C.M. Gienger

Professor

Austin Peay State University

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Austin Peay State University

College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Biology

Center Of Excellence For Field Biology

Department Of Biology

Center Of Excellence For Field Biology

College of Science and Mathematics

Department Of Biology

C.m. Gienger is currently serving as an Austin Peay State University Professor at Austin Peay State University.

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C.M. Gienger

Austin Peay State University

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ecology zoology biology animal ecology evolutionary ecology ecophysiology ecology and evolutionary biology evolutionary biology biodiversity animal behavior morphology (biology) behavioral ecology conservation biology fitness wildlife avian biology comparative physiology wildlife biology community (ecology) ecological applications population biology mammalogy body size predator-prey interactions interspecific behavioral interaction gila monsters physiology animal physiology applied ecology spatial ecology adaptation ornithology animal science fish biology animal conservation biological conservation physiological plasticity wildlife ecology foraging environmental epigenetics zoogeography biodiversity conservation conservation planning animal behaviour standard metabolism energetic costs potential distribution behavioral plasticity sexual selection morphological evidence intraguild predation candidate selection breeding behavior coral reefs disease ecology veterinary diagnostics wildlife management digestive tract food digestion metabolic models population ecology specie interaction biotic interactions anthropometric indicator priority areas color change pacific tree frog standard metabolic rate human-crocodile conflict crocodylus porosus historical estuarine crocodile sexual dimorphism northern pacific rattlesnakes structural cues lizard locomotor performance amphibian communities

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Climate and Dispersal Ability Limit Future Habitats for Gila Monsters in the Mojave Desert. Ecology and Evolution (2025)

gila monstersecological monographbiodiversityrange shiftbiologyanimal ecologyhabitat managementmojave desertecology and evolutionary biologyecology

Cross‐Continental Analysis Shows That Disturbance Effects on Reptile Body Condition Do Not Predict Abundance Responses. Global Change Biology (2025)

ecology evolutionglobal change biologybiodiversitybiologymacroecologyecology

Environmental Influences on Space Use of Gila Monsters (Heloderma Suspectum). Herpetologica (2025)

gila monstersecological monographbiodiversityspatial ecologybiogeomorphologybiologyenvironmental scienceanimal ecologyhuman impacts on the environmentecology and evolutionary biologyapplied ecologyecology

Predicting the Potential Distribution of the Gila Monster and Evaluating the Extent of Protected Natural Areas for Conservation. Journal for Nature Conservation (2025)

biological conservationconservation planningwildlifegila monsterconservation sciencegeographyenvironmental scienceecological applicationsnature conservationnatural resource managementanimal conservationprotected natural areasbiodiversity conservationconservation biologyecologypotential distribution

Tick-Tock, Racing the Clock: Parasitism is Associated With Decreased Sprint Performance in the Eastern Fence Lizard. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2024)

animal behaviorwildlifeeastern fence lizardmammalogybehavioral ecologyzoologyparasitologybiologyanimal ecologyfitnessdecreased sprint performanceevolutionary ecologyanimal behaviourecology and evolutionary biologywildlife biologymovement ecologyecology

Livin' La Vida Local: Philopatry Results in Consistent Patterns of Annual Space Use in a Long‐Lived Lizard. Journal of Zoology (2023)

J. B. StalkerJ. L. JonesS. J. HromadaK. E. NussearA. G. VandergastD. A. WoodC. R. TracyC. M. Gienger

wildlifezoogeographyavian biologyspatial ecologyzoologywildlife ecologybiogeographyanimal ecologyannual space usewildlife biologyconservation biologyecologylong-lived lizardconsistent patternsornithology

Deterministic and Stochastic Factors Jointly Drive Plant Community Composition and Diversity in Isolated Wetlands. Wetlands (2022)

ecosystem functioningstochastic factorsbiodiversityecohydrologyecosystemsapplied ecologyenvironmental scienceecological applicationscommunity (ecology)functional ecologyecosystem interactionsisolated wetlandsecological processplant community compositionwetlandsecology

Fish Scale Shape Follows Predictable Patterns of Variation Based on Water Column Position, Body Size, and Phylogeny. Evolutionary Ecology (2022)

Jessica T. GradyLuke M. BowerC. M. GiengerRebecca E. Blanton

fish scale shapefish biologywater column positionevolutionary ecologypredictable patternsbody sizeevolutionary biology

Hold on for One More Day: Energetic Costs of Oviductal Egg Retention in Eastern Musk Turtles ( Sternotherus Odoratus ). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2022)

reproductive successecophysiologyzoologyfitnesscomparative physiologyecologymore daypopulation biologywildlife biologyoviductal egg retentionavian biologybehavioral ecologybiologyenergetic costsecology and evolutionary biologyanimal ecologyevolutionary biologyanimal behaviorevolutionary ecology

Every Breath You Take: Assessing Metabolic Costs of Toxin Resistance in Garter Snakes ( Thamnophis ). Integrative Zoology (2021)

Haley A. MONIZMolly A. RICHARDC. M. GIENGERChris R. FELDMAN

integrative biologyprimatologymammalian physiologyzoologytoxicologylivestock sciencemetabolismentomologytoxinologymembrane biologymetabolic costsavian biologyanimal physiologybiologyveterinary medicineanimal sciencephysiologytoxin resistancepharmacologygarter snakesveterinary physiology