ABOUT ME
Dr. L.C. Marshall, Ph.D. University of Arkansas, 2012
Avian Behavioral Ecology, Bioacoustics and Behavior, Stream Ecology and the Aquatic Terrestrial Interface, Environmental Health and Toxicology
My research interests include studies of bioacoustics, behavioral ecology, stream ecology, and toxicology. The species I currently study in these contexts are the Carolina Wren, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Eastern Screech-Owl. The Carolina Wren and RFID technology have allowed me to study correlations of temperature and weather patterns to sexually dimorphic behavior and vocalizations of Carolina Wrens that accompany huddled pair roosting. Future research with Carolina Wrens will include other aspects of bioacoustics, mating and territorial behavior, sexual size dimorphism, winter morbidity, and daily time budgets. My studies of the Louisiana Waterthrush allow me to incorporate studies of riparian and aquatic habitat and the aquatic-terrestrial interface along with impacts of anthropogenic change resulting from unconventional methods of natural gas extraction and effects of biomagnification and bioaccumulation of heavy metals and endocrine disrupting chemicals. Finally, owls fascinate me. My current research involves consideration of owl activity and brightness as it is perceived at night as luminance.
Conservation of Riparian Habitat and the Buffalo National River
Impacts of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on Wildlife
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Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Arkansas,
Completed May 2012
Title of Dissertation: Territories, territoriality, and conservation of the Louisiana Waterthrush and its habitat, the watershed of the upper Buffalo National River
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Kimberly G. Smith
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Aquatic-Terrestrial Interface and Trophic Dynamics: Waterthrushes and Macroinvertebrates
Master of Science, University of Arkansas,
Completed 2005
Title of Master's Thesis: Behavior and chip note vocalizations of female hooded warblers, Wilsonia citrina during nest defense.
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Kimberly G. Smith
The Life History of Nocturnal Raptors
Carolina Wrens, Winter Bird Ecology and Huddled Pair Roosting
Multivariate Statistics
Migratory Behavior of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl
The Louisiana Waterthrush and its relationship to the Watershed of the Buffalo National River.
Increasing retention of undergraduate students in the STEM fields through early experience in research, particularly in application to women, Native American tribal members, and minorities.
The History of Ornithology in North America
Environmental Toxicology and impacts of Endocrine Disruption on Behaviora and Reporductive Success in Birds
Bachelor of Science, Christopher Newport University, VA
Completed 1995
Title of Senior Thesis: The function of duetting in avian species.
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ronald Mollick