Dr. Stephen G. Mech
Assistant Professor of Biology/Honors Club Advisor

Education
B.S. Biology - Boise State University, 1992
M.S. Statistics -Washington State University, 1998
Ph.D. Zoology - Washington State University, 1999

Courses Taught

• General Bio III: Genetics and Evolution, team taught with Dr. Samuelson (BIO 203)
• Biometry (BIO 300)
• Ecology (BIO 311)
• Conservation Biology, with Dr. David Osgood (BIO 316)
• Vertebrate Natural History (BIO 334)
• Evolution (BIO 342)
• Field Ecology (BIO 370J)
• Environmental Biology Seminar - Landscape Ecology (BIO 492)
• Behavioral Ecology (BIO 497)
• Geographic Information Systems (EVS 325)
• Environmental Capstone Seminar (EVS 400)
• Population Biology (BIO 493)

Research Areas

Landscape ecology
Mammalogy
Population genetics

Recent Student Research Collaborators

Dan Fletcher ’04, “Population genetics of spruce bud worms using AFLP”

Adrian Chesh ’05, Kelly Losito ’05 and Nicole Hart ’06, “Road crossing and homing behavior in white-footed mice”

Marci Nawrocki ’09, “Development of a Geographic Information System for los Tuxtlas Bioreserve in Mexico”

Recent Publications

Reudink, M. W., S. G. Mech, and R. L. Curry. 2005. Extra-pair
paternity and mate choice in a chickadee hybrid zone. Behavioral Ecology.

Storfer, A, S. G. Mech, J. P. Collins, M. W. Reudink, R. E. Ziemba,
and J. Warren. 2004. Evidence for introgression in the endangered tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi. Copeia 4:783-796.

Kollars, P. G., M. L. Beck, S. G. Mech, P. K. Kennedy and M. L.
Kennedy. 2004. Temporal and spatial genetic variability in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Genetica. 121:269-276.

Kennedy, M. L., S. G. Mech, B. Tran, J. W. Grubaugh, and C. Lydeard. 2003. An assessment of sexual size dimorphism in the coyote (Canis latrans). Mammalia. 67: 411-417

Mech, S. G., A. Storfer, J. E. Ernst, M. W. Reudink, and S. C.
Maloney. 2003. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum. Molecular Ecology Notes. 3(1): 79-81

Mech, S. G., A. S. Dunlap, and J. O. Wolff. 2003. Female prairie voles do not select mating partners based on scent marking or agonistic behavior. Behavioural Processes. 61(3): 101-108

Wolff, J. O., S. Mech, A. S. Dunlap, and K. E. Hodges. 2002. Multiple-male mating by paired and unpaired female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Behaviour. 139(9):1147-1160.

Hodges, K. E., S. Mech, and J. O. Wolff. 2002. Sex and the single vole: impacts of social grouping on prairie vole reproductive success. Ethology. 108:871-884.

Wolff, J. O., S. G. Mech, and S. A. Thomas. 2002. Scent marking in female prairie voles: a test of alternative hypotheses. Ethology. 108:483-494

Mech, S. G., and P. A. Zollner. 2002. Using body size to predict
perceptual range. Oikos. 98:47-52.

Mech, S. G., and J. G. Hallett. 2001. Evaluating the effectiveness of corridors: a genetic approach. Conservation Biology. 15(2):467-474.

Ferkin, M. H., S. G. Mech, and G. Paz-Y-Mino C. 2001. Scent marking in meadow and prairie voles: A test of three hypotheses. Behavior. 138: 1319-1336.