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Assistant Professor of Biology and Nature Park Program Coordinator

Contact Information:

128 F. W. Olin Biology Sciences Building
765-658-4772
vartman@depauw.edu
Degree:
Ph.D. Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology (Ohio State University)
Area of Specialty: 

ecology
Courses taught:

BIO 135, Organismal Biology
BIO 145, Intro to Ecology and Evolution
BIO 342, Ecology
BIO 375, Biostatistics
BIO 390, Ornithology
Research Interest:

forest ecology, songbird population dynamics, nesting success, nutrient cycling patterns
Research projects:

Where has all the leaf litter gone?  Decomposition rates in the Nature Park and implications for breeding bird habitat.
Grants & Publications:

Artman, V. L., T. Hutchinson, and J. Brawn.  2005.  Fire ecology and bird populations in eastern deciduous forests.  Studies in Avian Biology 30: 127-138.

Artman, V. L., and J. F. Downhower.  2003.Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)nesting ecology in relation to prescribed burning of mixed-oak forest in Ohio.  Auk 120:874- 882.

Artman, V. L., E. K. Sutherland, and J. F. Downhower.  2001.  Prescribed burning to restore mixed-oak communities in southern Ohio:  effects on breeding bird populations. Conservation Biology 15:1423-1434.