MICHAEL KASPARI
A. Basic Vitae
Address
Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma
730 Van Vleet Oval, Room 314,
Norman, Oklahoma, 73019-0235.
Phone 405-325-3371, Fax: 405-325-7560.
Education
- University of Nebraska. B.S. with distinction (Biological
Sciences). 1983. Thesis: "A selective test of foraging theory
using an assemblage of grassland birds."
- University of Nebraska. M.S. (Ecology and Systematics) 1985.
Thesis: "The ecology and evolution of prey preparation".
Advisor: Dr. Anthony Joern. University of Arizona.
- Ph.D. (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology). 1992. Dissertation:
"Niche relationships in an assemblage of neotropical
granivorous ants." Advisor: Dr. Michael Rosenzweig
Positions Held
- University of Texas. Post-Doctoral Research Biologist. Ecology
and biological control of Solenopsis invicta, the red imported
fire ant. 1992 to July 1993.
- University of Guelph. NATO Post-doctoral Fellow. The synergy
of neighborhood size and niche partitioning in maintaining
species diversity August 1993-December 1993.
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. D.O.E. Global Change
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship. Body size as a link
between climate and community structure. January 1994-July
1995.
- University of Oklahoma. Assistant Professor of Zoology. August
1995
B. Publications Related to Proposed Research
- Kaspari, M. in press Testing resource-based models of
patchiness in 4 Neotropical litter ant assemblages. Oikos
- Kaspari, M. 1996 Worker size and seed size selection by
harvester ants in a Neotropical forest. Oecologia 105:397-404
- Kaspari, M. 1996 Litter Ant Patchiness at the m2
scale:distubanc dynamics in three Neotropical forests.
Oecologia 107:265-273
- Kaspari, M and E. Vargo. 1995. Does colony size buffer
environmental variation? Bergmann=92s rule and social
insects. American Naturalist 145:610-632
- Kaspari, M. 1993 Body size and microclimate use in neotropical
granivorous ants. Oecologia 96:500-507
Additional Publications
- Kaspari, M. 1993 Removal of seeds from Neotropical frugivore
droppings: ant responses to seed number. Oecologia 95:81-88.
Kaspari,
- M and E. Vargo. 1994 Nest site selection by fire ant queens.
Insectes Sociaux 41: 331-333 Young, B.E., M. Kaspari, and T.E.
- Martin. 1990. Species-specific nest site selection by birds in
Ant Acacia Trees. Biotropica 22:310-315. Kaspari, M and M.
Byrne.
- 1995 Caste allocation in litter Pheidole: lessons from plant
defense theory. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
37:255-263 Kaspari, M.
- 1990. Prey preparation and the determinants of handling time.
Animal Behaviour 40:118-126.
C: Collaborators
Dr. Peter Yodzis, Dr. James Kercher, Dr. Sean O'Donnell, Dr. Leeanne
Tennant de Alonso, Dr. Alfonso Alonso, Dr. Jack Longino, Dr. Don Windsor,
Dr. John Pickering, Dr. John Lattke, Dr. Donat Agosti, Dr. Jon Majer, Dr. Phil
Ward, Dr. Ted Schultz
D: Graduate and Post-Graduate Advisors
Dr. Anthony Joern, Dr. Dan Leger, Dr. Cliff Lemen, Dr. Judy Bronstein, Dr.
David Vleck, Dr. Michael Donoghue, Dr. Stephen Russell, Dr. Michael
Rosenzweig
E: Students Advised
Mike Fuller; Steve Yanoviak; Keith Gido; Mike Schaunessy; David Perault