ANTON LEENDERS, DRS.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Phone Number: (203) 365-4772
E-mail: leendersa@sacredheart.edu
Area of Specialization: Vertebrate Zoology/Ecology
Description of Research Interest:
My current research centers around three major themes:
- Evaluation of ecological determinants of alpha diversity, geographic distribution, and niche segregation in tropical amphibians and reptiles with an emphasis on Central American and tropical West African species.
- Role of environmental factors influencing larval development and fecundity of New World amphibians and implications of these factors on the global decline of amphibian populations.
- Development of a Species Survival Program for the critically endangered Central American Harlequin Toad, Atelopus varius.
Primary Teaching Responsibilities:
BI 111/113, 112/114 Concepts in Biology
BI 299 Conservation Biology
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