Presentations and Publications

Presentations

Performance in Two Worlds; Defensive Striking of Ratsnakes. Three minute thesis (3MT) Competition. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Appreciation Week Research Competition. April 2017. *I advanced to the final round of competition and was awarded 3rd place.

Going out on a Limb: Scaling of Terrestrial and Arboreal Defensive Strikes of Ratsnakes. Poster Competition. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Appreciation Week Research Competition. April 2017. *I won 1st place in this university-wide competition.

Is There Enough Swamp for the Both of Us? Habitat Selection of Cottonmouth Snakes. Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA. February 2017.

Going out on a Limb: Scaling of Terrestrial and Arboreal Defensive Strikes of Ratsnakes. Poster Competition. Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA. February 2017. *This was a unique poster competition which included both the traditional poster session as well as a two-minute flash presentation of by all participants without the aid of their posters. I was awarded 1st place in the Zoology, Botany, and Environmental Science category.

Fulbright, M. C., Penning, D. A. and Hillard, C. J. Scaling of Terrestrial and Arboreal Defensive Strikes by Ratsnakes. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biologists. New Orleans, LA. January 2017.

Fulbright, M. C.. (2016). Habitat Selection of Cottonmouth Snakes. The Ernest A. Liner Herpetologist Conference. November 18–20, 2016. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Cocodrie, LA.

Fulbright, M. C. and Penning, D. A.. (2016). Going Out on a Limb: Striking Constraints on a Semi-Arboreal Ratsnake. 17th Annual Graduate Student Symposium at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 11 November 2016. *Awarded 1st Place in the Poster Competiton

Fulbright, M. C. and Penning, D. A.. (2016). Going Out on a Limb: Striking Constraints on a Semi-Arboreal Ratsnake. The 2016 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 6–10, 2016. New Orleans Mariott, New Orleans, LA.

Fulbright, M. C. 2015. Habitat Selection by Cottonmouth Snakes. Biology Department Colloquium Presentation. University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Fulbright, M. C., Flaherty, J. P., and Gienger, C. M.. Habitat Selection of Cottonmouth Snakes, Agkistrodon piscivorus. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. August 2014. Chattanooga, TN.

Grad student extravaganza APSU

Undergrad Research APSU

Trinh, D., Flaherty, J. P., and Fulbright, M. C.. Thermal Preferences of Copperhead and Cottonmouth Snakes. Undergraduate Research Forum. Austin Peay State University. Clarksville, TN. April 2014.

Ross, A. and Fulbright, M. C. 2012. Habitat Preferences of Colubrid Snakes at the Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail. Undergraduate Research Forum. Austin Peay State University. Clarksville, TN. September 2012.

Ontogenetic Differences in Habitat Selection by Cottonmouth Snakes. Michael C. Fulbright* and C. M. Gienger. Center of Excellence for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044.

-Presented at the 19th Tennessee Herpetological Conference. Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN. September 2013.

Thesis defense Department of Biology Spring Seminar Series.

Habitat Selection and Body Temperatures of Free-Ranging Cottonmouths, Agkistrodon piscivorus. Michael C. Fulbright* and C. M. Gienger. Center of Excellence for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044.

-Presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. San Francisco, CA. January 2013.

Habitat selection of Agkistrodon piscivorus in Cheatham County, Tennessee.

-16 November 2012. 100th meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science. Vanderbilt University.

Habitat preferences of Agkistrodon piscivorus at the Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail, Cheatham County, Tennessee.

-27 September 2012. 18th Tennessee Herpetological Conference. The University of Tennessee-Martin.

The Effects of Cattle on Herpetofaunal Diversity and Richness at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Gibson and Carroll Counties, Tennessee. Michael C. Fulbright1*, Benjamin J. Beas2, Eric Johansen2 , Christopher J. O'Bryan3, Nathan L. Parker1, A. Floyd Scott1, Rebecca E. Blanton1 and C. M. Gienger1

1Center of Excellence for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044 2Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, 3Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634

Presented at the Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (SEPARC) annual meeting at Fall Creek Falls State Park, TN. February 2012.

Publications

Hromada, S, Iacchetta, M., Beas, B. J., Flaherty, J., Fulbright, M. C., Wild, K., Scott, A. F. and C. M. Gienger. Low-Intensity Agriculture Shapes Amphibian and Reptile Communities: Insights From a Ten-Year Monitoring Study. Herpetologica, 77(4), 294-306.

Manuscripts:

Kaphusman, J, Fulbright, M. C., and C. M. Gienger. Habitat Selection of Cottonmouth Snakes Near their Northern Range Limit. Submitted to Herpetological Conservation & Biology. In Review.
Fulbright, M. C., and D. A. Penning. Going out on a limb: Defensive Striking Performance of Semi-arboreal Ratsnakes. Being prepared for the Journal of Morphology. Expected Submission Fall 2022.
Fulbright, M. C., and B. R. Moon. Bite Forces of Map Turtles. Being prepared for the Journal of Experimental Biology. Expected Submission Fall 2022.

Published Notes:

I have over two dozen notes on the geographic distributions of reptiles and amphibians published in the journal Herpetological Review. Below are several recent examples, including a note describing the first documented occurrence of the Plains Leopard Frog in Tennessee, which has led to a conservation plan for the species in TN.

Fulbright, M. C., Flaherty, J. P., Gienger, C. M., and MacGregor, J. 2014. Geographic Distribution. Lithobates blairi. Herpetological Review 45:87. *This is a state record for this species.

Fulbright, M. C. and M. D. Wagner. 2013. Geographic Distribution. Eurycea cirrigera. Herpetological Review 44:102.

Fulbright, M. C., Pilcher, K. P., Flaherty, J. P. and C. M. Gienger. 2013. Geographic Distribution. Apalone spinifera. Herpetological Review 44:105.

Technical Reports: Milan DoD Report

Published Abstracts: Add

Awards

$100. 3rd Place at the 2017 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Appreciation Week 3MT Competition. April 2017.

$400. 1st Place at the 2017 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Appreciation Week Research Poster Competition. April 2017.

$100. 1st place in the Zoology, Botany, and Environmental Science Poster Competition. Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA. February 2017.

$400. Spring 2017. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Organization. Research Supplies Grant & Travel Grant.

Charlotte Mangum Student Support Award. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, LA. January 2017.

$50. 1st Place. Poster Competition. 17th Annual Graduate Student Symposium at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 11 November 2016.

$160. Fall 2016. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Organization. Research Supplies Grant.

$160. Spring 2016. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Organization. Research Supplies Grant.

$160. Fall 2015. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Organization. Research Supplies Grant.

$260. Spring 2015. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Organization. Research Supplies Grant & Travel Grant.

$160. Fall 2014. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Student Organization. Research Supplies Grant.

$500. APSU Travel Grant . Joint Meeting of Herpetologists and Ichthyologists, Chattanooga, TN.

$600. APSU College of Graduate Studies- Graduate Student Research and Creative Activities Grant. May 2013

$500. APSU Travel Grant. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2013. San Francisco, CA.

Charlotte Mangum Student Support Award. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Annual Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA.

$1000. APSU College of Graduate Studies- Graduate Student Research and Creative Activities Grant. May 2012.