Education:
- Ph.D. in Zoology - Colorado State University, Fort Collins. 1982.
Dissertation: Selection Pressures Affecting a Dorsal Color Polymorphism in Rana pipiens. (David Pettus, Major Professor)
- M.S. in Zoology - Colorado State University. 1977.
- B.S. with Distinction in Biology - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 1974.
Research Interests:
- Herpetology
- Distribution and status of amphibians in western North America
- Techniques for monitoring amphibian populations
- Techniques for estimating abundance of desert tortoises
- Translocation as a tool for managing declining amphibian and reptile populations
- Effects of timber harvest on amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals
Current Projects:
Professional Experience:
- 1996-present Research Zoologist. Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, USGS-BRD), Missoula, MT
- 1993-1996 Research Zoologist, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, National Biological Service, Ft. Collins, CO
- 1991-1993 Zoologist. National Ecology Research Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ft. Collins, CO
- 1988-1989 Wildlife Biologist. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Forest Service, Olympia, Washington
- 1983-1991 Wildlife Biologist. Denver Wildlife Research Center/National Ecology Research Center, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ft. Collins, CO
Service:
- Participant on planning teams for the Department of the Interior Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
- Editor, Herpetological Conservation (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles); Northwestern Naturalist (1993-1997; Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology)
- Symposium Organizer, Amphibian Monitoring in Western National Parks, 1993; Effects of Fisheries Management on the Amphibians and Other Biota of Wilderness Lakes, 1998
- Member, Wyoming toad and boreal toad recovery teams
- Faculty affiliate: University of Montana, Idaho State University
- Co-Chair, Rocky Mountain Working Group, Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force
- Scientific Analysis Team; Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team; Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project: amphibian viability panels
Selected Publications:
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Guscio CG, Hossack BR, Eby LA, Corn PS. 2008. Post-breeding habitat use by adult boreal toads (Bufo boreas boreas) after wildfire in Glacier National Park, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3:55-62.
Hossack BR, Corn PS. 2008. Wildland fire and seasonal wetlands: effects on water temperature and selection of breeding sites by the boreal toad (Bufo boreas). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3:46-54.
Hossack BR, Corn PS. 2007. Responses of pond-breeding amphibians to wildfire: short-term patterns in occupancy and colonization. Ecological Applications 17: in press.
Corn PS. 2007. Amphibians and disease: implications for conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Yellowstone Science 15(2):11-16.
Field KJ, Tracy CR, Medica PA, Marlow RW, Corn PS. 2007. Return to the wild: translocation as a tool in conservation of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Biological Conservation 136:232-245.
Hossack BR, Corn PS, Fagre DB. 2006. Divergent patterns of abundance and age-class structure of headwater stream tadpoles in burned and unburned watersheds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84:1482-1488.
Hossack BR, Diamond SA, Corn PS. 2006. Distribution of the boreal toad populations in relation to estimated UV-B dose in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84:98-107.
Corn PS. 2005. Climate change and amphibians. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 28:59-67.
Corn PS. 2003. Amphibian breeding and climate change: the importance of snow in the mountains. Conservation Biology 17:622-625.
Corn PS, Bury RB, Hyde EJ. 2003. Conservation of North American stream amphibians. In: Semlitsch R, editor. Amphibian conservation. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. p 24-36.
Corn PS, Muths E. 2002. Variable breeding phenology affects the exposure of amphibian embryos to ultraviolet radiation. Ecology 83:2958-2963.
Professional Affiliations:
Contact Information:
Missoula Field Station, USGS
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
790 E. Beckwith Ave.
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: 406-542-4191, 542-4190
Fax: 406-542-4196
E-mail: steve_corn@usgs.gov
ALSO: Stephen Corn - Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center - Staff Page
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