C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.

U.S. Geological Survey
7920 N.W. 71st Street
Gainesville, FL 32653

Educational Summary

B.S. Zoology University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 1971
M.S. Zoology Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 1972
Ph.D.  Zoology Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 1974

Professional Experience

1984-Present: Zoologist (Research), GS-15. Florida Integrated Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. (position previously associated with National Ecology Research Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Service; National Biological Survey; National Biological Service). Responsible for conducting research projects in the Southeastern U.S and Caribbean.
 
Project Leader, USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI), Southeastern US.
 
1986-Present: Associate Professor (Courtesy), Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.
University of Florida. Wildlife Techniques.
 
2002-Present: Associate Professor (Courtesy), Department of Interdisciplinary Ecology. University of Florida.
 
1991-Present: Doctoral Research Faculty. University of Florida.
 
1976-1984: Zoologist (Herpetologist). Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. Responsible for gathering data on status of reptiles and amphibians throughout the world; preparation of documents to list species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; preparation of status reports and summaries; specialist in ES Program on herpetological matters; conduct research as appropriate; editor of all ES Federal Register documents.
 
1975:  Visiting Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University. Vertebrate Zoology, General Biology, Mammalogy.

Honors and Professional Activities

1980, 1985,  Special Achievement Award
1987, 1992 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1985   Annual Award for Conservation. Desert Tortoise Council
1986   Quality Performance Award. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1990   Co-Chairman's Special Award. Gopher Tortoise Council
 
1998   U.S. Department of Interior STAR Award
2003   U.S. Department of Interior STAR Award
2004   U.S. Department of Interior STAR Award
 
Service:
Vice-President, The Herpetologists' League (2000-2001)
President, The Herpetologists' League (2002-2003)
Past-President (Member of Board of Trustees), The Herpetologists' League (2004-2009)
Editorial Board, Herpetologica (2004-Present)
Best Student Paper Committee, HL (1988)
Resolutions Committee, HL (1990-1994; Chair, 1993-4)
Board of Governors, ASIH (1990-1995)
Secretary-Treasurer, Southeast Div., ASIH (1990-1991)
Vice President, Southeast Div., ASIH (1991-1992)
President, Southeast Div., ASIH (1992-1993)
Editorial Policy Committee, ASIH (2005-Present)
Stoye Award Committee, ASIH (1991)
Committee on Environmental Quality, ASIH (1978-1991, 1993-1997)
Editorial Board, Copeia (1997-2002)
Board of Councilors, ISSCA (1996-2005)
President, ISSCA (2003-2005)
Editorial Board, Alytes
Board of Directors, SSAR (1998-2000)
Editorial Board, Journal of Herpetology (1993-1994)
Associate Editor, Journal of Herpetology (1995-2003)
Committee on Grants in Herpetology, SSAR (1978-1979, 1986)
SSAR Conservation Committee (1979-Present; Chair 1994-1998)
Seibert Prize Award Committee, SSAR (1992)
Editorial Board, Chelonian Conservation and Biology (1993-Present)
Editorial Review Board, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (1996-Present)
Editorial Board, Applied Herpetology (2002-Present)
Board of Governors, Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (1993-1998)
Best Student Paper Committee, Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (2000, Chair: 1993-1995)
Student Travel Award Committee, Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (Chair: 1993-1997)
Nominating Committee, Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (1994)
Scientific Committee, World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation, 1979, Washington, D.C.
Technical Advisory Committee, Western Atlantic Turtle Symposium, 1983, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Consultant, Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Recovery and Conservation Network (1984-1985).
Convenor, Roundtable on Conservation Problems, First World Congress of Herpetology, 1989, Kent, England.
Scientific Commission, International Congress of Chelonian Conservation, Gonfaron, France, 1995
Executive Council, World Congress of Herpetology (2005-Present)
Audit Committee, World Congress of Herpetology (2006-Present)
IUCN Freshwater Turtle and Tortoise Specialist Group (Full member)
IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group (Corresponding member, 1983-1989; Full member, 1989-1997)
IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (Full member)
IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibians Populations Task Force (1992-Present; Chair, Southeastern U.S. section, 1992-2000)

University/Student Activity

University of Florida
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL 32611 [College of Agriculture and Life Sciences]
 
Message to Prospective Graduate Students.
 
