Christopher L. Higgins
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Tarleton State University
United States of America
Biography
Most of my work is on how local processes (e.g., behavior, competition, hybridization, parasitism) combine with regional processes (e.g., colonization, environmental filtering, extinction) to determine the distribution and abundance of organisms. It combines experimental and observational approaches, and often uses computer simulations to determine whether empirical observations deviate from null expectations. I have received Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award for the College of Science and Technology at Tarleton State University,Recipient of the Texas A&M University System Student Recognition Award forTeaching Excellence Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi .
Research Interest
Biological Diversity ,Meta community structure and bat Conservation.
Publications
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Ruehle BP,Herrmann KK, Higgins CL (2017) Helminth parasite assemblages in two cyprinids with different life history strategies. Aquatic Ecology 51:247-256.
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Medina T, K.M.,Higgins CL (2016) Taxonomic and functional organization in metacommunity structure of stream-fish assemblages among and within river basins in Texas. Aquatic Ecology 50:247-259
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Linngbeek BJ, Higgins CL, Kattes DH,Muir J (2017) Arthropod diversity and assemblage structure response to deforestation and desertification in the Sahel of western Senegal. Global Ecology and Conservation 11:165-176
