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Teaching ExperienceDr. Jones is dedicated to excellence in teaching, and has a taught a variety of biology courses, including general ecology, vertebrate zoology, invertebrate zoology and introductory biology. He has had additional experience teaching mammalogy, wildlife biology and parasitology. Organismal courses he teaches in Arizona are field oriented and emphasize original student research projects. He is convinced that quality teaching requires a thorough understanding of the natural history of the organisms being studied, coupled with an active research program and a strong commitment to the student. He has held faculty or research appointments at the University of Michigan Biological Station, the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, East Carolina University and Grand Canyon University. Research Interests
Tom Jones' early research interests centered on systematics, biogeography, and the evolution of life history variation. Although amphibians and reptiles have always been at the core of his research efforts, he is also interested in mammals and vascular plants. He has applied a variety of molecular techniques to understanding inter- and intraspecific variation in vertebrates. In the last several years much of his work has shifted towards population biology. Current projects are as diverse as a test of a mimicry hypothesis in plethodontid salamanders, population ecology of leopard frogs, population ecology of eyelash vipers, and long term ecological studies of Sonoran Desert perennial plants. He has conducted field research in Panama and throughout the United States and northern Mexico. Recent Publications
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