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Plymouth State University
MSC 11
17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264-1595
Faculty
Dr. Kerry Yurewicz
Assitant Professor of EcologyGraduate Program Advisor for Environmental Science & Policy
Contact phone number: (603) 535-3197
e-mail: klyurewicz@plymouth.edu
Administrative contact: Shaughn Piper
Administrative contact phone number: (603) 535-3198
Profile
Assistant Professor Kerry Yurewicz earned her doctorate in biology for her research on the ecology of aquatic amphibians and invertebrates, and was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Notre Dame from 2002–2004. She is experienced in experimental work, field sampling and statistical analysis of ecological data. Her teaching interests include fundamental concepts in the field of ecology as well as current applications of these ideas to environmental issues.
Degrees and Education
- Ph.D. in biology, University of Michigan
- B.S. in biology, University of Michigan
Research Interests
- Interactive effects of competition and predation on animal behavior, population dynamics and species distributions; influence of body size on species interactions, ecological populations and communities.
Recent Publications
- Yurewicz, K.L. (2004) A growth/mortality trade-off in larval salamanders and the coexistence of intraguild predators and prey. Oecologia 138:102-111.
- Yurewicz, K.L., and H.M. Wilbur. (2004) Resource availability and costs of reproduction in the salamander Plethodon cinereus. Copeia 2004:28-36.
- Skelly, D.K., K.L. Yurewicz, E.E. Werner and R.A. Relyea. (2003) Estimating decline and distributional change in amphibians. Conservation Biology 17:744-751.
- Relyea, R.A., and K.L. Yurewicz. (2002) Predicting community outcomes from pairwise interactions: integrating density- and trait-mediated effects. Oecologia 131:569-579.
- Van Buskirk, J., and K.L. Yurewicz. (1998) Effects of predators on prey growth rate: relative contributions of thinning and reduced activity. Oikos 82:20-28.
Recent Academic Distinctions
- National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
