Richard Durtsche
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Contact Info
Office: SC-148
Lab: SC-166
Phone: (859) 572-6637; 572-1403 (lab)
E-mail: durtsche@nku.edu.
Web page: www.nku.edu/~durtsche
Education
- B.S., B.A., 1983, University of Minnesota, Duluth
- M.A., 1988, California State University, Fullerton
- Ph.D., 1999, University of Oklahoma
Areas of Concentration
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Animal Physiological Ecology
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Vertebrate Zoology
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Herpetology
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Tropical Ecology
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Biostatistical Analyses
Research Interests
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Foraging ecology and Digestive physiology of vertebrate ectotherms, primarily tadpoles and lizards
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Impact of invasive plants on amphibian larvae
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Trigger mechanisms underlying gastric acid production in tadpoles
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Thermal physiology of lizards