Jeffrey C. Nekola - Curriculum Vitae
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
(505) 277-6270 (Office)
(505) 277-0304 (Fax)
jnekola@unm.edu
EDUCATION:
1987-1994: Ph.D. (Ecology), University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Major advisor: Peter S. White. Thesis:
Ecology and biogeography of isolated habitats: fens and algific
talus slopes in northeastern Iowa
1983-1987: B.A. (Biology), Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Major advisor: Paula Sanchini. Senior Honors Thesis: Ecological and
floristic analysis of the 30th Street Woods, Linn County, Iowa.
POSITIONS:
2013- Editorial Board, Malacologia
2011- Editor for Pulmonate Gastropods, Zootaxa
2009- Associate Editor, Journal of Molluscan Studies
2007- Research Associate, Biology Division, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2005- Adjunct
Associate Professor, University of New Mexico
2004- Research Associate, Section of Molluscs, Carnegie Museum of Natural
2001- Board of Advisors, Seed Savers
Exchange
2000-2004 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin,
Green Bay
1994-2000 Assistant Professor, University of
Wisconsin, Green Bay
1987-1994 Research and Teaching Assistant,
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
1987 Field Assistant, Iowa
Pleistocene Snail Project.
1986 Intern, Department of Botany,
Smithsonian Institution.
HONORS
AND SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
R.T. Abbott Visiting Curator, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, 2009
Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2009
UNC-Chapel Hill Distinguished Graduate Alumni (Ecology), 2003.
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1987-1991.
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellow, 1987.
Phi Kappa Phi James R. Slater Fellow,
1987.
McElroy Graduate Fellow, 1987.
Suma Kum Laude Graduate, Coe
College, 1987.
Phi Beta Kappa, 1987.
Intern of the Year Award, Botany
Department, Smithsonian Institution, 1986.
Phi Kappa Phi, 1986.
RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES:
A. Publications:
1.
Peer-reviewed Books
Schlicht, D.W., J. C. Downey & J.C. Nekola. 2007. The Butterflies of Iowa. University of Iowa Press.
2.
Edited Volumes
Cameron, R.A.D., J.C. Nekola, B.M. Pokryszko & F.E. Wells.
2005. Pattern and process in land
mollusc diversity.
Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement
#68.
3.
Peer-reviewed Articles
Nekola, J.C., J.H. Brown, A. Kodric-Brown & J.G. Okie. In press. Global sustainability vs. the MDD: a response to Rull. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Nekola, J.C. In press. Overview of the North American terrestrial gastropod fauna. American Malacological Bulletin.
Nekola, J.C. In press. Biological Refugia. In: MacLeod, N., D.J. Archibald & P. Levin (eds), Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Extinction. Gale Publishing, Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Nekola, J.C. & G. Rosenberg. In press. Vertigo marciae (Gastropoda, Vertiginidae), a new land snail from Jamaica. The Nautilus.
Brown, J.H., J.R. Burger, W.R. Burnside, M. Chang, A.D. Davidson, T.S. Fristoe, M.J. Hamilton, S.T. Hammond, A. Kodric-Brown, N. Mercado-Silva, J.C. Nekola & J.G. Okie. In press. Macroecology meets macroeconomics: resource scarcity and global sustainability. Ecological Engineering.
Nekola, J.C. & B.F. Coles. 2010. Pupillid land snails of eastern North America. American Malacological Bulletin. 28:29-57. [Click here for color version -- ~9.25 mb]
Moses, M.E., C. Hou, W.H. Woodruff, G.B. West, J.C. Nekola, W. Zuo & J.H. Brown. 2008. A General Model of Ontogenetic Growth II: Estimating Model Parameters from Theory and Data. The American Naturalist. 171: 632-645.
McClain, C. & J.C. Nekola. 2008. The role of local-scale on terrestrial and deep-sea Gastropod body size distributions across multiple scales. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 10:129-146.
Stanisic, J, R.A.D. Cameron, B.M. Pokryszko & J.C. Nekola. 2007. Forest snail faunas from S.E. Queensland and N.E. New South Wales (Australia): Patterns of local and regional richness and differentiation. Malacologia. 49:445-462.
Nekola, J.C. & J.H. Brown. 2007. The wealth of species: ecological communities, complex systems, and the legacy of Frank Preston. Ecology Letters. 10:188-196.
Coles, B.F. & J.C. Nekola. 2007. Vertigo malleata a new extreme calcifuge land snail from the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the U.S.A. (Gastropoda, Vertiginidae). The Nautilus. 121:17-28.
Nekola, J.C. 2005. Latitudinal
richness, evenness, and shell size gradients in eastern North American land
snail communities. Records of the Western Australian Museum.
Supplement 68:39-51.
McMillan, M., J.C. Nekola & D.W. Larson. 2003.
Impact of recreational rock climbing on land snail communities of the
Niagara Escarpment, southern Ontario, Canada.
Conservation Biology. 17:616-621.
Nekola, J.C. & M. Barthel. 2002. Morphometric analysis of the genus Carychium
in the Great Lakes region of North America.
Journal of Conchology.
37(5):515-531.
Nekola, J.C. & P.S. White. 2002.
Conservation, the two pillars of ecological explanation, and the
paradigm of distance. Natural
Areas Journal. 22:305-310.
Nekola, J.C. & B.F. Coles. 2001. Systematics and ecology of Gastrocopta
(Gastrocopta) rogersensis
(Gastropoda: Pupillidae), a
new species from the midwest
of the United States of America. The Nautilus.
115:105-114.
Nekola, J.C. & P.A. Massart. 2001.
Distribution and ecology of Vertigo nylanderi
Sterki, 1909 in the western Great Lakes region. American Malacological Bulletin. 16:53-60.
