Office: LSF 204-D
Phone: (843) 661-1408
Fax: (843) 661-4660
email: tknowles@fmarion.edu
Education
B.S., Biology, Wake Forest University, 1982
M.S., Biology, Wake Forest University, 1988
Courses taught at FMU
Introduction to Life Science (105)
Life Science Laboratory (115)
Organismal Biology (106)
Organismal Biology Laboratory (116)
Vertebrate Zoology (202)
Conservation Biology (210)
Field Biology (314)
Teaching/research interests
My interests include many facets of vertebrate biology, and conservation in particular. Conserving our heritage of biological diversity is a focus for both my teaching and research.
I have considerable field experience, from research on rare and endangered vertebrates in the southern Appalachians to field study of the behavior of tree squirrels in the rainforests of Borneo. I am particularly interested in tropical natural history, and have visited Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, and Costa Rica in the new world tropics. Birding and herping are my favorite travel activities.
I find teaching very rewarding, and I hope to inspire my students with enthusiasm for the beauty and diversity of living organisms.
Publications
Knowles, T. W. 1999. Twilight on Bald Mountain. The Sciences magazine March/April 1999:25-29.
Weigl, P. D., T. W. Knowles, and A. C. Boynton. 1999. The distrubution and ecology of the northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus, in the southern Appalachians. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, Division of Wildlife Management, Raleigh, NC.
Knowles, T. W. 1995. Review of Wild Forests: Conservation Biology and Public Policy, by W. S. Alverson, W. Kuhlmann and D. M. Waller (1994, Island Press). Growth and Change 26(3):470-472.
Weigl, P. D. and T. W. Knowles. 1995. Megaherbivores and southern Appalachian grass balds. Growth and Change 26(3):365-382.
Steele, M. A., T. Knowles, K. Bridle and E. L. Simms. 1993. Tannins and partial consumption of acorns: implications for dispersal of oaks by seed predators. American Midland Naturalist 130:229-238.
Knowles, T. W. and P. D. Weigl. 1990. Thermal dependence of anuran burst locomotor performance. Copeia 1990(3):796-802.
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