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Patricia Thomas-Laemont

Adjunct Instructor in Environmental Studies

Department: Environmental Studies

Office and address: McMichael Science Building, Office 003C 2625 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-6247

News & Notes

Education

BS Frostburg State University, 1984

MS Villanova University, 1988

Courses Taught

Introduction to Environmental Science lecture and lab, Diversity of Life, Current Issues in Environmental Science, Animal social behavior in a Changing World, Science Without borders

Research

Research interest: Behavioral ecology of small mammals

Ongoing research project of the small mammal community of Loy Farm, using mark-recapture trapping.  Species identified at the farm from this research includes hispid cotton rat, southern-short-tailed shrew, house mouse, white footed mouse, and eastern harvest mouse.  Future research plans include further investigation of the eastern harvest mouse, as very little work has been done on this species, especially in the Piedmont region

Current Projects

Analysis of the small mammal community of Loy farm using mark-recapture trapping

Publications

Dr. John Didion , Prof. Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, Mr. Andrew Morgan , Dr. Liran Yadgary , Mr. Timothy Bell , Ms. Rachel McMullan , Ms. Lydia Ortiz de Solorzano , Dr. Janice Britton-Davidian , Dr. Carol Bult , Dr. Karl Campbell , Dr. Riccardo Castiglia , Dr. Yung-Hao Ching , Dr. Amanda Chunco , Dr. James Crowley , Dr. Elissa Chesler , Dr. John French , Dr. Sofia Gabriel , Dr. Daniel Gatti , Dr. Theodore Garland, Jr. , Dr. Eva Giagia-Athanasopoulou , Dr. Mabel Giménez , Ms. Sofia Grize , Dr. Islam Gündüz , Dr. Andrew Holmes , Dr. Heidi Hauffe , Dr. Jeremy Herman , Mr. James Holt , Mr. Kunjie Hua , Mr. Wesley Jolley , Dr. Anna K. Lindholm , Dr. María López-Fuster , Dr. George Mitsainas , Dr. Maria Mathias , Dr. Leonard McMillan , Dr. M Graça Ramalhinho , Dr. Barbara Rehermann , Dr. Stephan Rosshart , Prof. Jeremy Searle , Dr. Meng-Shin Shiao , Ms. Emanuela Solano , Dr. Karen Svenson , Ms. Patricia Thomas-Laemont , Dr. David Threadgill , Dr. jacint Ventura , Dr. George Weinstock , Dr. Daniel Pomp , Dr. Gary Churchill. Mol Biol Evol (2016) 33 (6): 1381-1395 first published online February 15, 2016 doi:10.1093/molbev/msw036

Blackburn, M. B., R. M. Wagner, J. P. Kochansky, D.  J. Harrison, P.  A. Thomas-Laemont, and  A. K. Raina. (1995)  The identification of two myoinhibitory peptides, with sequence similarities to the galanins, isolated from the ventral nerve cord of Manduca sexta.  Reg. Peptides 57:213-219.

 

Giebultowicz, J. M., M. B. Blackburn, P. A. Thomas-Laemont, and A. K. Raina (1993)  Sterilization of the gypsy moth by disruption of sperm release from testes.  In:  Pest Management:      Biologically Based Technologies.  Robert D. Lumsden and James L. Vaughn, eds.  ACS Conference Proceedings Series.

 

Giebultowicz, J. M., M. B. Blackburn, P. A. Thomas-Laemont, F. Weyda, and A. K. Raina (1996)  Daily rhythm in myogenic contractions of vas deferens associated with sperm release cycle in a moth.  J Comp Physiol. A  178:629-636.

 

Kingan, T. G., A. K. Raina and P. A. Thomas-Laemont. (1993)  Control of reproductive behavior of female moths by factors in male seminal fluids.  In:  Pest Management:  Biologically Based             Technologies.  Robert D. Lumsden and James L. Vaughn, eds.  ACS Conference Proceedings Series.

 

Kingan, T. G., P. A. Thomas-Laemont, and A. K. Raina. (1993)  Male accessory gland factors elicit change from ‘virgin’ to ‘mated’ behavior in female corn earworm moth, Helicoverpa zea.  J. Exp. Biol. 183:61-76.