Nekola, J.C. & T.A. Smith. 1999.
Terrestrial gastropod richness patterns in Wisconsin carbonate cliff
communities. Malacologia. 41:253-269.
Nekola, J.C. & P.S. White. 1999.
Distance decay of similarity in biogeography and ecology. Journal of Biogeography. 26:867-878.
Smith, V.H., G.D. Tilman & J.C.
Nekola. 1999. Eutrophication
impacts of excess nutrient inputs on fresh water, marine, and terrestrial
ecosystems. Environmental
Pollution. 100:
179-196.
Nekola, J.C. & D.W. Schlicht. 1997.
Ecology of Botrychium campestre on northeastern Iowa glades. The Prairie Naturalist. 28:77-89.
Judziewicz, E.J. & J.C. Nekola. 1997.
Recent Wisconsin records for some interesting vascular plants in the
western Great Lakes region. Michigan Botanist.
36:91-118.
Peck, J.H., J.C. Nekola & W.R. Thomas. 1997.
Additions to the Pteridophyte flora of Iowa --
IV. Journal of the
Iowa Academy of Science.
104:77-81.
Nekola, J.C. & D.W. Schlicht. 1996.
Distribution of Botrychium campestre in northeastern Iowa. American Fern Journal. 86:119-123.
Carter, J.G. & J.C. Nekola. 1992. Molluscan fauna of the Pungo
River Formation, Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. Pages 131-144 in: J.G. Carter and L.W. Ward (eds), Cenozoic molluscan biostratigraphy of the
North Carolina Coastal Plain.
Geologic field guides to North Carolina and vicinity, Field trip #8,
Southeastern Section, Paleontological Society. Department of Geology,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Geologic Guidebook #1.
White, P.S. & J.C. Nekola. 1992.
Biological diversity in an ecological context. Pages 10-29 in: Barker, J.R. and D.T. Tingey (eds),
Air pollution and biodiversity.
Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
Nekola, J.C. & T.G. Lammers. 1989.
Vascular Flora of the
Brayton-Horsely
Prairie: A remnant prairie and spring
fen complex in eastern Iowa. Castanea 54(4):238-254.
Peck, J.H., J.C. Nekola & D.R. Farrar. 1989.
Five Pteridophytes new to Iowa. American Fern Journal. 79(1):28-29.
4. Book Reviews
Nekola, J.C. In press. The moon in the Nautilus shell by Botkin, 2012. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
5. Non-peer-reviewed Articles
Nekola, J.C. 2007. A wildflower walk at Heritage Farm. Pages 11-22 in Seed Saver's Exchange Summer Edition Magazine.
Nekola,
J.C. 1997. Iowa Exotica.
Pages 73-74 in Seed Saver's Exchange Harvest
Edition Magazine.
Nekola,
J.C. 1996. Green Anarchy! Wapsipinicon Almanac.
6:156-158.
Nekola,
J.C. 1994. Echoes from Whitewater Canyon. Wapsipinicon Almanac.
5:134-143. (Reprinted
on pages 75-84 in the 1997 Seed Saver's Exchange Harvest Edition Magazine).
6. Technical reports:
Nekola, J.C. 2009. The Impact of ESE-6904/6905 Corridor Widening on Terrestrial Gastropod Biodiverity. Final Report, Natural Resources Consulting, Inc. 27 pages.
Nekola, J.C. 2009. Conservation prioritization of the Ontario and Quebec land snail faunas. Final report to Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 120 pages.
Nekola, J.C. 2008. Land snail ecology and biogeography of eastern Maine. Final report to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Bangor, Maine. 121 pages.
Nekola, J.C. & B.F. Coles. 2007. A preliminary study of diversity and phylogeny in the Vertigo paradoxa V. nylanderi complex in Eastern North America. Final Report, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul. 12 pages.
Nekola, J.C. and B.F. Coles. 2004.
Eastern Massachusetts Vertigo perryi survey. Final Report, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife,
Westborough, Massachusetts. 20 pages.
Nekola,
J.C. 2002. Vascular plant and land snail survey of the
Heritage Farm properties. Final Report, Seed Savers Exchange, Decorah, Iowa. 30 pages.
Barthel, M & J.C. Nekola. 2000. Scanning-electron microscope imaging of minute land snails of Minnesota. Final report submitted to the Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources..
Nekola, J.C., M. Barthel, P.A. Massart, and E. North
1999. Terrestrial
gastropod inventory on igneous outcrops in northeastern Minnesota. Final Report, Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul. 76 pages.
Nekola,
J.C. 1998. Terrestrial gastropod inventory of the Niagaran Escarpment and Keweenaw Volcanic Belt in
Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Final Report, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Small Grants
Program, Lansing. 133 pages.
Nekola,
J.C. 1996. Butterflies and skippers of peatlands in the Lake Superior drainage basin of
Wisconsin. Final
Report, Contract NMF-98189, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 146 pages.
Nekola, J.C., T.A. Smith and T.J. Frest. 1996.
Terrestrial gastropod faunas of Door Peninsula natural areas. Report submitted to Michael Grimm, Door
County Coordinator, Wisconsin Chapter, The Nature
Conservancy. 106
pages.
Nekola,
J.C. 1989. Bio-region preservation plan for northeastern
Iowa natural areas. Report submitted to
Dean M. Roosa, State Ecologist, Iowa
DNR.
Nekola, J.C.
1988. Final report, 1988 fen
survey. Report to Dean Roosa, State Ecologist, Iowa Department of Natural
Resources and Terrence J. Frest, Burke Museum of
Natural History, Seattle, Washington.
Nekola, J.C.
