Monday, November 23, 2009 Nicrophorus Worker Directory Would you like to: create a new record? (If you are not in the directory but have or will soon publish on a nicrophorine species ) modify your record? (To keep your directory record updated) search the directory? (For example: to find workers in certain areas or who work on certain species)   There are 43 records below. Dr Robert Anderson Address: Canadian Museum of Nature POB 3443, Station D , Ottawa, ON, K1P 6P4, Canada email: randerson@mus-nature.ca webpage: Canadian Museum of Nature phone: 613 364 4060 fax: 613 364 4027 species published on: P. morio, N. carolinus, N. americanus, N. tomentosus, N. marginatus, N. obscurus, N. gutulla, N. sayi, N. orbicollis, N. nigrita, N. pustulatus, N. hybridus, N. investigator, N. mexicanus, N. vespilloides, N. defodiens, N. olidus, N. scrutator, N. quadrimaculatus, N. didymus, N. chilensis major focus: Systematics Past taxonomic and biological work on various Silphidae including Nicrophorus; now working on weevils systematics and evolution. I still maintain an interest in silphid taxonomy, evolution and biology but do not continue to publish on this group. Copies of Handbook of Canadian Silphidae are available upon request. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Douglas Backlund Address: South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks 523 E. Capitol-Foss Bldg. , Pierre, South Dakota, 57501, USA email: Doug.Backlund@state.sd.us phone: (605) 773-4345 fax: (605) 773-6245 species published on: N. americanus major focus: conservation I'm primarily involved in surveys and monitoring of Nicrophorus americanus in South Dakota. I've collected Nicrophorus species statewide. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Wolfgang Barries Address: Kinzerplatz 10-11/3/9 , Vienna, 1210, Austria email: wolfgang.barries@chello.at phone: 27 88 646 species published on: N. germanicus major focus: systematics I am building up a collection of Nicrophorinae of the hole world since more than 20 years, now I am especially interrested in south-east Asien species. Also I am working on some faunistic records of other aereas. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Clifford Beninger Address: USDA Agricultural Research Service Plant and Soil Science Building Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA email: beninger@pilot.msu.edu phone: (519) 355-6888 fax: (519) 337-6782 species published on: N. vespilloides, N. defodiens, N. sayi, N. tomentosus, N. orbicollis major focus: Behavioral Ecology In my current position I do not work directly anymore with Nicrophorus species. However, I remain avidly interested in NIcrophorus research and hope to have time to return to it the near future. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr Stuart Blackman Address: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road , Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK email: stub@holyrood.ed.ac.uk phone: (+44) 131 650 5478 fax: (+44) 131 650 6564 species published on: N. vespilloides major focus: behavioral ecology The ecology of parental care in N. vespilloides. The relationship between N. vespilloides and its phoretic mites. I'm no longer a full-time researcher, although I still dabble. I'm currently looking at the mechanisms of brood reduction. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. James Danoff-Burg Address: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation Columbia University MC 5557 , New York, New York, 10027, United States email: jd363@columbia.edu webpage: phone: 212-854-0149 fax: 212-854-8188 species published on: N. orbicollis, N. tomentosus, N. sayi major focus: Conservation Effects of linear barriers and fragmentation on necrophagous beetle biodiversity and the proximate behavioral cues used on the part of the beetles to sense those disturbances. I use Nicrophorines in particular as indicators of anthropogenic disturbance. I would be interested in collaborating with others working in the northeast on these animals for these putposes. Record last modified: 9 June 2005 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Grant De Jong Address: 3047 W. 47th Ave., #112 , Denver, Colorado, 80211, USA email: gddejong@aol.com phone: 720-855-0877 species published on: N. investigator, N. marginatus, N. tomentosus major focus: ecology I have been working on carrion insects and succession in the central Rocky Mountains and western Great Plains for about 7 years. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Susanne Dobler Address: Biologie I, Universität Freiburg, Hauptstr. 1 , Freiburg, 79104, Germany email: doblers@uni-freiburg.de phone: ++49-761-2032531 fax: ++49-761-2032544 species published on: N. vespilloides, N. investigator, N. defodiens, P. morio major focus: systematics Evolution of phytophagy in silphids, phylogeny of Silphidae Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Robert Dunn Address: Dept. Ecol. and Evol. Bio. University of Connecticut, Storrs TLS U-43 , Storrs, CT, USA email: rrd98001@uconnvm.uconn.edu phone: 860-486-0858 species published on: Nicrophorus orbicollis, Nicrophorus tomentosus major focus: behavioral ecology The effects of roads and forest fragmentation on Nicrophorine movement and community composition. