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John L. Hoogland, Professor
Full Curriculum Vitae
Phone: 301.689.7130
Fax: 301.689.7200
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Education

1977  Ph.D.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Biology

1971  B.S.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Biology
 
Professional Experience

1997-Present

Professor, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD

1986-1997

Associate Professor, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD

1985-1986

Assistant Professor, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD

1979-1985

Assistant Professor, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

1977-1979

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

 
Selected Publications
  • Hoogland, J. L., 2007. Alarm calling, multiple mating, and infanticide among black-tailed, Gunnison's, and Utah prairie dogs. Pages xx-xx in : J. O. Wolff and P. W. Sherman, editors. Rodent Societies. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Hoogland, J. L., editor. 2006. Conservation of the Black-tailed Prairie Dog. Island Press, Washington, District of Columbia. (nutshell)
  • Hoogland, J. L., M. A. Hoogland, S. Davis, D. Kaulfus, and D. LaBruna. 2004. Pyraperm halts plague among Utah prairie dogs. Southwestern Naturalist, 49:376-383. (nutshell)
  • Hoogland, J. L. 2003. Prairie dogs. Pages 232-247 in G. A. Feldhamer, B. C. Thompson, and J. A. Chapman, editors. Wild Mammals of North America. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore Maryland.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 2003. Sexual dimorphism in five species of prairie dogs. Journal of Mammalogy 85:58-66.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 2001. Black-tailed, Gunnison's, and Utah prairie dogs all reproduce slowly. Journal of Mammalogy 82:917-927.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 1999. Philopatry, dispersal, and social organization of Gunnison's prairie dogs. Journal of Mammalogy 80:243-251.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 1998. Why do female Gunnison's prairie dogs copulate with more than one male? Animal Behaviour 55:351-359.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 1995. The Black-tailed Prairie Dog: Social Life of a Burrowing Mammal. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 1992. Levels of inbreeding among prairie dogs. American Naturalist 139:591-602.
  • Hoogland, J. L., R. H. Tamarin, and C. K. Levy. 1989. Communal nursing in prairie dogs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 24:91-95.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 1985. Infanticide in prairie dogs: Lactating females kill offspring of close kin. Science 230:1037-1040.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 1982. Prairie dogs avoid extreme inbreeding. Science 215:1639-1641.
  • Hoogland, J. L. 1981. The evolution of coloniality in white-tailed and black-tailed prairie dogs (Sciuridae: Cynomys leucurus and C. ludovicianus). Ecology 62:252-272.
  • Hoogland, J. L., and P. W. Sherman. 1976. Advantages and disadvantages of Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) coloniality. Ecological Monographs 46:33-58.
 
Selected Research Projects
Ecology and Social Behavior of Prairie Dogs - This is a study of the ecology and social behavior of white-tailed prairie dogs Colorado. Through long-term research with marked individuals, John Hoogland is investigating multiple mating by females, incest, killing of potential offspring by males, and alarm calling.
 
Teaching Activities

Behavioral Ecology of Prairie Dogs, MEES 698 P (4 Credits)

Students participate in a long-term research program that concentrates on the ecology and social behavior of white-tailed prairie dogs, which are in danger of extinction. Topics include predation defenses, alarm calling, mating sytems, infanticide, communal nursing, and the avoidance of inbreeding. Four credit hours for students who stay 8 weeks; eight credit hours for students who stay the entire field season.

 
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