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Arrival Year: 1997
Education:
Ph.D., Zoology, Clemson University. 1994. Dissertation: Foraging ecology and conservation of shorebirds in South Carolina coastal wetlands.
B.S., Biology, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. 1983. /Magna cum laude/.
Classes I am currently teaching at Warren Wilson:
Ecology, Ornithology, Conservation and Wildlife Biology, Research Design, Introduction to Environmental Studies
Publications:
Moerschbaecher, M.K. and L.M. Weber, 2004. A Survey of Road Kill on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science.
C.R. Rossell, Hamilton, C.D., _L.M. Weber_, S.W. Kress. 1999. Chick provisioning by common terns in the southern Gulf of Maine, USA. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:158-160.
Weber, L.M_. and J.J. Isely. 1997. Water quality assessment of the Chattooga River using a macroinvertebrate biotic index. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 113:37-45.
Weber, L.M_. and S.M. Haig. 1997. Shorebird diet and size selection of nereid polychaetes in South Carolina coastal impoundments. Journal of Field Ornithology. 68:358-366.
Weber, L.M_. and S.M. Haig. 1997. Shorebird-prey interactions in South Carolina coastal soft-sediments. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75:245-252.
Weber, L.M_. and S.M. Haig. 1996. Shorebird use of South Carolina managed and natural areas. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:73-82.
Weber, L M._ and B.H. Martin. 1991. Piping plovers nest on dry and nearly dry alkali wetlands in the northern Great Plains, 1986-1990. Prairie Naturalist 23:209-212.
Weber, L.M._ and D.M. Lodge. 1990. Periphytic food and predatory crayfish: relative roles in determining snail distribution. Oecologia 82:33-39.
Research:
I am the chairperson of the Environmental Studies Department and serve as a professor in both ENS and Biology. I am the main advisor for those in the conservation biology concentration. I also advise those with an interest in wildlife management. My specialties are conservation biology, ecology, ornithology, research design, and wildlife management.
I serve as chairperson of the Buildings and Grounds Committee and am a member of the Land Use Committee.