Habitats and Ecological Communities of Indiana: Presettlement to Present

Further Reading, About the Editors

Books in the Indiana Natural Science Series Mammals of Indiana, Revised and Enlarged Edition by John O. Whitaker Jr. and Russell E. Mumford Indiana’s Weather and Climate by John E. Oliver Mammals of Indiana: A Field Guide by John O. Whitaker Jr. Habitats and Ecological Communities of Indiana: Presettlement to Present edited by John O. Whitaker Jr. and Charles J. Amlaner The Essential Knobstone Trail: A Forgotten History of Indiana’s Longest Footpath by Nathan Strange Field Guide to the Fishes of Indiana by Thomas P. Simon, Illustrations by Joseph R. Tomelleri Field Guide to the Common Wildflowers of Indiana: With Associated Plants of Indiana’s Upland Forests by Michael A. Homoya Volume Editors john o. whitaker, Jr., received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1962 and has been a professor of biology at Indiana State University since then. He is the founder and director of the ISU Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation. Whitaker has expansive knowledge of the plant and animal associations in all of the major habitats of Indiana, having worked throughout the state studying vertebrates, particularly mammals, for nearly 50 years. He is an author of Keys to the Vertebrates of the Eastern United States, The Audubon Guide to Mammals of North America, Mammals of the Eastern United States, Mammals of Indiana (the revised and enlarged edition), Mammals of Indiana: A Field Guide, and more than 380 scientific papers. Photo by Angela Chamberlain. Photo by John Lesku. Charles J. Amlaner, jr., received his Ph.D. from Oxford University in animal behavior. For the past 30 years, he and members of his Animal Sleep Research Group have been studying the evolutionary significance of sleep in animals. He is also known for his work in radio tracking and biotelemetry on free-ranging animals. Amlaner chaired the Zoology, Life Sciences, and Ecology and Organismal Biology departments at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) and Indiana State University. He has served as a commissioner and science advisor to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and as an advisory board member to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. He currently serves as the vice president of research and as dean of the Graduate College at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia. Associate Editors marion t. jackson received his Ph.D. in plant ecology at Purdue University in 1964. He accepted a position at Indiana State University that same year. He has served as chair of the Indiana chapter of the Nature Conservancy and is the editor of The Natural Heritage of Indiana and the author of 101 Trees of Indiana. george r. parker, professor emeritus, retired from Purdue University in 2007 after 37 years of teaching and research on midwestern forest ecosystems. He taught various courses, including conservation of natural resources, dendrology, and forest ecosystems. He and his graduate students have published on many different topics, including ecological classification systems and long-term change in old growth forests. Peter E. Scott received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in 1995 and joined the biology faculty at Indiana State University that same year. An ornithologist, he has studied grassland birds of reclaimed mines and coordinates breeding bird atlas research. He also studies the pollination of wildflowers and their interactions with native bee species. ...