JOHN J. COX
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology;
Griffith Woods Research Coordinator and Site Manager
Contact
me:
214 T.P. Cooper Building (office 208)
Lexington, KY 40546-0073
Tel: 859-257-9507 (office)
or 859-229-7200 (Griffith Woods/personal cell)
Fax: 859-323-1031
E-mail: jjcox@uky.edu
Education:
B.S. Biology, Morehead State University, 1995
M.S. Biology, Morehead State University, 1997
Ph.D. Animal Sciences, University of Kentucky, 2003
Academic Interests:
Wildlife Ecology and Management
Conservation Biology
Restoration Ecology
Human Dimensions in Conservation
Environmental Ethics
Personal Interests:
Photography, Bird Watching, History, Travel, Hiking, Consumptive Hunting
Courses taught:
FOR 315: Conservation Biology
FOR 599: Environmentalism: Survey of a sociopolitical movement (3
Credit hours)
Summary: This course is designed to present upper undergraduates and graduate students a multi-disciplinary overview of the environmental movement in America. It will examine the socio-political, cultural, philosophical, and scientific developments that created and continue to influence the modern environmental movement. The course uses an historical framework to organize discussion of key literary, scientific, and political figures, legislative and environmental events, and philosophical approaches that shape human perspective and relations with the environment.
FOR 770: The wild canids: ecology, management, and conservation (1 Credit hour)
Summary: This course is designed to provide graduate students with an overview and synthesis of scientific literature pertaining to the wild canids found throughout the world. The course will cover the evolution, behavioral ecology, management, and conservation of wolves, dogs, jackals and foxes.
Professional Affiliation:
Society for Conservation Biology
The Wildlife Society, National and Kentucky Chapters
American Society of Mammalogists
Kentucky Ornithological Society
Kentucky Society of Natural History
Recent projects:
Habitat use of the endangered Florida panther
Community dynamics among reintroduced elk, white-tailed deer, and coyote in southeastern Kentucky
Streamside management zone effects on birds and herpetofauna in southeastern Kentucky
Ecology of white-tailed deer in a bluegrass savanna-woodland remnant of central Kentucky
Selected publications (past 5 years):
Cox, J.J., J.L. Larkin, and D.S. Maehr. 2006. A Euclidean distance-based habitat analysis of the Florida panther. Journal of Wildlife Management. In press.
Dzialak, M.R., M.J. Lacki, K.M. Carter, K. Huie, and J.J. Cox. 2006. A critical assessment of hacking as a raptor reintroduction technique. Wildlife Society Bulletin. In press.
Maehr, D.S., P.S. Crowley, J.J. Cox, T.S. Hoctor, L.D. Harris, and J.L. Larkin. 2006. Of Florida panthers and haruspices: genetic intervention in the Florida panther. Animal Conservation. In press.
Schneider, J., D.S. Maehr, K.A. Alexy, J.J. Cox, J.L. Larkin, and B.C. Reeder. 2006. Food habits of reintroduced elk in southeastern Kentucky. Southeastern Naturalist. In press.
Seward, N.W., D.S. Maehr, J. Gassett, J.J. Cox, and J.L. Larkin. 2005. Field searches versus vaginal-implant transmitters for locating elk calves. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:751-756.
Cox, J.J., and D.S. Maehr. 2005. Surface mining and wildlife resources: addition and subtraction on the Cumberland Plateau. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 69:234-250.
Wichrowski, M.W., D.S. Maehr, J.L. Larkin, J.J. Cox, and M. Olsson. 2005. Activity and movements of reintroduced elk in southeastern Kentucky. Southeastern Naturalist 4:365-374.
Maehr, D.S., M.A. Orlando, and J.J. Cox. 2005. Large carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores in South Florida: An evolutionary approach to conserving landscapes and biodiversity. Pages 293-314. In, J. Ray, J. Berger, and K. Redford (eds.), Large carnivores and biodiversity: does saving one conserve the other? Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Seward, N.W., J.J. Cox, J.H. Brown, and J.L. Larkin. 2005. Use of elk hair as nesting material by the eastern phoebe. Kentucky Warbler 81:33.
Maehr, D.S., J.L. Larkin, and J.J. Cox. 2004. Shopping centers as panther habitat: inferring animal locations from models. Ecology and Society 9(2): 9. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss2/art9
Cox, J.J., and J.L. Larkin. 2004. Monitoring the state-endangered common raven (Corvus corax) in southeastern Kentucky. Endangered Species Bulletin 21:109-112.
Larkin, J.L., J.J. Cox, M. W. Wichrowski, Matthew Dzialak, and D.S. Maehr. 2004. Release site fidelity of reintroduced elk in Kentucky. Restoration Ecology 12:97-105.
Larkin, J.L., D.S. Maehr, J.J. Cox, D.C. Bolin, and M.W. Wichrowski. 2003. Demographic characteristics of a reintroduced elk population. Journal of Wildlife Management 67:467-476.
Cox, J.J., N.W. Seward, J.L. Larkin, and D.S. Maehr. 2003. Common raven nests in eastern Kentucky. Southeastern Naturalist 2:99-104.
Larkin, J.L., K. J. Alexy, D. Bolin, D.S. Maehr, J.J. Cox, M.W. Wichrowski, and N.W. Seward. 2003. Incidence of meningeal worm in a reintroduced elk herd in Kentucky. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:588-592.
Larkin, J.L., J. Treanor, J.J. Cox, D.S. Maehr, and G. Plumb. 2003. A comprehensive rapid-assessment approach for research agenda: elk (Cervus elaphus) at Yellowstone National Park. Technical Report, Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming. 177 pp.
Larkin, J.L., D.S. Maehr, J.J. Cox, M. W. Wichrowski, and R.D. Crank. 2002. Factors affecting reproduction and population growth in a restored elk population. Wildlife Biology 8:49-54.
Cox, J.J., D.S. Maehr, and J.L. Larkin. 2002. The biogeography of faunal place names in the United States. Conservation Biology 16:1143-1150.
Maehr, D.S., J.J. Cox, and J.L. Larkin. 2002. Landscape history: linking conservation approaches for large mammals. Pages 321-340. In, J.A. Bissonette and I. Storch (Eds.). Landscape ecology and resource management: linking theory with practice. Island Press, Washington D.C.
Larkin, J.L., D.S. Maehr, J.J. Cox, and C. Logsdon. 2002. Reproductive performance of yearling male elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) in a reintroduced population in southeastern Kentucky. Southeastern Naturalist 1:279-286.
Maehr, D.S., J.L. Larkin, K.J. Alexy, R.J. Warren, N.W. Seward, J.W. Day, T. Toman, J.J. Cox, and M.A. Orlando. 2002. Graduate education should not count more toward TWS certification. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:979-982.
Cox, J.J., L. Meade, D. Yancy, and D.S. Maehr. 2001. Taxonomic status of wild Canis in Kentucky. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55:408-417.
Larkin, J.L., D.S. Maehr, L. Cornicelli, J.J. Cox, and R. Grimes. 2001. Returning elk to Appalachia: foiling Murphy’s Law. Pages 101-117, In, D.S. Maehr, R. Noss, and J.L. Larkin (editors). Large mammal restoration: ecological and sociological challenges in the 21st century. Island Press, Washington D.C.