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Articles 1–20. Texas State University and Third Millennium Alliance - Ecuador - Cited by 894 - Bioacoustic Monitoring - Canopy Ecology - Conservation - Ecology - Wildlife...
About. My research interests lie in how anthropogenic disturbance impacts community and ecosystem ecology, and how these data can be used to support development of conservation management ...
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2012 Ph. D. Aquatic Resources, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. Dissertation: Environmental quality effects and the ecological context of a rainforest canopy bromeliad fauna. Advisor: Michael R. J. Forstner 2005 B. A. Biology, Texas State University, S Marcos, Texas. cum laude.
2020-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi 2017-2020 Director of Educational Research and Program Development, Third Millennium Alliance, Reserva Jama-Coaque, Manabi, Ecuador 2017-2020 Adjunct Professor/Extension Faculty, Texas State University-Department of Biology 2014-2017 Research Assist...
National Science Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowship (GK12). Texas State University. 2010-2012. Best Presentation, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles – Henri Seibert Award in Conservation – Living on the edge: Oil road effects on the abundance and occupancy of anurans inhabiting an upper canopy tank bromeliad (Aechmea zebrina) in ...
Benchmark, Inc. Detecting occurrence of Houston toads in Robertson County with development of avoidance and minimization measures for energy industry exploration and production. PI: M.R.J. Forstner (TSU Biology), CO-PI(s): S.F. McCracken(TSU Biology) and D. Rodriguez (TSU Biology). 2014: $440,671 Texas Parks and Wildlife: State Wildlife Grant. Usin...
McCracken, S.F. and M.R.J. Forstner. Ecology and microclimate of a high canopy tank bromeliad, Aechmea zebrina, in Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of the Bromeliad Society. submitted. McCracken, S.F. and M.R.J. Forstner. 2014. Herpetofaunal community of a high canopy tank bromeliad (Aechmea zebrina) in the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve of Amazonian Ecuador, ...
McCracken, S.F., 2012, Canopy Research. In: Yasuní Tiputini & The Web of Life. P. Oxford, R. Bish, and K. Swing. Pp. 245-250. Ingwe Press, Quito, Ecuador. Forstner, M.R.J., J. Dixon, S.F. McCracken, and D. Stout. 2012. Houston toad – 2012 chorusing survey: Final report. Project report submitted to Bastrop County, USFWS, and our collaborating partne...
Spring 2014 – BIO 7434: Herpetology, Texas State University Spring 2014 – BIO 4434: Herpetology, Texas State University Spring 2013 – BIO 7434: Herpetology, Texas State University Spring 2013 – BIO 4434: Herpetology, Texas State University
Manuscript reviewer – Diversity and Distributions, Ecohealth, Biodiversity and Conservation, Journal of Herpetology, Herpetological Review. Board member – Finding Species, Takoma Park, Maryland. 2013-Present. Federal Endangered Species Monitor (Houston toad compliance) – USFWS, FEMA, TXDOT, Bastrop County (Texas), and Waterlife. 2012-Present. Conse...
McCracken, S.F. and M.R.J. Forstner. Impacts of a rainforest oil road on the anuran community of a high canopy tank bromeliad and genetic implications at the landscape scale. The Tropical Forest Research and Education Conference: Yasuni Day, Mindo, Ecuador. Invited Speaker. October 11-13, 2013. Invited speaker. McCracken, S.F. and M.R.J. Forstner. ...
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science) American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Healthy Planet Foundation, Trustee – Species Programme Herpetologists’ League International Society for the Study and Conservation of Amphibians ...
Shawn F. McCracken, Ph.D. My interests lie in the ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental change at community to ecosystem scales, directed at the development of management strategies and policy to preserve landscape biodiversity.
Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi · I am broadly interested in identifying ecological and evolutionary drivers of biodiversity through observation of system perturbation...
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With always a focus on tomorrow, Texas State University underwent unprecedented change during the 1960s and ’70s, both culturally and physically, changing into a comprehensive university with a diverse student body, robust academic offerings, and rich cultural heritage.
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