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Professor of Zoology
Director of Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Phone: (405)325-8978
Fax: (405)325-7699
Current Research Interests and Subject Areas Available for Graduate Research
1) The major emphasis of my research has been life history and behavioral ecology of non-territorial lizards on islands. I have spent 17 years conducting research on several populations of ground lizards (Ameiva) in the northern Lesser Antilles. My research was one of the first long-term sexual selection studies that utilized a non-territorial lizard. Almost all studies to date have focused on territorial species. I was most interested in determining that factors that influenced body size in these lizards, specifically why males are larger than females. The long-term nature of the study resulted in a complete understanding of the life history of this species and a better understanding of the life histories of non-territorial lizards. My research in life history studies began as interest in the reproductive biology of reptiles, in general and I continue to have a broad interest in that area.
2) I also do applied research and have a particular interest in biodiversity and biotic inventory studies, especially as related to amphibians and reptiles. I have been involved in inventory efforts to gather data on species distributions and natural communities, in addition to invasive species in several countries and states (Pennsylvania, Dominican Republic, Anguilla, Paraguay and Belize).
3) My recent interest lies in the area of education and learning. I am interested in understanding how people learn about complex scientific ideas and how they retain scientific knowledge.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Selected publications:
Hulse, A.C., C.J. McCoy and E.J. Censky. 2001. Amphibians and Reptiles of Pennsylvania and the Northeast. Cornell University Press, xi + 419pp
Censky, E. J., K. Hodge, and J. Dudley. 1998. Overwater dispersal of lizards due to hurricanes. Nature 395:556.
Censky, E.J. and H. Kaiser. 1998. Lesser Antillean Herpetofauna, p. 181-221. In B. Crother, (ed.), Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego.
Censky, E.J. 1997. Female mate choice in the non-territorial lizard Ameiva plei (Teiidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 40:221-225.
Censky, E.J. 1996. The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the teiid lizard Ameiva plei: a test of alternative hypotheses, p. 277-289. In R. Powell and R.W. Henderson (eds.), Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. SSAR Contr. Herpetol. (12). Ithaca (New York).
Censky, E.J. 1995. Mating strategy and reproductive success in the teiid lizard, Ameiva plei. (Behaviour 132:529-557).
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