1987. Biomonitoring
study of Lespedeza leptostachya at the Freda Haffner Kettlehole Preserve: comparison of the 1985 and 1986 seasons. Report to the Science and Stewardship
Committee, Iowa Chapter, The Nature Conservancy.
Nekola, J.C.
1987. Vascular flora and
community descriptions of ten algific talus slope
sites owned by The Nature Conservancy in northeastern Iowa. Report to the Science and Stewardship
Committee, Iowa Chapter, The Nature Conservancy.
Nekola,
J.C. 1985. A summary of baseline information from a
study of the response of Lespedeza leptostachya
to fire management at the Freda Haffner Kettlehole. Report
to Science and Stewardship Director, Iowa Chapter, Nature Conservancy.
Nekola,
J.C. 1984. The
vascular flora of the 30th Street Woods and surrounding area. Report in the independent
Environmental Impact Statement on the effect of the Marion Bypass Project on
the 30th Street Woods by Cedar Rapids Audubon and Sierra Clubs.
Nekola,
J.C. 1983. Floristic analysis of a
sandy, native woodland at the Indian Creek Nature Center. Report to Director, Indian Creek Nature
Center.
B.
Grants
Determinants of species diversity at 14 spatial scales in tropical microsnails from endangered limestone habitats. M. Schilthuizen (NCB Naturalis), R. Etienne (University of Groningen), B. McGill (University of Maine - Orono), J. Nekola (University of New Mexico), J. Vermeulen (NCB Naturalis), T.-S. Liew (Universiti Malaysia Sabah), R. Clements (James Cook University). Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. 2011-2014. 235,000.
Wisconsin Land Snail Database and Status Surveys in the Driftless Area. K.E. Perez (U. W. - La Crosse) & T. J. Hyde (Wisconsin DNR), co-PIs. State Wildlife Grants Program, Wisconsin DNR. 2009-2010. $21,605.
Universal Diversity Patterns Across the Sciences. J. Harte (Berkeley), B. McGill (U. Arizona) & D. Storch (Charles U.) co-PIs. Santa Fe Institute. 2009. $12,000.
Genetic analysis of diversity and phylogeny of the Vertigo paradoxa - Vertigo hubrichti group in eastern North America. Brian F. Coles, co-PI. To: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2009. $5000.
Radiocarbon dating of North American terrestrial gastropod shells. J.S. Pigati and J.A. Rech, co-PIs. To: National Science Foundation. 2006-2009. $230,297.
Eastern Massachusetts Vertigo perryi
survey. Brian Coles, co-PI. To: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and
Wildlife, Westborough, Massachusetts. 2004. $2000.
Vascular
plant and land snail survey of the Seed Savers Exchange Heritage Farm. To:
Seeds Savers Exchange. 2000-2001. $5000.
Northwestern Minnesota terrestrial gastropod survey. To:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2000-2001. $19,500.
Scanning-electron microscope imaging of minute (<5 mm)
Minnesota land snails.
M. Barthell, co-PI. To:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 1999. $3000.
Microhabitat preferences of Vertigo nylanderi
Sterki, 1909 in eastern Wisconsin tamarack wetlands. M. Barthell,
co-PI. To: Lois Almon Fund,
Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Letters, and Sciences. 1999. $500.
Effects of recreational climbing on land snail biodiversity. D.W. Larson, co-P.I. To:
Access Fund. 1999. $1500
Collaboration
in Basic Science and Engineering (COBASE) grant from the National Academy of
Sciences for collaborative work with Dr. Vlastmil Ruzicka, Institute of Entomology, Czech
Academy of Sciences. 1998.
$2500.
Terrestrial gastropods of northeastern Minnesota basalt
cliffs. To: Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources. 1998. $3000.
Rare terrestrial gastropod survey of cliff and fen habitats
in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
To: Michigan Department of
Natural Resources. 1998. $4000.
Prince Visiting Scholar Fund, Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago. 1998. $400.
Glacial
relict land snails of the Niagara Escarpment and associated regions. To:
Green Bay Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1997. $4800.
Butterfly
and skipper inventory of wetlands in the Lake Superior drainage basin of
Wisconsin. To: Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources. 1996. $9000
Unique land snail faunas of the upper Lake Michigan basin. To: Wisconsin Chapter of The
Nature Conservancy. 1996.
$2000.
Ecology of glacial relict snails on the Niagara Escarpment in
Brown County, Wisconsin.
Tamara Smith, co-PI. To: Lois Almon Fund, Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Letters, and
Sciences. 1996. $1000.
The land snail fauna of northern Door County natural areas. To:
Wisconsin Chapter, The Nature Conservancy. 1995.
$2000
R.J. McElroy Excellence in Education Grant. 1989-1992. $11,000.
Big Sand Mound Lepidoptera Survey. To: Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric
Company. 1987. $1000.
C. Presentations
1.
Working groups, symposia and field trips organized.
Universal diversity patterns across the sciences. May 7-9, 2010. Center for Theoretical Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (co-organized with David Storch, Charles University).
Universal diversity patterns across the sciences. February 23-26, 2009, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico (co-organized with John Harte, UC-Berkeley, and David Storch, Charles University).
Pattern and process in global land snail biodiversity. July 11-16, 2004, in conjunction with the
15th World Congress of Malacology in Perth, Australia
(co-organized with Robert Cameron of the University of Sheffield).
Ecology
and paleoecology isolated habitats in the midwestern USA.
August 2-4, 2002, in conjunction with the American Institute of
Biological Sciences Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin
(co-organized with Diana Horton and Richard Baker of the University of Iowa).
