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Nicole Freidenfelds Lab Manager |
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Email: freidenfelds@psu.edu Office: Mueller Laboratory, room 411 Phone: 814.867.2252
Education
BS 2001 Eastern Connecticut State University MS 2006 University of New Hampshire
Research Interests
I am broadly interested in the conservation ecology of amphibians and reptiles. My previous work has focused on disease in larval amphibian communities and surveying for state threatened herpetofauna species. My Master’s thesis project examined the impacts of timber management and vernal pool buffers on wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) in Maine.
Since joining the Langkilde Lab in April 2008, I have learned quite a lot about fence lizards and fire ants. I am very much looking forward to contributing to the exciting research we are conducting here.
I really enjoy photographing the slimy and scaly creatures that are often encountered during field research trips or while out and about hiking/exploring. Photos to the right include a female wood frog, eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina), and calling male Fowler’s toad (Bufo fowleri).
Publications
Lance, S.L., C. Hagen, T.C. Glenn, N.A. Freidenfelds and T. Langkilde. In press. Development and characterization of seventeen polymorphic microsatellite loci in the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus. Conservation Genetics Resources.
Freidenfelds, N.A. and T. Langkilde. In press. Natural history notes: Sceloporus undulatus (Eastern fence lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review.
Skelly, D.K., S.R. Bolden, L.K. Freidenburg, N. Freidenfelds, and R. Levey. 2007. Ribeiroia infection is not responsible for Vermont amphibian deformities. EcoHealth 4:156-163.
Skelly, D.K., S.R. Bolden, M.P. Holland, L.K. Freidenburg, N.A. Freidenfelds, and T.R. Malcolm. 2006. Urbanization and disease in amphibians. in Collinge, S. K., and C. Ray, (eds.). Disease Ecology: Community structure and pathogen dynamics. Oxford University Press. 264 p.
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Pennsylvania State University Biology Department |
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