Office: MSB 301-A
Phone: (843) 661-1418
Fax: (843) 661-4616
email: jcamper@fmarion.edu
Education
B. S. 1982 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
M. A. 1985 Drake University
Ph. D. 1990 Texas A&M University
Courses taught at FMU
Introduction to Life Science (Biol 105)
Organismal Biology (Biol 106)
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (Bio 305)
Herpetology (Biol 312)
Field Biology (Biol 314)
Genetics (Biol 401)
Evolutionary Biology (Biol 409)
Research interests
My research interests include the conservation biology, ecology, and systematics of amphibians and reptiles. I am working with undergraduate students concerning movements and habitat use of the redbelly watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster) at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center which is an experimental farm owned by Clemson University. We are using radiotelemetry to quantify how much terrestrial habitat this species uses. The redbelly watersnake should be an important organism for the biological delineation of terrestrial buffer zones around wetlands.
Selected publications and presentations
Camper, J. D. and J. R. Dixon. Clutch and ovum sizes of three species of striped whipsnakes, Masticophis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist (In Press).
Camper. J. D. 2001. County records of amphibians and reptiles from northeastern South Carolina. Herpetological Review. 32(3):200-201.
Camper, J. D. 1996. Masticophis bilineatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 637.1-637.4.
Camper, J. D. 1996. Masticophis schotti. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 638.1-638.4.
Camper, J. D. 1996. Masticophis taeniatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 639.1-639.6.
Camper, J. D. 1996. Effects of Forest Management Practices on Herpetofaunal Diversity: Preliminary Observations from the South Carolina Sandhills. Presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Society of the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Camper, J. D. and B. G. Hanks. 1995. Variation in the nucleolar organizer region among New World snakes. J. Herpetol. 29(3):468-471.
Camper, J. D. and J. R. Dixon. 1994. Geographic variation and systematics in the striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus) complex. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 63(1):1-48.
Camper, J. D., R. C. Barber, L. R. Richardson, and J. R. Gold. 1993. Mitochondrial DNA variation among red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) from the Gulf of Mexico. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 2:154-161.
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