The role of extent in ecological pattern and process. Ecological Society of America Meeting, August
6-10, 2001, Madison, Wisconsin (co-organized with Helene Wagner, Colorado State
University). Other participants: Jon Bossenbroek,
Martin Cody. Clifford Kraft, Michael Palmer, Helene Wagner, Jon Weins, Peter White.
Ecology and biogeography of isolated habitats in the midwestern USA.
Vegetation Section Field Trip, August 2-5, 2001, in association with the
Ecological Society of America Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin (co-organized with
Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina - Chapel
Hill).
2. Invited seminars, courses, and workshops.
Keynote Symposium,78th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Society. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Magnitude of North American land snail biodiversity. June 16-21, 2012.
Conservation Symposium, 78th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Society. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Issues in North Amercian land snail conservation. June 16-21, 2012
Top Lecture, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands (Heike Kappes, host), "Land snails, universal patterns of diversity, and the legacy of Frank Preston." April 27, 2012.
Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Dynamic Biodiversity training course, Leiden, The Netherlands (Heike Kappes, organizer), Diversity indices 101. April 24, 2012.
University of Maine - Orono (Brian McGill, host), The ten things every macroecologist should know about land snail biodiversity. September 23, 2011.
Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Michal Horsak, host), The ten things every macroecologist should know about land snail biodiversity. July 19, 2011.
Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden (Menno Schlithuizen, host), The ten things every macroecologist should know about land snail biodiversity. July 14, 2011.
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (Craig McClain, host), Evolutionary pattern and process in the Vertigo gouldii group of minute North American land snails. March 27, 2009.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Peter White, host), Universal diversity and the legacy of Frank Preston. March 26, 2009.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Gary Rosenberg, host), Evolutionary pattern and process in the Vertigo gouldii group of minute North American land snails. March 20, 2009.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Timothy Pearce, host), Tiny jewels: an introduction to the pupillid land snails of North America. March 12, 2009.
Seminar in Biological and Biomedical Sciences Lecture Series, University of New Mexico (Felisa Smith, host), Communities, complex systems, and the legacy of Frank Preston. April 11, 2007.
State University of New York at Syracuse (Don Leopold, host), “Ecological communities as complex systems: distance decay, emergent properties, and the legacy of Frank Preston.” March 22, 2007.
Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute (Craig McClain, host), Ecological communities
as complex systems. May 3, 2006.
Oklahoma EPSCOR Tallgrass Prairie
Retreat, Impact of fire management on grassland land snail diversity. March 9, 2006
Oklahoma
State University (Michael Palmer, host), Ecological communities as complex
systems: emergent properties, distance
decay, and the nitpicker naturalist.
March 8, 2006.
USDA NSF EPA Invasive Species PI
Meeting (organized by Michael Bowers), Using Gravity Models to Predict
Invasive Species Spread: the future
distribution of Zebra Mussels in Upper Midwest inland lakes. October 17-18, 2005.
Cherokee
National Forest Land Snail Workshop (organized by Ron Caldwell): Taxonomy of eastern North American Pupillidae, and
Management impacts on land snail biodiversity. April 6-8, 2005.
University
of New Mexico (James Brown, host),"Latitudinal gradients in eastern North
American land snail community richness, evenness, and shell size." October 29, 2004.
University
of New Mexico (James Brown, host),"Pattern and process in eastern North Amercian land snail communities." June 7, 2004.
Cincinnati
Museum of Natural History (Bob Genheimer, host),
"Pattern and process in eastern North America land snail
communities." October 21, 2003.
Illinois
Natural History Survey (Adrienne Edwards, host), "Effect of fire
management on grassland land snail diversity." April 12, 2002.
University
of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Peter White, host), "Distance decay as a
measurement of extent's role in community composition turnover." April 8, 2002.
Fire
Management and Conservation of Invertebrate Populations in Tallgrass
Prairie, Oak Savanna, and Aspen Parkland (organized by US Fish and Wildlife
Service): "Effect of fire
management on grassland land snail diversity." February 27, 2002.
University
of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Field Station (James Reinhartz,
host), "Land Snail Taxonomy and Ecology." June 1-2, 2001.
Colorado
State University (Jon Bossenbroek, host): "Organization scales in central North
American land snail communities."
April 16, 2001.
Miami
University (David Gorchov, host): "The role of historical and spatial
contingency on ecological pattern and process:
evidence from vascular plants, lepidoptera and
land snails." January 29, 2001.
McGill
University (Graham Bell, host):
"The role of historical and spatial contengency
on ecological pattern and process:
evidence from vascular plants, lepidoptera and
land snails." January 11, 2001.
University
of Toledo, Department of Earth, Ecological, and Environmental Sciences (Robert Sinsabaugh, host):
"Paleorefugia and neorefugia: the influence of historical contengency on contemporaneous ecological pattern and
process". November 9, 2000.
Northland
College - Sigard Olsen Environmental Center (James
Meeker, host): "Land snail
biodiversity in the Western Great Lakes".
March 30, 1999.
University
of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Department of Biology (Steven Solheim,
host) "Neorefugia and paleorefugia: fens and algific
talus slopes in northeastern Iowa".
October 9, 1998.
University
of Guelph, College of Biological Science (Douglas
Larson, host) "Species
diversity, community composition, and community turnover patterns of Great
Lakes land snails". March 13,
1998.
University
of Iowa , Department of Geology and Department of
Biology (Diana Horton, host) "Neorefugia and paleorefugia: fens and algific
talus slopes in northeastern Iowa" and "Preliminary investigations of
the community ecology of upper Midwest land snails". December 12, 1997.
St.
Norbert College, Department of Biology (Phil Cochran, host) "Land snail ecology". December 3, 1996.
Lawrence
University, Department of Biology (Bart DeStasio,
host) "Neorefugia and paleorefugia: fens and algific
talus slopes in northeastern Iowa".
