Earl G. Zimmerman

Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

940-565-3223

ezim@unt.edu

www.cas.unt.edu/~ezim

BS, 1965 Indiana State University

MS, 1967 University of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana

PhD, 1970 University of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana

Research

Applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems to studies of biodiversity; resotration ecology; mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis applied to populations and systematics; investigations of genetic variation including the relationship of genic variation to environmental, demographic and physiological parameters; population genetics and multivariate statistical treatment of genetic data; genetics and management of threatened or endangered populations.

Professional Experience

Professor of Biological Sciences, 1981 to present

Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, 1999 to 2003

Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences, 1994 - 1996

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, 1975 - 1981

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, 1970 - 1975

Awards and Honors

President of Southwestern Association of Naturalists, 1991 - 1993

J. H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award, UNT, 1992

President's Council Teaching Award, UNT, 2002

Representative Publications

Jackson, V. L., L. Laack, and E. G. Zimmerman. 2005. Landscape metrics associated with habitat use by ocelots in south Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management, 69: 733 - 738.

Bolling, B. A., J. H. Kennedy, and E. G. Zimmerman. 2005. Seasonal dynamics of four potential West Nile vector species in north central Texas. Journal of Vector Ecology, 30:186-194.

Zimmerman, E. G. and C. B. Carr. 2003. Mammalian Biogeography of the Colorado Plateau. Pp. 63 - 77 in (C. van Riper, III and Kenneth Cole, eds.) The Colorado Plateau: Cultural, Biological and Physical Resources, University of Arizona Press.

Hardison, T. and E. G. Zimmerman. 2003. An integrative approach to simulating prescribed fire in Northern Arizona. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ESRI International User Conference. Pp. 1-16.