Program in Interdisciplinary Ecology [School of Natural Resources and Environment]
Major Advisor: 1 PhD (Ravi Kailas). 2 MS (Jason Butler, Yurii Kornilev)
 
Completed Degree:  4 MS (Elizabeth Domingue ['95];Charles Knapp ['99]; Alison Hamilton, ['00]; Ann Marie Clark ['06]). 3 PhD (Lora Smith ['99]; Steve Johnson ['01]; Charles Knapp ['05])
 
Committee Member:  8 MS (Robin Boughton ['97], Deborah Epperson ['97], Gregg Klowden ['00], Elizabeth Knizley ['97], Jamie Barichivich, Jennifer Staiger ['99], Brooke Talley ['05], Amber Pitt ['05]). 3 PhD (Krista McCoy, Mike McCoy, Amber Pitt)
 
Senior Thesis Advisor: Maya Zacharow ['02]
 
University of South Florida
Department of Biological Sciences, Tampa, FL 33620
 
Chairman of the PhD Defense Committee [serves as outside examiner]: Dawn S. Wilson ['96]; Pablo Delis ['01]
 
Alabama A & M University
Center for Forestry and Ecology, Normal, AL 35762
 
Committee Member:  PhD (William Sutton)

Academic Interests

Conservation Biology
Herpetology
Vertebrate Biology
Community Ecology

Research Interests

My research interests center on the evolution, ecology and conservation biology of reptiles and amphibians, with particular interest in how life history characteristics influence population dynamics. Life history characteristics in turn influence conservation options, and these biological constraints to conservation are of particular interest. I believe that animals must be viewed as interacting with a complex biological and historical environment, rather than within a series of poorly defined subdisciplines. The application of modern evolutionary biology to conservation integrates both the basic and applied nature of biology, an approach that I believe is particularly important. My dissertation topic centered on antipredator behavior, and I retain an interest in this area.

Recent research has involved landscape analysis of amphibian population status in the southeastern US; amphibian sampling techniques; inventorying and monitoring amphibian populations on federal lands; an analysis of the importance of life history characteristics to turtle and tortoise conservation; freshwater turtle ecology, population dynamics and conservation; community ecology of the herpetofauna of north central Florida; habitat use by snakes; status of the Red Hills salamander; sea turtle satellite telemetry; behavior in salamanders; and island colonization by herpetofauna in Florida and the Bahamas. My research has used a variety of techniques, from histology to drift fences to novel statistical analysis in collaboration with biometricians. I have more than 30 years of computer experience and use a variety of software programs for word processing, database management, graphics, and specialized ecological and statistical analysis.

Selected Publications

Dodd, C.K., Jr. and R.A. Seigel. 1991. Relocation, repatriation, and translocation of amphibians and reptiles: Are they conservation strategies that work? Herpetologica 47:336-350.

Dodd, C.K., Jr. 1992. Biological diversity of a temporary pond herpetofauna in north Florida sandhills. Biodiversity and Conservation 1:125-142.

Dodd, C.K., Jr. 1997. Clutch size and frequency in Florida box turtles (Terrapene carolina bauri): Implications for Conservation. Chelonian Conserv. &  Biol. 2(3):370-377.

Dodd, C.K., Jr. 1997. Population structure and the evolution of sexual size dimorphism and sex ratios in an insular population of Florida box turtles Terrapene carolina bauri. Can. J. Zool. 75:1495-1507.

Kuzmin, S.L. and C.K. Dodd, Jr. (eds.). 1996. Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union. Vol. 1. Pensoft Publ., Sofia, Bulgaria. 230 pp.

Kuzmin, S.L. and C.K. Dodd, Jr. (eds.). 1997. Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union. Vol. 2. Pensoft Publ., Sofia, Bulgaria. 190 pp.

Dodd, C.K., Jr. and B.A. Cade. 1998. Movement patterns and the conservation of amphibians breeding in small, temporary wetlands. Conserv. Biol. 12(2):331-339.

Dodd, C.K., Jr. 1997. Imperiled amphibians: A historical perspective. Pp. 165-200 In: G.W. Benz and D.E. Collins (eds.), Aquatic Fauna in Peril: The Southeastern Perspective Spec. Publ. No. 1, Southeast Aquatic Research Institute, Lenz Design and Communications, Decatur, GA.

