C.M. Gienger

Assistant Professor, Curator of Herpetology

Sundquist Science Complex, Room A135
P.O. Box 4718
Clarksville, TN 37044
(931) 221-7076
email: giengerc@apsu.edu
webpage

Education

Ph.D. University of Nevada, Reno (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology), 2009
M.S. University of Nevada, Reno (Biology), 2003
B.S. Central Washington University (Biology), 2000 

Teaching

Research Methods, Zoological Diversity, Herpetology

Research Interests

Ecology and Physiology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Selected Publications

Gienger, C.M., C.R. Tracy, M.L. Brien, S.C. Manolis, G.J.W. Webb, R.S. Seymour, and K.A. Christian. 2012. Energetic costs of digestion in Australian crocodiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 59(6): 416-421.

Gienger, C.M. and D.D. Beck. 2011. Northern Pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) use thermal and structural cues to choose overwintering hibernacula. Canadian Journal of Zoology 89: 1084-1090.

Gienger, C.M. and C.R. Tracy. 2008. Ecological interactions between Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum) and desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). Southwestern Naturalist 53(2): 265-268.

Gienger, C.M. and C.R. Tracy. 2008. Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster). Prey. Herpetological Review 39(2): 224-226.

Gienger, C.M. and D.D. Beck. 2007. Heads or tails? Sexual dimorphism in helodermatid lizards. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 92-98.

Gienger, C.M., G.W. Johnson, M. McMillan, S. Sheldon, and C.R. Tracy. 2005. Timing of hatching in beaded lizards (Heloderma horridum). Sonoran Herpetologist 18(8): 93-94.

Gienger, C.M., D.D. Beck, N.C. Sabari, and D.L. Stumbaugh. 2002. Dry season habitat use by lizards in a tropical deciduous forest of western Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 36: 487-490.