Rica.


Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Spring 2011  Guest Lecturer. Ecology.

Fall 2010       Instructor. Herpetology.

Fall 2010       Instructor. Vertebrate Biodiversity.

Fall 2009       Co-Instructor. Herpetology.

Fall 2009       Co-Instructor. Vertebrate Biodiversity.

Spring 2009  Instructor. Geometric Morphometrics for Ecologists.

Fall 2009       Guest Lecturer. Vertebrate Biodiversity.

Fall 2009       Guest Lecturer. Herpetology.


Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Summer 2008          Lab Coordinator. Ecology.

Spring 2008             Instructor. Introductory Biology.

Summer 2005          Lecturer. Introductory Biology. As George Knaphus Fellow.