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Ph D Julio Ferrer Address: Stora hundensgata 631, S-136 64 Haninge, SWEDEN , HANINGE, SWEDEN email: julio_ferrer@hotmail.com webpage: phone: 0046-08 777 99 82 species published on: Nicrophorus vespilloides versus Necrodes littoralis major focus: behavioral ecology I currently studying the zoosaprophagous and necrophilous fauna between the phases of descomposition of different animals in a forest of SWEDEN.Fam. Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera, specially species attached to decayed bodies. Record last modified: 26 June 2005 Update your record literature by this researcher Hank Guarisco Address: p.o. Box 3171 , Lawrence, Kansas, 66046, Douglas phone: 785-843-5312 species published on: Nicrophorus americanus major focus: Conservation I have been conducting field surveys for N. americanus in Kansas. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Guy Hanley Address: Minot State University , Minot, ND, 58707, USA email: guy.hanley@minotstateu.edu webpage: phone: 701 858-3076 species published on: General Silphidae major focus: ecology Coauthoring the Carrion beetles of North Dakota, including images and guide pages for the entire North American silphid fauna interested in high resolution digital imaging Record last modified: 1 February 2007 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Jiri Havá Address: Branická 13, CZ-147 00 , Praha 4, Czech Republic email: hafolin@volny.cz species published on: N. lunatus, N. smefarka, P. zhangla major focus: Systematics Building a private collection of Silphidae species of the world; esp. interested in Asian taxa; describing new Asian silphid species. Record last modified: 19 June 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. William Hoback Address: Dept. of Biology University of Nebraska at Kearney , Kearney, NE, 68849, USA email: hobackww@unk.edu webpage: Carrion Beetles of Nebraska phone: 308 865-8602 fax: 308 865-8045 species published on: N. americanus, N. pustulatus, N. tomentosus, N. marginatus, N. orbicollis, N. obscuris major focus: ecology Members of my laboratory study carrion beetle distribution, physiology, and ecology. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Petr Kocarek Address: Dept. of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10 , Ostrava, CZ-710 00, Czech Republic email: petr.kocarek@osu.cz species published on: N. vespillo, N. vespilloides, N. interruptus, N. humator, N. investigator major focus: General Ecology I have been studying the succession and resource partitioning among insects associated with carrion. I studied phenology, habitat preference and diurnal activity of some Central European nicrophorines. Record last modified: 10 September 2007 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Ronald Madge Address: 1637 16 Street S. E. , Calgary, Alberta, T2G 3P6, Canada phone: 403-265-5107 species published on: N. vestigator, N. pustulatus, N. vespillo, N. carolinus, N. humator, N. validus, N. lunatus, N. investigator, N. przewalskii, N. germanicus, N. podagricus, N. distinctus, P. morio major focus: Systematics Currently retired. Collaborating with Derek Sikes and Stephen Trumbo to revise the Nicrophorinae. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Professor Allen Moore Address: Centre for Ecology & Conservation School of Biosciences University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus , Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK email: a.j.moore@exeter.ac.uk webpage: phone: (0)132 637 1883 fax: (0)132 625 3638 species published on: N. orbicollis, N. vespilloides, N. pustulatus major focus: Behavioral Ecology Evolutionary and behavioural genetics. Especially interested in genetic variation underlying morphology and parental care, and genetics of parental effects. Record last modified: 7 February 2006 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Josef Müller Address: Biologie I, Universität Freiburg Hauptstrasse 1 , Freiburg, 79104, Germany email: jmueller@uni-freiburg.de phone: ++49-761-2032506 fax: ++49-761-2032544 species published on: N. vespilloides, N. vespillo major focus: behavioral ecology I am interested in the evolution of parental care and cooperative breeding in Nicrophorus Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher M. en C. José Navarrete-Heredia Address: Centro de Estudios en Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara Apdo. Postal 234 , Zapopan, Jalisco, 45100, México email: snavarre@maiz.cucba.udg.mx webpage: Entomología/ Centro de Estudios en Zoología phone: (3) 6 82 00 03 fax: (3) 6 82 00 03 species published on: N. olidus, N. mexicanus major focus: Systematics Altitudinal distribution of carrion beetles (primarily silphids and staphylinids) in México. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Masaaki Nishikawa Address: Kashiwagaya 1112-16 , Ebina, Kanagawa Pref., 243-0402, Japan email: j4d64@land.limkclub.or.jp j4d64@j4d64.org webpage: j4d64 species published on: N. concolor, N. maculifrons, N. quadripunctatus, N. investigator, N. vespilloides, P. morio, N. maculifrons (larva). major focus: Systematics I have studied the distribution of Japanese Nicrophorus species. Record last modified: 25 April 2006 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Masahiro Ohara Address: Systematic Entomology, The Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, N 10, W 8 , Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan email: ohara@museum.hokudai.ac.jp webpage: phone: +81-(0)11-706-4506 fax: +81-(0)11-706-4506 species published on: P. morio, N. quadripunctatus, N.tenuipes major focus: Systematics Japanese nicrophorines Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Kyohsuke Ohkawara Address: Ecological laboratory, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan , Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan email: kyosuke@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp phone: +81-76-264-5709 fax: +81-76-234-4134 species published on: N. maculifrons, N. quadripunctatus, N. vespilloides, N. investigator, N. tenuipes major focus: Behavioral Ecology Before I have studied the comapetitive interaction among Nicrophorus species. Now I am interested in the cooperative breeding by multiple males and females and the reproductive strategies and conflicts among individuals. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Stewart Peck Address: Department of Biology Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive , Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada email: sbpeck@ccs.carleton.ca phone: (613) 520-2600 ext. 3860 fax: (613) 520 -4497 species published on: P. morio, N. carolinus, N. americanus, N. tomentosus, N. marginatus, N. obscurus, N. gutulla, N. sayi, N. orbicollis, N. nigrita, N. pustulatus, N. hybridus, N. investigator, N. mexicanus, N. vespilloides, N. defodiens, N. olidus, N. scrutator, N. quadrimaculatus, N. didymus, N. chilensis major focus: Systematics 1. Revising Silphidae of Australasia, with phylogeny and distribution maps. 2. Helping Stephen Trumbo and Derek Sikes with the world revision of Nicrophorus. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Javier Pérez Valcárcel Address: r/Dolores Rguez Sopeña, 9-3ºD , A Coruña, E-15007, Spain email: jpvalcarcel@terra.es species published on: N. humator, N.interruptus, N.vespillo, N.vespilloides, N.vestigator major focus: systematics Faunistics and systematics of Iberian Nicrophorini. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Ming Lee Prospero Address: University of Rhode Island , Kingston, RI, USA email: mlprospero@msn.com species published on: N. americanus major focus: conservation I am studying the reintroduction of N. americanus to Nantucket Island, MA. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Chris Raithel Address: RIDEM Division of Fish & Wildlife Great Swamp Field Office P.O.Box 218 , West Kingston, Rhode Island, 02892, USA email: craithel@mindspring.com phone: 401-789-7481, 401-789-0281 species published on: N.americanus major focus: Conservation Coordinating Block Island survey and recovery efforts for N. americanus with the US Fish & Wildlife. I have also been accumulating data on the ecology, distribution and seasonality of Rhode Island silphids. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Brett Ratcliffe Address: Systematics Research Collections W436 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska , Lincoln, NE, 68588-0514, U.S.A. email: bratcliffe1@unl.edu webpage: Division of Entomology, University of Nebraska State Museum phone: (402) 472-2614 fax: (402) 472-8949 species published on: N. americanus (Oliv.), N.carolinus (L.), N. guttula Motsch., N.hybridus Hatch & Angell, N. investigator Zetter., N. marginatus Fabr., N. mexicanus Matthews, N.obscurus Kirby, N. orbicollis Say, N. pustulatus Hersch., N. tomentosus Weber major focus: General Ecology A faunistic survey of the Silphidae of Nebraska was completed in 1996 (Bulletin #13, Univ. of Nebraska State Museum). We have conducted numerous surveys for the American burying beetle in the state of Nebraska, and my graduate student (Jon Bedick) completed his M.S. degree on the biology and ecology of this endangered species in 1996. Bedick and I and Leon Higley published a revised protocol for collecting and sampling the endangered American burying beetle in the March 2004 Coleopterists Bulletin. Record last modified: 6 April 2004 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Claudia Rauter Address: Department of Entomology University of Kentucky S-225 Ag. Sci. Center North , Lexington, KY, 40546-0091, USA email: cmraut0@pop.uky.edu phone: (606) 257 7472 fax: (606) 323 1120 species published on: N. orbicollis major focus: behavioral ecology I am working on parent-offspring interactions and co-operation between male and female while rearing offspring. Further I am working on the direct and indirect genetic effects of parental care. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Ian Robertson Address: Department of Biology, Boise State University , Boise, Idaho, 83725-1515, USA email: iroberts@boisestate.edu phone: (208) 426-2394 fax: (208) 426-4267 species published on: N. orbicollis, N. pustulatus,N. tomentosus, N. defodiens,N. sayi major focus: Behavioral Ecology My research focuses on the reproductive ecology of insects, including communal associations and parental care in Nicrophorus. I'm also interested in scolytid reproductive behaviour. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr Christoph Rohner Address: Dept of Renewable Resources University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada email: christoph.rohner@ualberta.ca webpage: Christoph Rohner's home page phone: (780) 492-8749 fax: (780) 492-4323 species published on: N. vespillo, N. vespilloides, N. humator major focus: Conservation I studied the effect of habitat fragmentation on three species in a matrix of farmland and forest habitat in Switzerland. Capture/re-capture techniques and bait-burying containers were used. Both abundance and species occurrence were affected by the degree of isolation and the size of habitat fragments. This result was not likely caused by interspecific competition but rather by reduced dispersal of individuals. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Jan Ruzicka Address: Department of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Czech Agricultural University , Praha 6 - Suchdol, CZ-165 21, Czech Republic email: ruzickajan@fle.czu.cz webpage: phone: +420 224 382 854 fax: +420 234 381 860 species published on: N. vespillo, N. vespilloides, N. humator, N. investigator, N. interruptus [given as N. fossor], N. sepultor, N. germanicus, N. przewalskii, N. concolor, N. morio, N. nepalensis, N. semenowi, N. argutor, N. dauricus, N. vestigator, N. oberthuri [given as N. unifasciatus], N. smefarka, N. sausai, P. plagiatus, P. zhangla major focus: Systematics I am intersted in taxonomy, distribution, ecology and larval morphology of Silphidae, with emphasis on Palaearctic and Oriental region. Record last modified: 26 July 2005 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Menno Schilthuizen Address: Lab. of Genetics Wageningen University Dreijenlaan 2 , Wageningen, 6703 HA, the Netherlands email: menno.schilthuizen@fungen.el.wau.nl phone: +31-318-652296 fax: +31-20-8836051 species published on: N. vespillo, N. vespilloides, N. germanicus, N. humator, N. investigator, N. sepultor, N. fossor, N. vestigator major focus: ecology I am an evolutionary biologist working on molecular phylogenetics and speciation in various groups of invertebrates. My activities in coleopterology have so far been largely as an amateur. For example, I have published a field guide on necrophilous beetles of the Netherlands, although I hope to soon be able to expand my beetle passion into my scientific work as well. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Jan Schneider Address: Lipová 15, 120 00 , Praha 5, Czech Republic email: nicrophorus@hotmail.com species published on: N. smefarka, P. zhangla. major focus: systematics Collecting of Silphidae throughout Asia, incl. India, description of new taxa with Jiri Havá and Jan Ruzicka. Building of private collection of Silphidae of the world. Record last modified: 19 June 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Horst Schwarz Address: 7 Queen St , Glebe, New South Wales, 2037, Australia email: shh@gmx.net phone: 02-96607926 species published on: N. vespillo, N.vespilloides, N. investigator, N. humator major focus: General Ecology I am interested in the ecology of brood-caring insects and their associated mites. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Michelle Scott Address: Department of Zoology University of New Hampshire , Durham, NH, 03824, USA email: mps@cisunix.unh.edu webpage: Michelle P. Scott phone: 603-862-4749 fax: 603-862-3784 species published on: N. orbicollis, N. americanus, N. defodiens, N. tomentosus major focus: behavioral ecology I have studied the evolution of paternal care and cooperative breeding (N. tomentosus). The focus of my research is now on behavioral endocrinology and how hormones orchestrate reproductive behavior. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Derek Sikes Address: University of Alaska Museum 907 Yukon Dr, University of Alaska , Fairbanks, AK, 99775-6960, USA email: ffds (at) uaf.edu webpage: Sikes Lab phone: 907-474-6278 fax: 907-474-5469 species published on: P. morio, N. americanus, N. hybridus, N. marginatus, N. nigrita, N. orbicollis, N. quadripunctatus, N. sayi, N. tomentosus, N. vespilloides, N. hispaniola major focus: Systematics Nicrophorine systematics and Alaskan Insect Fauna. Record last modified: 27 February 2009 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr Per Smiseth Address: The University of Edinburgh Institute of Evolutionary Biology King's Buildings, West Mains Road , Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, United Kingdom email: per.t.smiseth@ed.ac.uk phone: +44-(0)131-651-3682 fax: +44-(0)131-650-6564 species published on: N. vespilloides major focus: Behavioral Ecology I'm interested in offspring communication (begging) and conflicts of interest within families (sexual conflict, parent-offspring conflict and sibling competition). Record last modified: 1 August 2008 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Rosemary Smith Address: Dept. of Biological Sciences Box 8007 Idaho State University , Pocatello, ID, 83209, USA email: smitrose@isu.edu webpage: Department of Biological Sciences phone: 208-236-4918 fax: 208-236-4570 species published on: N. investigator, N. defodiens, N. guttula, N. hybridus major focus: Behavioral Ecology I work on high-elevation populations of Nicrophorus investigator, N. guttula, N. hybridus and and N. defodiens in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Idaho USA. I study carcass selection, site selection (sun/shade) based on temperature, reproductive strategies on carcasses of different sizes, altitudinal variation in body size, thermophysiology of flight, and altitudinal variation in life-history strategies. I am also using molecular genetic (DNA) techniques to measure the fitness consequences of alternative male and female reproductive behaviors (sneaking). Record last modified: 23 February 2004 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Daniel Snethen Address: RR3, Box 67 , Colome, SD, 57528, USA email: silphidsnethen@hotmail.com phone: (605)842-1402 or (605)455-2892 or (605)842-0199 or (605)455-2461 species published on: N.americanus, N.pustulatus, N.orbicollis, N.marginatus, N.tomentosus, N.obscurus, N.hybridus, N.guttula, N.carolinus major focus: Conservation Distribution of N.americanus and other Nicrophorine species in Nebraska, USA. Distribution of Nicrophorine species on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA Effects of light on nocturnal species of Silphids. Currently, I am looking at bait preference in many species of Silphids. Record last modified: 27 June 2005 Update your record literature by this researcher Mr. Charles Staines Address: 3302 Decker Place , Edgewater, MD, 21037, US email: staines.charles@nmnh.si.edu species published on: nicrophorines in Maryland major focus: ecology Studying distribution of silphids in Maryland. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Seizi Suzuki Address: Systematic Entomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, N9W9 , Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan email: seizi@res.agr.hokudai.ac.jp phone: +81-(0)11-706-2486 fax: +81-(0)11-746-0862 species published on: N.vespilloides. N.quadripunctatus. P.morio major focus: Behavioral Ecology I have been studying interspecific competition between burying beetles, and the effects of carrion burial. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr Allen Szalanski Address: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 2200 N 33rd St , Lincoln, Nebraska, 68503, usa email: aszalan@ngpc.state.ne.us webpage: http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/genetics/aszalans.html phone: 402-471-5174 fax: 402-471-5528 species published on: P. morio, N. americanus, N. hybridus, N. marginatus, N. nigrita, N. orbicollis, N. quadripunctatus, N. sayi, N. tomentosus, N. vespilloides major focus: Conservation Conservation genetics of American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher Dr. Stephen Trumbo Address: Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut , Waterbury, Connecticut, 06710, USA email: trumbo@uconnvm.uconn.edu webpage: EEB Faculty: Stephen Trumbo phone: (203) 236-9878 fax: (203) 236-9805 species published on: P. morio, N. orbicollis, N. defodiens, N. pustulatus, N. marginatus, N. carolinus, N. sayi, N. tomentosus major focus: Behavioral Ecology hormonal control of behavior, variation in reproductive/parental behavior within the subfamily, interspecific competition, evolution. Working with Stewart Peck and Derek Sikes on systematic revision of the Nicrophorinae. Record last modified: 15 May 2003 Update your record literature by this researcher   Home | Taxonomic Catalog | Material Examined | Key to Species | Literature Database | Worker Directory | Bulletin Board | Photo Gallery | Site Map | Links | Read Guest Book | Sign Guest Book first posted: 11 March 1999; last modified: 9 February 2000 page design & database solution by: Derek Sikes questions? comments? problems? email: Derek Sikes: dss95002@uconn.edu copyright © 2000 Derek Sikes & Stephen Trumbo