October 6, 1995.
3. Papers presented at professional
meetings:
Brown, J.H., J.R. Burger, W.R. Burnside, A.D. Davidson, T.S. Fristoe, M.J. Hamilton, N. Mercado-Silva, J.C. Nekola, J.G. Okie, & W. Zuo. 2011. The ecology and biogeography of sustainability. 5th International Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Crete. January 7-11.
Nekola, J.C. 2010. Evolutionary pattern and process in the Vertigo gouldii group of minute land snails. Florida United Malacologists Meeting, Sanibel, Florida. January 29.
Nekola, J.C. 2008. The ten things every conservation biologist should know about land snail biodiversity. 74th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Society, Carbondale, Illinois. June 29-July 3.
Nekola, J.C. 2008. An introduction to the Pupillidae of eastern North America. 74th Annual meeting of the American Malacological Society, Carbondale, Illinois. June 29-July 3.
Pigati, J.S., J. Rech & J.C. Nekola. 2007. Radiocarbon dating of North American terrestrial gastropods. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado. October 28-21.
Nekola, J.C. 2007. The influence of body size on North American land snail distance decay rates. 3rd Meeting of the International Biogeography Society. Tenerife, Canary Islands. January 9-13, 2007.
Nekola,
J.C. 2004. Richness and evenness of eastern North
American land snail faunas. World Congress of Malacology. Perth, Western Australia. July 11-16, 2004.
Nekola,
J.C. 2001. Distance decay as a measurement of extent's
role in community composition turnover. 86th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Madison, Wisconsin. August 6.
Bossenbroek. J., C.E. Kraft and
J.C. Nekola. 1999. Forecasting the distribution of Zebra Mussel
infested inland lakes using a production-constrained gravity model. Meeting of the
International Association of Landscape Ecologists. Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Smith, V.H., G.H. Tilman, H. Pearl
and J.C. Nekola.
1998. Effects of eutrophication on fresh water, marine, and terrestrial
ecosystems. First
International Symposium on Issues in Environmental Pollution. Denver, Colorado.
Nekola,
J.C. 1996. Glacial relict land snails of the Niagaran Escarpment.
Fox Valley Ecological Society, Lawrence University. May 7.
Nekola, J.C., T.A. Smith and T.J. Frest. 1996.
Glacial relict landsnail assemblages along the
Niagaran Escarpment of northeastern Wisconsin. Conservation of Wisconsin's
Cold-Blooded Animals Symposium, Wisconsin Society for Wildlife Biology, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
March 2.
Nekola,
J.C., N. Bobb, R. Bradley, J. Corson, E. Damkot, L. Davie, D. Dudley, M. Hoffmann, J. Mueller, C.
Pickering, J. Smits, C. Steele, N. Versch and G. Wicker.
1995. Geostatstical Analysis of the County Butterfly Faunas of
Iowa. National
Meeting of the Lepidopterists Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 26-July 1.
Nekola, J.C. and S.K. Wiser. 1993.
Influences on habitat saturation in plant species of isolated
habitats. 8th
Annual U.S. Landscape Ecology Symposium, International Association of Landscape
Ecology, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
White, P.S., J.C. Nekola and S.K. Wiser. 1993.
Scale, biological diversity, and the distance decay of similarity. 8th
Annual U.S. Landscape Ecology Symposium, International Association of Landscape
Ecology, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Nekola, J.C. and J.G. Carter. 1992. Molluscan fauna of the early Miocene Pungo
River Formation. Annual
Meeting, Southeastern Section, Paleontological
Society, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Nekola,
J.C. 1990. Native lepidoptera
preservation on 'pathologically small' prairie reserves. 12th Annual Tallgrass
Prairie Conference, Cedar Falls, Iowa..
Nekola,
J.C. 1988. Biota of
eastern Iowa fen communities. 15th Annual Natural Areas Conference, Syracuse, New York.
Schlicht, D.W. and J.C. Nekola. 1988.
Big Sand Mound lepidoptera inventory
1987. Annual Meeting,
Iowa Academy of Science.
(Abstract #122)
Nekola,
J.C. 1987. Biogeographic
implications of refugial communities in eastern
Iowa. Annual Meeting,
Iowa Academy of Science, Grinnell, Iowa.
(Abstract #231)
Nekola, J.C. and D.W. Schlicht. 1987. Lepidopteran faunal composition for Iowa fen communities
and their biogeographic significance. Annual Meeting, Iowa
Academy of Science, Grinnell, Iowa.
(Abstract #230)
Fleckenstein, J.W., D.W. Schlicht
and J.C. Nekola.
1987. New information on wetland
butterflies. Annual
Meeting, Iowa Academy of Science, Grinnell, Iowa. (Abstract #228)
Nekola,
J.C. 1986. Status of Lespedeza leptostachya
at the Freda Haffner Kettlehole. Annual Meeting, Iowa
Academy of Science, Ames, Iowa.
(Abstract #38)
Nekola,
J.C. 1985. Analysis of the IDOT Environmental Impact
Statement for the 30th Street Woods, Linn County, Iowa. Annual Meeting, Iowa
Academy of Science, Waverly, Iowa.
(Abstract #46)
Nekola,
J.C. 1984. Habitat descriptions for six critically
endangered Iowa plants from new localities in Linn and Clayton counties. Annual Meeting, Iowa
Academy of Science, Iowa City, Iowa.
(Abstract #46)
Nekola,
J.C. 1984. Community analysis of a
sandy woodland at the Indian Creek Nature Center, Linn County,
Iowa. Annual Meeting,
Iowa Academy of Science, Iowa City, Iowa. (Abstract #47)
4. Non-technical Public Presentations
Baker Creek Spring Garden Festival, Mansfield, Missouri, The Garlic Universe: Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Stinking Rose. May 2-3, 2010.
