Clinton K. Meyer

Degree Program

Advisor:  Dr. Matt R. Whiles

Program:  PhD

Specialty:  Wetland Ecology

Research Work Abstract

Dissertation:  Plant and invertebrate community structure and ecosystem function in restored and natural slough wetlands: evaluation of restoration practices in the central Platte River Valley

Highlights

Publications:

Meyer, C.K., M.R. Whiles, and R.E. Charlton. 2002. Life history, secondary production, and ecosystem significance of acridid grasshoppers in annually burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. American Entomologist 48: 52-61

Whiles, M.R., M.A. Callaham, Jr., C.K. Meyer, B.L. Brock, and R.E. Charlton. 2001. Emergence of periodical cicadas from a Kansas riparian forest: densities, biomass, and nitrogen flux. American Midland Naturalist 145: 176-187

Callaham, M. A. Jr., M. R. Whiles, C. K. Meyer, B. L. Brock, and R. E. Charlton. 2000. Feeding ecology and emergence production of annually emerging cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia 123: 535-542

Education:

Dec. 1997:  B.S. Biology, Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska

Dec. 2000:  M.S. Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

Contact Information

E-mail:  clintonm@siu.edu

Office:   LSII 307

Phone:   618-453-4645