Department of Biology - Northern State University

DR. ERIC T LIKNES

Telephone: (605) 626-2427
FAX: (605) 626-3364

NSU - Math and Science
Mewaldt-Jensen 234
1200 South Jay Street
Aberdeen, SD 57401

Education

University of South Dakota       Ph.D., Biology
University of South Dakota       M.S., Biology
Northern State University         B.S., Biology

Courses Taught

Biol 101                  Biology Survey

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Biol 221                  Human Anatomy
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Biol 325                  Physiology
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Biol 357                  Invertebrate Zoology

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Biol 363                  Ornithology
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Biol 365                  Vertebrate Zoology

Biol 373                  Evolutionary Biology

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Chem 362               Biochemistry
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Research Interests

Patterns and mechanisms of seasonal acclimatization
My research interests are primarily centered on the flexibility of complex physiological traits related to seasonal acclimatization and how natural selection may shape these responses. I have investigated seasonal acclimatization mechanisms at multiple levels of organization, from the organism to sub-cellular, to identify key mechanisms involved with seasonal acclimatization. In addition, I am also interested in broader-scale differences in seasonal acclimatization patterns both within and between species.
Stopover ecology and energetics of Neotropical migrant birds during migration
I am also interested in Neotropical migrant birds during stopover and migration and how effectively migrants meet the energetic demands of migration at stopover sites in different habitats.
Other research interests
In addition to migrants, I am also interested in the ecology and phylogeography of breeding birds and other vertebrates.

Recent Publications

Swanson, D.L. and E.T. Liknes. 2006. A comparative analysis of thermogenic capacity and cold tolerance in small birds. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:466-474

Willis, C.K.R., J.E. Lane, E.T. Liknes, D.L. Swanson, and R.M. Brigham. 2005. Thermal energetics of female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 83:871-879.

Swanson, D.L., K.L. Dean, H.A. Carlisle, and E.T. Liknes. 2005. Riparian and woodlot landscape patterns and migration of Neotropical migrants in riparian forests of eastern South Dakota. Pages 541-549 In: C.J. Ralph and T.D. Rich (eds.), Bird conservation implementation and integration in the Americas: proceedings of the third international Partners in Flight conference 2002.Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Swanson, D.L. H.A. Carlisle, E.T. Liknes. 2003. Abundance and richness of neotropical woodland migrants at farmstead woodlots stopover sites in the northern Great Plains. American Midland Naturalist 149: 176-191

Liknes, Eric T., S.M. Scott and D.L. Swanson. 2002. Seasonal Acclimatization in the American Goldfinch Revisited: To What Extent Do Metabolic Rates Vary Seasonally? The Condor 104:548-557

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