Education: Ph.D. 1989 (Biology), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (1986-89). Advisor: Thomas G. Whitham M.S. 1986 (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1983-86). Advisor: James H. Brown B.S. 1982 (Biology), Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont (1978-82). Advisor: Robert Engel Current Positions: 1994-Present. Professor (2004-Present), Associate Professor (1999-2004), Assistant Professor (1994-99). Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. 2004-Present. Director, Galbreath Wildlands Preserve, School of Science & Technology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. 1998-Present. Member of the Board of Directors, Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, California. Postdoctoral Experience: 1993-1994. SCOPE Program Coordinator and Fellow (with Harold A. Mooney). Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California. 1992-93. Bing Postdoctoral Fellow (with Paul R. Ehrlich). Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California. 1989-92. University Postdoctoral Fellow (with Andrew J. Beattie). School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1989. NATO Postdoctoral Fellow (with John H. Lawton). Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, England.