The Willi Hennig Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Phylogenetic Systematics of amphibians and reptiles. Comparative morphology with emphasis on the formulation of a general reference system for Biology using the genealogical relationships of Squamates. Biogeographic patterns and their relationship to proposed genealogies.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• 1997 A Floristics Road Guide from Shoshone to Mormon Point, Inyo County, California. In: Reynolds, Robert (Ed.) San Bernardino County Museum Quarterly Death Valley: The Amargrosa Route. 71-75 With Alan Romspert.
• 1996 Structure and Compositin of an East Mojave Desert Reptile Comunity on an Alluvial Fan: A Preliminary Report. Poster Presentation. Soda Springs Desert Studies Center.
• 1996 Explanation. Cladisitics Vol 11(2):211-218. 1995. With Steve Farris et al.
• 1995 Natural History Notes: East Mojave Desert (Granite, New York, and Providence Mountains, Kelso Dunes, Mid Hills, and Hole-in-the- Wall). San Bernardino County Museum Quarterly Vol. 42(3):43- 46.
• 1994 Xantusiid lizards; Concern for analysis and the search for a best estimate of phylogeny: Further comments. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 3(3): 272-275. With Brian Crother.
• 1993 The phylogeny of xantusiid lizards: The concern for analysis in the search for a best estimate of phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 1(4): 289-294. With Brian Crother.
• 1992 Placental development of the desert night lizard Xantusia vigilis. Published Abstract. Amer. Zool. Vol. 32:(5) pp. 152A. With James Stewart.
• 1991 Biological Background. IN: Shoshone and Tecopah Hot Springs; Background Information. Desert Studies Center Publication. April.
• 1991 The effects of ordered characters on phylogenetic reconstruction. Cladistics 7:243 - 265. With David Hauser.
• 1990 The effect of ordered characters on phylogenetic reconstruction: An example from the Iguania. Published Abstract. 4th International Conference on Systematics and Evolutionary Biology. University of Maryland. With David Hauser.

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CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Jason Wallace. Thesis Title: Population Abundance and Diversity of Reptiles in the East Mojave Desert, Soda Springs Area.

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TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Courses Regularly Taught

• Squamates of the East Mojave Desert

• Soda Springs Desert Studies Center
• The International Willi Hennig Society
• American Society of Ichthyologist and Herpetologists
• Herpetological Data Base
• San Diego Natural History Museum-Herpetology

Revised 7 April 2004.