Lawrence C. Wit

Professor

Physiological Ecology, Comparative Physiology
OFFICE: Extension Cottage
PHONE: 334-844-4269
E-MAIL: witlawr@mail.auburn.edu

Research/Interests

I am most interested in the investigation of those physiological mechanisms that allow animals to survive in unusual environments. I have particular interest in the overwintering strategies of ectotherms.

Completed Theses/Dissertations:

Jeffery C. Sellers, 1980, Circannual plasma T4 titers in the hibernating lizard Cnemidophorus sexileatus.
Isabel M. Ragland, 1980, Temperature acclimation and its proposed adaptive significance in Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linnaeus) and Anolis carolinensis (Voight).
Kay E. Killigan, 1981, Natural history of Cnemidophorus sexlineatus during hibernation.
Sherry S. Demastes, 1985, The overwintering strategies of two sympatric insects, Parcoblatta lata (Brunner) and Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger).
Kathryn A. Milly, 1990, Selenium in renal failure patients.

Selected Publications:

Wit, L.C. and J.C. Sellers, 1993, Thyroid activity during hibernation in Cnemidophorus sexlineatus. (Lacertilia: Teiidae). Pp. 283-291. In J. Wright & L. Vitt (eds.). Biology of Whiptail Lizards (Genus Cnemidophorus). Oklahoma Mus. Nat. History, Normal Oklahoma.
Etheridge, K. and L.C. Wit. 1993. Factors affecting activity in Cnemidophorus. Pp. 151-162. In J. Wright & L. Vitt (eds.). Biology of Whiptail Lizards (Genus Cnemidophorus) Oklahoma Mus. Nat. Hist., Normal Oklahoma.
Etheridge, K., L.C. Wit, S.C. Sellers and S.E. Trauth. 1986. Seasonal changes in reproductive condition and energy stores in Cnemidophorus sexlineatus. Journal of Herpetology 20 (4): 554-559.
Etheridge, K., L.C. Wit and J.C. Sellers. 1983. Hibernation in the lizard Cnemidophorus sexlineatus. Copeia (1) 206-214.
Wit, L.C. and J.W. Twente. 1983. Metabolic responses of hibernating Citellus lateralis to lowered environmental temperatures. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. 74A:823-827.

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