Luke Dodd, Ph.D.
Chair of Biological Sciences & Professor
Education
- Ph.D., University of Kentucky
- M.S., University of Kentucky
- B.S., Arkansas Tech University
Research & Academic Interests
- Conservation Biology
- Forest Entomology
- Mammalogy
- Wildlife ecology & management
Publications
- Beckner, M.B, K.E. Powers, and L.E. Dodd. 2023. Attempted Predation of live-captured Neotoma magister (Allegheny Woodrat) by Strix varia (Barred Owl) and Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk) in Kentucky. Northeastern Naturalist 30: N48–N53.
- Crawford, R.D., L.E. Dodd, and J.M. O’Keefe. 2022. Thermal environments of bat boxes: Placement, design, and occupancy impact microclimate. Conservation Physiology: 10.1093/conphys/coac027
- Dukes, C.G., M.L. Allen, L.E. Dodd, A.J. Edelman, S.N. Harris, S.H. LaRose, R.C. Lonsinger, and D.B. Sasse. 2022. A meta-analysis of camera trapping methodology for eastern spotted skunks (Spilogale putorius). Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management: e1944-687X
- Hayes, C. R., K. Watson, and L.E. Dodd. 2021. Optimization of camera trap surveys for Eastern Spotted Skunks and other meso-mammals in the Appalachian Foothills. Southeastern Naturalist: 20 (Special Issue 11):252–261.
- Hayes, C.R., M. Gumbert, J.O. Whitaker, Jr., C.L. Elliott, and L.E. Dodd. 2018. Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of the eastern red bat across Kentucky. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science, 78: 1-6.
- Lacki, M.J., L.E. Dodd, N.S. Skowronski, M.B. Dickinson, and L.K. Rieske. 2017. Relationships among burn severity, forest canopy structure, and bat activity from spring burns in oak-hickory forests. International Journal of Wildlife Fire, WF16159.
Associations, Affiliations & Work History
- Kentucky Bat Working Group
- Kentucky Society of Natural History
- Kentucky Organization of Field Stations
- Southeastern Bat Diversity Network
- The Wildlife Society
