Kevina Vulinec
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Florida,
Fulbright Scholar to Brazil
M.S. University of Chicago
M.S. University of Cincinnati
B.A. Kent State University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University. July 2006.
2008 Delaware State University Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching
Classes taught:
Mammalogy
Ornithology
Wildlife and Fisheries Management
Advanced Wildlife Biology
Tropical Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Conservation (Field course in Belize)
Experimental Design (Graduate)
Conservation and Restoration Ecology (Graduate)
General Ecology (Biology Department)
Non-majors Ecology (Biology Department)
Biostatistics and Experimental Design (Graduate course, Biology Department)
Past graduate students: Masters’ level:
Kesha Braunskill: Feral horses and seed dispersal on Assateague Island National Seashore, Graduated May 2007
Marcia Fox: Bat activity patterns in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Graduated May 2007
Kerin Hume: Determining the fecundity of female horseshoe crabs. Graduated May 2008
Kelly Wolcott: Bat activity and diet in Delmarva farmland. Graduated May 2008
Current graduate students: Master’s level:
John Hayes: Gray Fox genetic diversity on the Delmarva Peninsula.
Roger Masse: Avian Diversity and Wood Thrush Productivity in Riparian Habitats of Delaware's Coastal Plain
Christie Starke: Genetic diversity of reintroduced Wild Turkey in Delaware
Committee member:
Patrick Erbland: Diversity and aquaculture oyster farms. Graduated 2007
Romulo Gabriel: Ontogenic profile of newly identified pulmonary-associated avian surfactant proteins and collectins with presence of corticosterone. Department of Biology.
Mary Lambert: The correlation between water quality and feral horse activity near recreational shellfish harvesting areas at Assateague Island National Seashore. Graduated 2007
Frank Marenghi: Oyster farming and species diversity in the Delaware Bay. Planned Graduation 2009
Jon McKenzie: Viability of a freshwater mussel (Elliptio complanata) as a biological filter for aquaculture ponds. Graduated 2008
Barbara Murray: Preserving plant biodiversity through state land preservation programs in Kent County, Delaware. Graduated 2007
Veronica McNair: Recovery of apoptotic UV injured embryonic chicken myoblast; Department of Biology. Graduated 2006
Service:
University: Faculty Senator; Faculty Research Committee; IACUC Committee
Department: Facilities Committee; Undergraduate Curriculum Committee; Graduate Curriculum Committee.
Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University. August 2001-2006.
Editorial Board, Subject Editor, Biotropica, Association for Tropical Biology, 2003-2007.
Editorial Board, Associate editor, Tropical Conservation Science, 2008-present. http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida. Forest Service project monitoring the effects of fire and fire surrogates on wildlife populations, including nesting birds, small mammals, and foraging woodpeckers in Florida pine flatwoods (with Drs. Kathryn Sieving and George Tanner); research on seed dispersal dynamics and habitat disturbance in the Brazilian Amazon; Class taught: Forest Wildlife Restoration. April 2000-August 2001.
Postdoctoral Courtesy Research Associate. Department of Zoology, University of Florida. Seed dispersers and fragmented forests in Uganda, Africa; selection pressures on seed size and shape (with Dr. Colin Chapman). January 2000-August 2001.
Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods. 1997-present.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Ferster, B. and K. Vulinec. 2009. Population size and conservation of the last remnants of the Eastern Regal Fritillary, Speyeria idalia idalia (Drury) [Lepidoptera: Nyphalidae]: implications for temperate grassland restoration. DOI 10.1007/s10841-009-9222-5. Ferster & Vulinec Regal Fritillary 2009.pdf
Vulinec, K., A. P. Lima, E. A. R. Carvalho-Jr. and D. J. Mellow. 2008. Dung beetles and long-term habitat fragmentation in Alter do Chão, Amazônia, Brazil. Tropical Conservation Science 1:111-121. Vulinec et al Dung Beetles Alter do Chao.pdf
Ferster, B., B. R. Leppo, M. T. Swartz, K. Vulinec, F. Habegger, and A. Mehring. 2008. Lepidoptera of Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training Center, Annville, Pennsylvania. Northeast Naturalist 15:141-148. FersterETAL2008[1].pdf Ferster et al. 2008 Supp. Table.pdf
Stoner K. E., P. Riba-Hernández, K. Vulinec, & J. Lambert. 2007. The role of mammals in creating and modifying seedshadows plant in tropical forests and some possible consequences of their elimination. Special Section: The trickle down effects of hunting for plant regeneration in Neotropical forests. Biotropica 39: 316-327. StonerRiba-HernandezVulinecLambert07Bio.pdf
K. E. Stoner, Vulinec, K., Wright, S. J., & C. Peres. 2007. Hunting and plant community dynamics in tropical forests: a synthesis and future directions. Special Section: The trickle down effects of hunting for plant regeneration in Neotropical forests. Biotropica 39: 385-392. StonerVulinecWrightPeres07bio.pdf
Nichols, E., T. Larsen, S. Spector, A. Davis, F. Escobar, M. Favila, K. Vulinec. 2007. Global dung beetle response to tropical forest modification and fragmentation: A quantitative literature review and meta-analysis. Biological Conservation. Nichols_et_al_2007.pdf
Vulinec, K., D. J. Mellow and C. R. V. da Fonseca. 2007. Arboreal Foraging Height in a Common Neotropical Dung Beetle, Canthon subhyalinus Harold (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Canthon subhyalinus Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 61: 75-81. DungBeetlesArborealForage.pdf
Vulinec, K., J. Lambert, and D. J. Mellow. 2006. Primate and dung beetle communities in secondary growth rainforests: Implications for conservation of seed dispersal systems. International Journal of Primatology 27: 855-879. Vulinec et al. IJP2006.pdf
Chapman, C. A., L. J. Chapman, K. Vulinec, A. Zanne, and M. J. Lawes. 2003. Fragmentation and alteration to seed dispersal processes: dung beetles, seed fate, and seedling diversity. Biotropica 35: 382-393. Fragment Uganda Dung Beetles.pdf
Vulinec, K., W. D. Edmonds, and D. J. Mellow. 2003. Biological and taxonomic notes on a rare phanaeine dung beetle, Phanaeus alvarengai Arnaud (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 57: 353-357. livepage.apple.com
Vulinec, K. 2002. Dung beetle communities and seed dispersal in primary forest and disturbed land in Amazonia. Biotropica 34: 297-309. Dung Beetle Communities-Biotropica 2002.pdf
Tirado Herrera, E., K. Vulinec, C. Knogge, and E. W. Heymann. 2002. Sit and wait at the source of dung – an unusual strategy of dung beetles. Ecotropica 8: 87-88. Ecotropica2002.pdf
Sivinski, J., K. Vulinec, and M. Aluja. 2001. Ovipositor length in a guild of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) attacking Anastrepha spp. fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in southern Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94: 886-895.
Vulinec, K. 2000. Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), monkeys, and conservation in Amazonia. Florida Entomologist 83: 229-241. fe83p229.pdf
Sivinski, J., K. Vulinec, E. Menezes, and M. Aluja. 1998. The bionomics of Coptera haywardi (Ogloblin) (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) and other pupal parasitoids of Tephritid fruit flies (Diptera). Biological Control. 11: 193-202.
Vulinec, K. 1997. Iridescent dung beetles: a different angle. Florida Entomologist 80: 132-140.
PUBLICATIONS (Book Chapters)
Vulinec, K. and J. E. Lambert. 2009. Neutral and Niche Perspectives and the Role of Primates as Seed Dispersers: A Case Study from Rio Paratari, Brazil. Invited chapter in: P. Garber, A. Estrada, J. Bicca-Marques, E. Heymann, K. Strier, (Editors). South American Primates: Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Pp: 321-340. Springer Publishers, N. Y.
Vulinec, K. 1990. Collective security: Aggregation by insects as a defense. In: Insect defenses: Adaptive mechanisms and strategies of prey and predators. Eds. D. L. Evans and J. O. Schmidt. Pp. 251-288. SUNY Press, Albany, N. Y.