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel, Florida, Land snail biodiversity February 3, 2010.
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel, Flroida, Tiny jewels: an introduction to the pupillid land snails of North America. February 5, 2010.
Philadelphia Shell Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tiny jewels: an introduction to the pupillid land snails of North America. March 19, 2009.
Seed Saver's Exchange Summer Convention, Decorah, Iowa, "Seeds of Complexity: SSE lessons from the tropical rain forest and the stock market. July 21-22, 2007.
Oklahoma Native Plant Society, Stillwater, Oklahoma. An Introduction to
Heirloom Peppers and Tomatoes.
March 7, 2006.
Kohler Food & Wine Experience, Kohler, Wisconsin. "An Introduction to
Heirloom Peppers." October
23, 2004.
Washington Hotel, Washington Island, Wisconsin. "Natural History of
Washington Island."
September 11, 2004.
Washington Hotel, Washington Island, Wisconsin. "Natural History of
Washington Island." June 5,
2004.
Ledgeview Nature Center, Chilton, Wisconsin. "Preservation of
Heirloom Vegetables in the Home Garden." March 20, 2004.
Kohler Food & Wine Experience, Kohler, Wisconsin. "An Introduction to
Heirloom Tomatoes." October
25, 2003.
Seed Saver's Exchange Annual Campout, Decorah, Iowa,
"Natural Habitats of the Twin Valley Farm." July 19-20, 2003.
Green Bay Botanical Garden, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
"Heirloom Tomatoes for Today." April 30, 2003.
Winnebago Audubon Society, Oshkosh, Wisconsin,
"Biodiversity of the Niagaran Escarpment." March 20, 2003
Door County Master Gardener's Association, Sturgeon Bay,
Wisconsin, "Heirloom Pepper and Tomato Gardening." October 22, 2002.
Baker Creek Garden Harvest Festival, Mansfield, Missouri,
"Heirloom Tomato and Pepper Gardening." August 12, 2002.
Seed
Saver's Exchange Annual Campout, Decorah Iowa, "Biodiversity of the
Heritage Farm Property." July 20,
2002.
Wisconsin DNR Naturalist Training Program, Potawatomi State Park, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, "Niagaran Escarpment Biodiversity." May 22, 2001
Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society Annual Banquet, Green
Bay, Wisconsin, "Biodiversity and the Heirloom Garden." May 9, 2001
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Festival, Mansfield, Missouri,
"Biodiversity and the Heirloom Garden." April 5, 2001
Garlic
Is Life Festival, Tulsa, Oklahoma, "Diversity and Culture of Domesticated Capsicum
Peppers." October 12, 2000.
Garlic
Is Life Festival, Tulsa, Oklahoma, "Garlic in the Wild: A Natural
History." October 15, 1999
Green
Bay Audubon Club, "Biodiversity of the Niagaran
Escarpment." February 11, 1998.
Nature
Conservancy Public Seminar held at Ellison Bay, Wisconsin "Biodiversity of
Wisconsin's Niagara Escarpment." October 11, 1997.
Green
Bay Garden Club, "Heirloom Tomato Preservation." September 22, 1997.
Seed
Saver's Exchange Annual Campout, Decorah Iowa, "Iowa Exotica." July 20, 1997.
Sturgeon
Bay Garden Club, "Introduction to Heirloom Tomatoes." October 9, 1996.
Brown County Extension Office, "Heirloom Tomato
Tasting."
September 22, 1996.
Seed Saver's Exchange Annual Campout, Decorah, Iowa, "Algific Talus Slope Ecology." June 30, 1996.
Presentation
to Baird School 5th Grade class on tree growth rates on arboretum grounds,
September 1995.
Instructor in 3-week Oneida Culture class for Oneida High
School, teaching wild plant identification, July 1995.
Presentation to local Explorer Scout troop on Ecological
Computing, February 1995.
Presentation to Baird School 4th grade class on Ethiopian
crop biodiversity and cooking, February 1995.
Participated
in job seminar at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September
1994.
5.
Consulting Activities
Valhalla Wilderness Society (2011)
Natural Resources Consulting, Inc. (2009)
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (2009)
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWEC) of Environment Canada (2008-2009)
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (2007)
Cuatro Puertas Heirloom Seed Bank (2005-)
Projects
Committee of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (1995 - 2003)
Advisor
to the Door County Land Trust
(1997 - 2003)
Ministry
of Tourism and the Environment, Tobago House of Assembly (1999)
Foth and VanDyke
for Crandon Mining Co. Environmental Impact Study (3 weeks of work documenting
vascular plants and lepidoptera on site; 1994)
Foth and VanDyke
for Crandon Mining Co. Environmental Impact Study (summer-long survey of rare
butterfly and skipper taxa of northern Wisconsin;
1995)
Biodiversity/endangered
species assessment for Niagaran Escarpment site at
Egg Harbor planned for condominiums by Egg Harbor Country Club. (1994)
Biodiversity/endangered species assessment for xeric old
field site near Sister Bay for Going Garbage, Inc. (1994)
D.
