OPPORTUNITIES EXIST for Undergraduate and Graduate-level Laboratory Research Projects concerning some aspect of vertebrate morphology/anatomy. Highly motivated students are welcome to apply for course-credit at SDSU. Depending on the amount of time spent in the laboratory (and project content), up to 6-hours of course-credit can be earned towards your degree.

OPPORTUNITIES EXIST for Undergraduate and Graduate-level Field Research Projects. Projects should concern some aspect of non-game mammalian biology in South Dakota, but all projects concerning vertebrates, ecology, and/or morphology will be entertained. See below for some previous work completed in my lab.

SUMMER RESEARCH - This is not a formal field course. However, highly-motivated students who wish to (1) learn more vertebrate biology, (2) get involved in an active research program, and (3) learn number of field-census techniques, and are welcome to apply for course-credit at SDSU. Up to 6-hours of SDSU course-credit can be earned towards your degree. Students are expected to contribute significantly to the research and help summarize the data. Students are expected to submit their data for presentation at a scientific meeting which will result in a published Abstract of their work.

Distribution, Food Habits, and Roost
Site Selection by Bats in Eastern SD

Completed Masters Project: Vicki J. Swier

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Mist net interaction, sampling effort, and species of bats captured on Montserrat, British West Indies

Completed Masters Project: Roxy Larsen

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Regional disribution and monitoring of bats
along the lower Missouri River in South Dakota

Completed Masters Project: Brandon Bales

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Demographic survey of bats in Sioux Falls

Completed undergrad. research project: Jennifer Hollenbeck