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EDUCATION |
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1970 | PhD, Biology, Yale University |
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1966 | BA, Biology with Honors, Grinnell College |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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| 1987-present | Professor of Biology at American University | |
| 1981 | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Northwestern University | |
| 1980 | Professor of Biological Sciences at Northwestern University | |
| 1975 | Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Northwestern University | |
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1975 | Visiting Associate Professor of Human Ecology, Harvard University |
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1971 | Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Northwestern University |
| 1970 | Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Population Biology at the University of Chicago | |
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GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS |
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| 2002-2005 | West Viginia Department of Natural Resources, "Cave Fauna Inventory" | |
| 2000-present | National Park Service, Groundwater Amphipods in National Capital Area Parks | |
| 2001-2004 | Cave Conservancy Foundation, "Subterranean Biodiversity" | |
| 1997-2000 | The Nature Conservancy, Subterranean Biodiversity in North America" | |
| 1990 | The Nature Conservancy, "Biological Inventory of West Virginia Cave Communities" | |
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1990 | The Nature Conservancy, "Biological Assessment of 'The Cedars', Lee County, Virginia" |
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1988 | The Conservation Fund, "Karst Waters Institute Planning Conference" |
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1988 | Conservancy of the Virginias, "Karst Waters Institute Planning Conference" |
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PUBLICATIONS - Selected Journal Articles (complete list available on request) |
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12 | Culver, D.C., M.C. Christman, I. Šereg, P. Trontelj, and B. Sket. 2004. The location of terrestrial species-rich caves in a cave-rich area. Subterranean Biology 2:27-32. |
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11 | Schneider, K., and D.C. Culver. 2004. Estimating subterranean species richness using intensive sampling and rarefaction curves in a high density cave region in West Virginia. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 66:39-45. |
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10 | Culver, D.C., M.C. Christman, B. Sket, and P. Trontelj. 2004. Sampling adequacy in an extreme environment: species richness patterns in Slovenian caves. Biodiversity and Conservation 13:1209-1229. |
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9 | Culver, D.C., M.C. Christman, W.R. Elliott, H.H. Hobbs III, and J.R. Reddell. 2003. The North American obligate cave fauna: regional patterns. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:441-468. |
| 8 | Culver, D.C., and B. Sket. 2002. Biological monitoring in caves (Biološko zasledovanje stanja (monitoring) v jamah). Acta Carsologica 31:55-64. | |
| 7 | Krow, S., and D.C. Culver. 2001. Gaps in sampling cave fauna. Mémoires de Biospéologie 28:127-133. | |
| 6 | Christman, M.C., and D.C. Culver. 2001. The relationship between cave biodiversity and available habitat. Journal of Biogeography 28:367-380. | |
| 5 | Herman, J.W., D.C. Culver, and J. Salzman. 2001. Groundwater ecosystems and the service of water purification. Stanford Environmental LawJournal 20:479-495. | |
| 4 | Culver, D.C. 2001. The dark zone. The Sciences 41(2):30-35. | |
| 3 | Christman, M.C., D.C. Culver, H.H. Hobbs III, and L.L. Master. 2000. Reply: distribution map of caves and cave animals in the United States. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62:185. | |
| 2 | Culver, D.C., and B. Sket. 2000. Hotspots of subterranean biodiversity in caves and wells. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62:11-17. | |
| 1 | Culver, D.C., L.L. Master, M.C. Christman, and H.H. Hobbs III. 2000. Obligate cave fauna of the 48 contiguous United States. Conservation Biology 14:386-401. | |
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PUBLICATIONS - Selected Book Chapters (complete list available on request) |
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| 6 | Sket, B., and D.C. Culver. 2004. Biology of caves, pp. 148-151. In J. Gunn [ed.], Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, Fitzroy Dearborn, New York. |
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| 5 | Culver, D.C. 2004. Adaptation: genetics, pp. 6-7. In J. Gunn [ed.], Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, Fitzroy Dearborn, New York. | |
| 4 | Culver, D.C., and H.H. Hobbs III. 2002. Patterns of species richness in the Florida stygobitic fauna, pp. 60-63. In J.B. Martin, C.M. Wicks, and I.D. Sasowsky [eds.], Hydrogeology and Biology of Post-Paleozoic Carbonate Aquifers. Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 7, Charles Town, W.Va. |
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| 3 | Krow, S., and D.C. Culver. 2001. Determining the sampling gaps for cave species, pp. 42-44. In D.C. Culver, L. Deharveng, J. Gibert, and I.D. Sasowsky [eds.], Mapping Subterrenean Biodiversity/Cartographie de la biodiversité souterraine. Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 6, Charles Town, W.Va. |
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| 2 | Christman, M..C., and D.C. Culver. 2001. Spatial models for predicting cave biodiversity: an example from the southeastern United States, pp, 36-38. In D.C. Culver, L. Deharveng, J. Gibert, and I.D. Sasowsky [eds.], Mapping Subterrenean Biodiversity/Cartographie de la biodiversité souterraine. Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 6, Charles Town, W.Va. |
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| 1 | Culver, D.C. , and H. Wilkens. 2000. Critical review of the relevant theories of the evolution of subterranean animals, pp. 389-407. In H. Wilkens, W.F. Humphreys, and D.C. Culver [eds.] Subterranean Ecosystems. Elsevier, Amsterdam. | |
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PUBLICATIONS - Books and Monographs |
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3 | Jones, W.B., D.C. Culver, and J.S Herman [eds.]. 2004. Epikarst. Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 9, Charles Town, W.Va. |
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2 | Culver, D.C., and W.B. White [eds.]. 2004. Encyclopedia of Caves. Academic/Elsevier, San Diego. |
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1 | Wilkens, H., W.F. Humphreys, and D.C. Culver [eds.]. 2000. Subterranean Ecosystems. Elsevier, Amsterdam. |
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| Last Updated: 13-Oct-2004 | |