Manuscript/Proposal Reviewer (and year of activity) for:
American
Journal of Botany (2002, 2003)
American
Malacological Bulletin (2009, 2011, 2012)
American
Midland Naturalist (2003, 2010)
American
Naturalist (1998, 2010)
Annales Zoologici Fennici (2010)
Annals of
the Carnegie Museum (2003)
Applied
Vegetation Science (2004, 2010)
Basic and Applied
Ecology (2012)
Biologia (Bratislava) (2012)
Biodiversity and Conservation (2008)
Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society (2007, 2012)
Canadian Field Naturalist (2012, 2013)
Community Ecology (2006)
Conservation
Biology (2004, 2007)
Contributions to Zoology (2010)
Czech Science Foundation (2010, 2011)
Diversity and Distributions (2008)
Ecography (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Ecological Applications (2007, 2008, 2010)
Ecological Indicators (2011)
Ecology (1998,
2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Ecology Letters (2013)
Ecoscience (2001)
European Journal of Soil Biology (2011)
Forest
Ecology and Management (2004)
Frontiers
in Ecology and the Environment (2002, 2004)
Global Ecology and Biogeography (2007, 2010, 2011)
Global and Planetary Change (2007)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2010)
Journal of Animal Ecology (2007)
Journal
of Applied Ecology (2003)
Journal
of the Arkansas Academy of Science (2002)
Journal
of Biogeography (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Journal
of the Iowa Academy of Science (2000)
Journal of Conchology (2004)
Journal of Continental Malacology (2011)
Journal of Molluscan Studies (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012)
Journal of Tropical Ecology (2007)
Journal of Vegetation
Science (1996, 2001, 2002, 2006)
Landscape Ecology (1993, 2002)
Louisiana EPSCoR (2008)
Malacologia (2009, 2011)
Marsden Fund (2009)
Molecular Ecology (2010)
National Science
Foundation (2001, 2002, 2003)
National Science
Foundation Panel Member (2002)
Natural Areas Journal (2000, 2008)
Northeastern Naturalist (2010)
Oecologia (2008, 2011)
Oikos (2007)
Physica A (2011)
Proceedings of the 12th
Annual Tallgrass Prairie Conference (1990)
Proceedings of the 18th
Annual Tallgrass Prairie Conference (2002)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (2008, 2010, 2011)
Public Library of Science - One (2008, 2011)
Quaternary Science Reviews (2007)
Records of the Western
Australian Museum (2004)
Texas Journal of Science (2012)
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (2006)
The Nautilus (2006, 2009, 2011)
Western
North American Naturalist (2000)
Wetlands (1997,1999)
Zootaxa (2010)
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
A.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
Teaching Assistant for:
Number Title Approximate Semesters
Enrollment Taught
Biology 184 Conservation
Biology 30 S89
Biology 54 Ecology
and Population Biology 350 S92
B.
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Courses Taught:
Number Title Approximate Semesters
Enrollment Taught
008-362 Seminar
in Ecology and Evolution, 1cr 5 S95 S96
S97
F99 S00 F00
F01 F02 F03
204-310 Plant
Taxonomy, 3 cr 30 S95
362-102 Introduction
to Environmental Science, 3 cr 180 S98 F99 F00
F01 F02 F03
S04 F04
362-302 Principles
of Ecology, 3 cr 20-25 F94
F95 S96
F96 S97 F97
F98 F99 F00
F01 F02 F03
F04
362-390 Scientific
Applications of Computing
Team
taught with C. Kraft,
R.
Howe, J. Lyons, 1 cr each 50 S96
362-467 Ecological
Methods and Analysis 20 S99 S00 S01
S02 S03 S04
362-469 Conservation
Biology 5 S99
362-471 Biological
Resource Management I, 3 cr 25-30 F94 F95 F96
F97
362-472 Biological Resource Management II, 3 cr 25-30 S95 S96 S97 S98
362-492 Practicum: Mapping Biological Diversity, 3 cr 12 S95
362-492 Practicum: Cave
Fossil Analysis
Co-taught
with R. Howe, 1˝ cr each 6
F95
362-492 Practicum: Ecological Computing, 3 cr 5 S96
362-492 Practicum: Mexican Tropical Ecology, 3 cr 14 S96
362-492 Practicum: Land Snail Ecology, 3 cr 5-10 F96 S97 F97
S98 F98 S99
S00 S01 S02
S03
C. University of New Mexico:
Courses Taught :
Number Title Approximate Semesters
Enrollment Taught
Biology 310 Principles of Ecology 14 F10
Biology 506 Basic Graduate Ecology 12 F07
2.
Brief Descriptions of Principle Courses:
Seminar in Ecology and Evolution (008 - 362)
This course is designed to provide students in the graduate
program a chance to explore current ecological and career development issues
through readings of the current primary literature and through group
interactions. When teaching this course,
I have attempted to find a topic upon which the semester's activities can be
organized. Some of the sessions of this
course I led have been organized around (1) ecology of the natural communities
of the Upper Midwest; (2) scientific writing, including journal articles,
grants, manuscript reviews; (3) ecology of the natural communities of the Niagaran Escarpment
Plant Taxonomy (204-310)
This course is designed to teach the tools required to
identify and locate the vascular plants.
By the end of the term students were expected to (1) master the major phylogenetic classifications of vascular plants and the
methods used to arrive at these conclusions; (2) understand how taxonomic keys
and glossaries can be used to identify individuals to their correct species or
subspecies; (3) learn the herbarium and research skills needed to curate
specimens; and (4) be able to use various tools to predict and locate new
populations for a given species.
Introduction to Environmental Science (362-102)
This course serves as an introduction to the many and varied
scientific fields which constitute the natural sciences. In my approach to this subject material, the
first third of the class overviews the major attributes of the abiotic world which influence life, including geology,
water, air, soil, and the cycling of nutrients.
The second third of the class considers the major biological processes
which effect life including evolution, population dynamics, species
interactions, community dynamics, and food webs. In the last third, I considered in-depth two
environmental crises facing the planet:
(1) agriculture, and (2) biodiversity.
