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Cara Shillington
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| Associate Professor |
B.S. Washington State University 1992, 1993
M.S., Washington State University, 1996
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2001
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429 Mark Jefferson |
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(734) 487-4433
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cara.shillington@emich.edu
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| Biography:
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Research Interests -
I take an integrative, field-based, evolutionary approach to studying the physiological ecology of ectothermic organisms, especially arachnids and arthropods (but also including reptiles and amphibians). My research concerns a variety of interactions between animals and their environments, including ecological energetics, behavioral ecology, thermoregulatory physiology and thermal ecology. My research at this time centers on potentially adaptive whole-animal functions as expressed in the context of natural habitats including intra- and intersexual variation in energetics of tarantulas, and thermal preferences of a variety of organisms. Other areas of interest include studies of animal behavior, particularly sexual strategies and mating behavior, as well as feeding behaviors and preferences.
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| Courses:
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| BIOL 105 - Introductory Biology for Non-majors |
| BIOL 120 - Introductory Biology II (for majors) |
| BIOL 478/592 - Biology of Spiders |
| BIOL 478/592 - Animal Behavior |
| ZOOL 462 - Parasitology |
| ZOOL 300/570 - Natural History of Invertebrates |
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Recent Publications: |
Philip, B. & Shillington, C. 2007. A novel approach for hair removal to examine the cuticle of arthropods. Microscopy Today: 15: 22-25.
Shillington, C. & McEwen, B. 2006. Activity of juvenile tarantulas in the maternal burrow. Journal of Arachnology 34: 261-265.
Shillington, C. 2005. Inter-sexual dimorphism in resting metabolic rate the Texas tarantula Aphonopelma anax. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 142A: 439-445.
Shillington, C. 2005. Inter-sexual differences in resting metabolic rates in the Texas tarantula, Aphonopelma anax . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 142A: 439-445.
Shillington, C. 2002. Thermal ecology of male tarantulas (Aphonopelma anax) during the mating season. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80: 251-259.
Shillington, C. and Peterson, C.C. Energy metabolism of male and female tarantulas (Aphonopelma anax) during locomotion. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 2909-2914.
Shillington, C and Verrell, P. 1997. Sexual strategies of a North American 'tarantula' Aphonopelma sp. (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Ethology 103, 588-598.
Shillington, C. and Verrell, P. 1996. Multiple mating by females is not dependent on body size in the salamander Desmognathus ochrophaeus. Amphibia-Reptilia 17: 33-38.
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