Tami Ransom

Research Interests

My research focuses on questions relevant to community ecology, conservation, and invasive species. Along with Dr. Liebgold (BIOL) and our students, I am currently studying spotted turtles, an IUCN Red Listed species. We are interested in the population sizes, population dynamics, and habitat preferences of spotted turtles on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Teaching Philosophy

I believe that hands-on learning helps reinforce lecture and reading material. Most of my courses have an experiential or field component. Depending on the course, this might entail visiting a sewage treatment plant or a chicken processing plant to learn about our use/waste stream in Introduction to Sustainability or seining for fish at Assateague National Seashore while discussing diversity indices in Conservation & Biodiversity.
Selected Publications

Grant, Alexa H., Ransom, Tami S. and Liebgold, Eric B. (2018) Differential survival and the effects of avian predation on a color polymorphic species, the red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus). vol. 52. no. 2. pp. 127-135. Journal of Herpetology.

Ransom, Tami S. (2017) Local distribution of native and invasive earthworms and effects on a native salamander. vol. 59. pp. 189-204. Population Ecology.

Ransom, Tami S. and Billak, Brittany J. (2015) Differences in soil characteristics between field and forest influence the distribution of an invasive earthworm. vol. 134. pp. 78-87. Invertebrate Biology.

Ransom, Tami S. (2012) Comparison of direct, indirect, and ecosystem engineering effects of an earthworm on the red-backed salamander. vol. 93. pp. 2198–2207. Ecology.

Rearick, Dan, Kintz, Laura, Burke, Katie L. and Ransom, Tami S (2011) Effects of white-tailed deer on the native earthworm, Eisenoides carolinensis, in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. vol. 54S. pp. S173-S180. Pedobiologia.
Current Courses
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Grants and Sponsored Research
Presentations

Snack Time! The timing of predation on ground-nesting warbler nests

June, 14 2017

Animal Behavior Meeting, Toronto, Ontario

Scale-dependent responses to forest structure in two ground-nesting warblers

August, 18 2016

North American Ornithological Conference, Washington, D.C.

The effects of forest composition on occupancy and nest success in ground-nesting warblers

September, 24 2016

Maryland Ornithological Society Tri-County Bird Club meeting,
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Tami Ransom

Research Interests

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