Each of these sections was be prefaced by an introduction from popular
media sources, and given the previous course content the accuracy of these
messages were then critiqued. Major innovations included a home page for
this class that was placed on the Web that included the course syllabus,
lecture notes from each day's presentation, and test answer keys.
Principles of Ecology (362-302)
This course introduces students to the basic underlying
principles of ecological theory and research, ranging from genetic to global
scales of analysis. Upon completion of
this course, students should be able to appreciate the natural world, including
the great diversity of species and the multiplicity of their adaptations,
understand how ecosystems work so as to be better able to predict the likely
impacts of human activity, and be able to use ecological principles to evaluate
the validity of popular ecological messages and theories. Subjects treated include: (1) population
genetics and evolution; (2) population dynamics of single species; (3)
relationships of organisms to their physical environment; (4) the interactions
of populations of different species; (5) the dynamics of communities; (6) flow
of energy and nutrients through ecosystems; and (7) factors that influence the
distribution of the major terrestrial and aquatic biomes.
Ecological Methods and Analysis (362-467)
This course introduces students to modern ecological sampling
and statistical techniques. Students
choose a research project for the term in which they will (1) construct a
bibliography of relevant primary sources for their research project; (2) write
a review paper based on these primary articles; (3) write a research proposal,
describing the scientific rationale and methods for their project; (4) conduct
field research and analyze results; and (5) summarize those findings in the
form of a scientific paper and poster.
Conservation Biology (362-469)
This course is the linear descendent of 362-471 and
362-472. In it students are taught both
important ecological principles underlying conservation biology as well as the
management and policy decisions which can be drawn from them. Topics to be covered include: (1) the patterns, measurement, and mechanisms
underlying biological diversity; (2) the measurement of genetic diversity and
its importance in species conservation; (3) the techniques used to identify
community patterns and dynamics; (4) disturbance ecology; (5) the ecology of
fragmentation and isolation, (6) optimum reserve design and management; (7) ex-situ
conservation and reintroductions; (8) community restoration; and (9) effect of
global/regional change on reserves. The
course will be capped by a weekend trip to northeastern Iowa and southwestern
Wisconsin to observe these principles in the field.
Biological Resource Management I (362-471)
This course provides students with the important ecological
principles which underlie the conservation of biological resources, including:
(1) the nature of biological diversity and the effect which modern society has
played on it; (2) the patterns, measurement, and mechanisms underlying
biological diversity; (3) the measurement of genetic diversity and its
importance in species conservation; (4) the techniques used to identify
community patterns and dynamics; (5) the cycling of energy and nutrients
through ecosystems; (6) disturbance ecology; (7) landscape patterns and
processes; (8) the ecology of fragmentation and isolation, and (9) processes
and patterns of cultural biological diversity.
Biological Resource Management II (362-472)
This course follows up 362-471, and considers the management
and policy decisions which can be drawn from the basic ecological principles
presented in the first semester. Major
topics include: (1) optimum reserve design; (2) optimum reserve management; (3)
ex-situ conservation and reintroductions; (4) community restoration; (5)
effect of single-species management on reserves; and (6) effect of global/regional
change on reserves. Students were then
expected to apply the principles/ideas presented during the first 1˝ semesters in a management plan a real Wisconsin area of
biological interest. Reports enumerated
the current biodiversity resources of the area, the threats faced to that
diversity, the steps currently being taken to minimize these threats, and
student critique of these steps, including recommendations on optimum
management strategies.
This course is centered around a
10-day trip to the northern limit of tropical forest communities near Ciudad
Victoria in northwestern Mexico. Most of
the time was spent at the Los Cedros and Canindo field stations operated by the Universidad de Tamaulipas and the Government of Tamaulipas. Time was also spent on Cerro Potosi near the
town of Galeana.
Prior to the trip, the class overviewed the scientific literature
concerning the major communities (Tropical Thorn Scrub, Tropical Deciduous
Forest, Cloud Forest, Oak-Pine Forest, Chaparral, Gypsum Outcrops, Spruce-Fir
Forest, Alpine Tundra) and animal groups (fish,
reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals) to be encountered.
Land Snail Taxonomy and Ecology (362-492)
Participants in this course assist me in processing samples
collected for analysis of land snail community structure. Students have helped process over 300 samples
collected from central Iowa to central New York state. Two students from this course have
co-authored papers which are currently in submission.
3. Graduate Research Advisor:
Johnathan Bossenbroek (completed
S99)
Angela Opiola (completed F03)
4.
Independent Study / Internship Advisor:
Eric Damkot, 6 credit hours
(Biogeography of Zebra Mussels in Belorussia, 2
semesters)
Joan Elias, 3 credit hours (Bird ecology in the Bad River
corridor, 1 semester)
Brian Gleason, 1 credit hour (Land snail community analysis, 1
semester)
Chad Herwald, 9 credit hours (Land snail
community analysis, 3 semesters)
Tamara Smith, 6 credit hours (Biodiversity patterns in land snail
communities, 2 semesters)
Neila Bobb, 3 credit hours (Fish population dynamics in Green
Bay, 1 semester)
Kraig
Kramer, 3 credit hours
(Internship for setting up LS219 computer network, 1 semester)
Matt Barthel, 4 credit hours (Seed bank of
Lake Michigan cobble beaches (1 semester) and
Geographic
variation in Carychium exile (1
semester))
5. Grants Solicited for
Classroom/Laboratory Modernization:
Co-author of grant (for $66,502) to create an
ecology / computer analysis lab at UWGB.
Submitted Fall 1994 and subsequently funded at
approximately $26,000.
Co-author of grant (for $35,000) to
complete ecology computer lab and to purchase ecological sampling equipment. Submitted Fall 1996
and subsequently fully funded.
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