Department of Biology

Faculty

Glenn Marvin, Ph.D. Biology Department LSC 134 Phone: (501)450-5920 Fax: (501) 450-5914 Email: gmarvin@uca.edu

My primary research interests include the behavioral ecology and physiological ecology of salamanders (e.g., life history, site fidelity, courtship, territoriality, sexual dimorphism, interspecies competition, use of alarm chemicals in predator avoidance, thermal effects on locomotion, scaling and repeatability of locomotor performance, relative effects of tail autotomy on swimming and running performance).

Professional Activities (a link to another page of information, see next page)

Courses Taught: Biology for General Education

Recent Publications

Marvin, G.A., R.R. Whitekiller and V.H. Hutchison. 2004. Avoidance of alarm chemicals by plethodontid salamanders (genus Eurycea): importance of phylogeny, ecology, and methodology. Herpetologica 60(1):24-33.

Marvin, G.A. 2003. Aquatic and terrestrial locomotor performance in a semiaquaticplethodontid salamander (Pseudotriton ruber): influence of acute temperature, thermal acclimation, and body size. Copeia 2003(4):704-713

Professional Activities

Professional Preparation:

1996 Ph.D. in Zoology; University of Oklahoma
1990 M.S. in Biology; Eastern Kentucky University
1986 B.S. in Zoology; University of Kentucky

Appointments:

2004 Present: Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Central Arkansas
2002 2004: Assistant Professor of Biology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
2001 2002: Adjunct Biology Instructor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2001 2002: Adjunct Biology Instructor, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
1998 2000: Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
1997 1998: Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
1996 1997: Visiting Biology Instructor, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Publications:

Marvin, G.A., R.R. Whitekiller and V.H. Hutchison. 2004. Avoidance of alarm chemicals by plethodontid salamanders (genus Eurycea): importance of phylogeny, ecology, and methodology. Herpetologica 60:24-33.

Marvin, G.A. 2003. Aquatic and terrestrial locomotor performance in a semiaquatic plethodontid salamander (Pseudotriton ruber): influence of acute temperature, thermal acclimation, and body size. Copeia 2003:704-713.

Marvin, G.A. 2003. Effects of acute temperature and thermal acclimation on aquatic and terrestrial locomotor performance of the three-lined salamander, Eurycea guttolineata. J. Therm. Biol. 28:251-259.

do Amaral, J.P.S., G.A. Marvin and V.H. Hutchison. 2002. Thermoregulation in the box turtles Terrapene carolina and Terrapene ornata. Can. J. Zool. 80:934-943.

do Amaral, J.P.S., G.A. Marvin and V.H. Hutchison. 2002. The influence of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on the thermoregulation of the box turtle Terrapene carolina. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 75:273-282

Marvin, G.A. 2001. Age, growth, and long-term site fidelity in the terrestrial plethodontid salamander Plethodon kentucki. Copeia 2001:108-117.

Marvin, G.A. 1998. Territorial behavior of the plethodontid salamander Plethodon kentucki: influence of habitat structure and population density. Oecologia114:133-144.

Marvin, G.A. 1998. Interspecific aggression and spatial relationships in the salamanders Plethodon kentucki and Plethodon glutinosus: evidence of interspecific interference competition. Can. J. Zool. 76:94-103.

Marvin, G.A. and W.I. Lutterschmidt. 1997. Locomotor performance in juvenile and adult box turtles (Terrapene carolina): a reanalysis for effects of body size and extrinsic load using a terrestrial species. J. Herpetol. 31:582-586.

Marvin, G.A. and V.H. Hutchison. 1997. Plethodon kentucki. Natural History Note (Morphology). Herpetol. Rev. 28:199.

Marvin. G.A. 1996. Life history and population characteristics of the salamander Plethodon kentucki with a review of Plethodon life histories. Am. Midl. Nat. 136:385-400.

Marvin, G.A. and V.H. Hutchison. 1996. Courtship behavior of the Cumberland Plateau woodland salamander, Plethodon kentucki (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), with a review of courtship behavior in the genus Plethodon. Ethology 102:285-303.

Lutterschmidt, W.I., G.A. Marvin and V.H. Hutchison. 1996. Rana catesbeiana. Natural History Note (Record Size). Herpetol. Rev. 27:74-75.

Marvin, G.A. and V.H. Hutchison. 1995. Avoidance response by adult newts (Cynops pyrrhogaster and Notophthalmus viridescens) to chemical alarm cues. Behaviour 132:95-105.

Marvin, G.A. 1995. Plethodon glutinosus. Natural History Note (Morphology). Herpetol. Rev. 26:30.

Lutterschmidt, W.I., G.A. Marvin and V.H. Hutchison. 1994. Alarm response by a plethodontid salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus): conspecific and heterospecific schreckstoff. J. Chem. Ecol. 20:2471-2479.

Marvin, G.A. 1993. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. Geographic Distribution. Herpetol. Rev. 24:152.

Cupp, P.V., Jr., and G.A. Marvin. 1992. Chemical detection of predatory salamanders by two-lined salamanders, Eurycea cirrigera. Am. Zool. 32:8A.

Fields of Interest:

Anatomy & Physiology - animal ecophysiology

Animal Behavior - behavioral ecology

Ecology - physiological ecology, behavioral ecology