Keith Berven

Keith A. Berven
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
350 DH
(248) 370-3581
Lab location: 302 DH, 351 DH
Lab phone: (248) 370-3548
[email protected]

Courses:

BIO 1300  Biology II
BIO 3312  Field Botany
BIO 3320  Vertebrate Zoology
BIO 3332  Field Biology
BIO 4970  Scientific Inquiry and Communication

Research: Population Dynamics and Larval Ecology of Wood Frogs.

Dr. Berven has been monitoring a single population of wood frogs for the past 35 years to elucidate the factors that lead to year-to-year fluctuations in population size. Recent studies have addressed the relative importance of environmental factors, density-dependent factors, and parasites. Other research activities include aspects of amphibian larval metamorphic development, competition, and kin recognition. Four undergraduate students and one graduate student are currently working on these and related projects.

Selected Publications:

Keith Berven NCBI publication list

Stephens*, J.P., K.A. Altman*, K.A. Berven, S.D. Tiegs and T.R. Raffel. (2017). Bottom-up and trait-mediated effects of resource quality on amphibian parasitism. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 305-315. DOI:10.1111/1365-2656.12613.

Stephens*, J.P., A.B. Stoler, J.P. Sckrabulis*, A.J. Fetzer*, K.A. Berven, S.D. Tiegs and T.R. Raffel. (2017). Ontogenetic changes in sensitivity to nutrient limitation of tadpole growth. Oecologia 183: 263-273. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3746-7.

Tiegs, S.D., K.A. Berven, D.J. Carmack and K.A. Capps. (2016). Stoichiometric implications of a biphasic life cycle. Oecologia 180: 853-63. DOI:  10.1007/s00442-015-3504-2.

Stephens*, J.P., K.A. Berven and S.D. Tiegs. (2013). Leaf-litter impacts the development of larval wood frogs. Freshwater Biology 58: 1631-1646. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-016-1106-z.

Berven, K.A. (2009). Density dependence in the terrestrial stage of wood frogs: Evidence from a 21-year population study. Copeia 2009 (2): 328-338. DOI: 10.1643/CH-08-052.

*OU student