Ecology Concepts And Applications 7Th Edition By Manuel Molles – Test Bank

Manuel C Molles Jr. is a retired Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico, where he has been a faculty member and curator at the Museum of Southwestern Biology since 1975. He earned his BS from Humboldt State University and his PhD from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. Seeking to broaden his geographical horizons, he has taught and conducted ecological research in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. He was granted a Fulbright Research Fellowship to conduct research on river ecology in Portugal and has held visiting professor positions in the Department of Zoology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in the Laboratory of Hydrology at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, and at the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station.
Initially trained as a marine ecologist and fisheries biologist, the author focused mainly on river and riparian ecology at the University of New Mexico. His research has spanned various ecological levels, including behavioral ecology, population biology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeography of stream insects, and the impact of a large-scale climate phenomenon (El Niño) on the dynamics of southwestern river and riparian ecosystems. His current research interests center on the effects of climate change and climatic variations on the populations and communities along steep temperature and moisture gradients in the mountains of the Southwest. Throughout his career, Dr. Molles has endeavored to integrate research, teaching, and community service, involving both undergraduate and graduate students in his ongoing projects. At the University of New Mexico, he taught a wide array of lower division, upper division, and graduate courses, including Principles of Biology, Evolution and Ecology, Stream Ecology, Limnology and Oceanography, Marine Biology, and Community and Ecosystem Ecology. He has taught courses in Global Change and River Ecology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and General Ecology and Groundwater and Riparian Ecology at the Flathead Lake Biological Station. Dr. Manuel Molles was recognized as Teacher of the Year by the University of New Mexico for 1995–1996 and as Potter Chair in Plant Ecology in 2000. In 2014, he was honored with the Eugene P. Odum Award from the Ecological Society of America for his “ability to relate fundamental ecological principles to human affairs through teaching, outreach, and mentoring activities.”