Chris Floyd

Education

• Ph.D. Ecology, University of California, Davis - 2003
• B.S. Zoology, University of Oklahoma - 1992

Courses

• Biol 110 Ecology and Evolution (pdf)
• Biol 211 Organismal Form and Function (pdf)
• Biol 365 Animal Behavior (pdf)
• Biol 410 Mammalogy (pdf)
• Biol 340 Ornithology (pdf)

Research - Behavioral Ecology

• Ecological relationships among red-naped sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus nuchalis), willows (Salix sp.), quaking aspens (Populus tremuloides), aspen heartrot fungus (Phellinus tremulae), and other species associated with sapsucker habitat in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
• Gene flow and population structure of the endangered Mexican fishing bat (Myotis vivesi) in the Gulf of California.
• Systematics and biogeography of island and mainland spotted skunks (Spilogale gracilis)
• Population genetics and social structure of golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis).
• Selected Publications:
  

  Losin N, Floyd CH, Schweitzer T, and Keller SJ. (2006). Relationship between aspen heartwood rot and the location of cavity excavation by a primary cavity-nester, the red-naped sapsucker. Condor 108:706-710.

  Floyd CH, Van Vuren DH, and May BP. (2005). Marmots on Great Basin mountaintops: using genetics to test a biogeographic paradigm. Ecology 86:2145-2153.

  Floyd CH. (2004). Marmot distribution and habitat associations in the Great Basin. Western North American Naturalist 64:471-481.