Seigel, R. and C.K. Dodd, Jr. 2000. Manipulation of turtle populations for conservation: Halfway technologies or viable options? Pp. 218-238 In: M. Klemens (ed.), Turtle Conservation. Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, D.C.

Dodd, C.K., Jr. 2001. North American Box Turtles. A Natural History. Univ. Oklahoma Press, Norman. 231 pp. [soft cover edition issued in 2002]

Dodd, C.K., Jr. and L. L. Smith. 2003. Habitat destruction and alteration. Historical trends and future prospects for amphibians. Pp. 94-112 In: R.D. Semlitsch (ed.), Amphibian Conservation. Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, DC.

Waldron, J. L., C. K. Dodd, Jr., and J. D. Corser. 2003. Leaf litterbags: factors affecting capture of stream-dwelling salamanders. Applied Herpetol. 1(1-2):23-36.

Fonnesbeck, C. J. and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2003. Estimation of flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) survival,  recapture, and recovery rate during and after a disease outbreak. J. Herpetol. 37:602-607.

Dodd, C. K., Jr. 2003. Monitoring Amphibians in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. U.S. Geological Survey Circular No. 1258. 117 pp.

Dodd, C.K., Jr. and R. A. Byles. 2003. Post-nesting movements and behavior of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) departing from east-central Florida nesting beaches. Chel. Conserv. & Biol. 4(3):530-536.

Zacharow, M., W. J. Barichivich, and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2003. Using ground-placed PVC pipes to monitor hylid treefrogs: capture biases. Southeastern Nat. 2(4):575-590.

Dodd, C. K., Jr. 2004. The Amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Univ. Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 283 pp. 

Dodd, C. K., Jr., W. J. Barichivich, and L. L. Smith. 2004. The effectiveness of a barrier wall and underpasses in reducing wildlife mortality on a heavily traveled highway in Florida. Biol. Conserv. 118:619-631.

Dodd, C. K., Jr. and R. M. Dorazio. 2004. Using counts to simultaneously estimate abundance and detection probabilities in a salamander community. Herpetologica 60:468-475.

Schlaepfer, M.A., C. Hoover, and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2005. Challenges in evaluating the impact of the trade in amphibians and reptiles on wild populations. BioScience 55(3):256-263.

Dodd, C.K., Jr. and M.L. Griffey. 2005. The conservation of box turtles on public lands in Florida. Pp. 103-110 In: W. E. Meshaka Jr. and K. J. Babbitt (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles. Status and Conservation in Florida. Krieger Publ., Malabar, Florida.

Dodd, C. K., Jr. (ed.). 2005. The Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative. Proceedings of a Symposium held in Norman, Oklahoma, USA, 2004. Alytes 22(3-4):65-167.

Smith, L.L., W.J. Barichivich, J.S. Staiger, K.G. Smith, and C.K. Dodd, Jr. 2006. Detection probabilities and site occupancy estimates for amphibians at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Am. Midl. Nat. 155:149-161.

Steen, D.A., M. Aresco, S.G. Beilke, B. Compton, C. K. Dodd, Jr., H. Forrester, J.W. Gibbons, J. Greene-McLeod, G. Johnson, T. Langen, M.J. Oldham, D.N. Oxier, R. Sammure, F. Schueler, J. Sleeman, L.L. Smith, J. Tucker, and J.P. Gibbs. 2006. Relative vulnerability of female turtles to road mortality. Anim. Conserv. 9:1-5.

Redder, A., C. K. Dodd, Jr., D. Keinath, D. McDonald and T. Ise. 2006. Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata): A technical conservation assessment. [Online] USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. 54 pp. Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/scp/assessments/ornateboxturtle.pdf. Web published 16 May 2006.

In Press

Dodd, C. K., Jr., J. Loman, D. Cogălniceanu, and M. Puky. 200_. Monitoring Amphibian Populations. Pp. – H.H. Heatwole and J. W. Wilkenson (eds.), Conservation and Decline of Amphibians,  Amphibian Biology, Volume 9A, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales, Australia.

Dodd, C. K., Jr., A. Ozgul and M. K. Oli. 2006. The influence of disturbance events on survival and dispersal rates of Florida box turtles. Ecological Applications

Dodd, C. K., Jr. 2006. Remembering 'common' species during restoration: lessons from Egmont Key. Restoration Ecol.