Five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15

Biographical Summary of Report Writers

Briar J. Howes

Briar Howes completed her B.Sc. (H) in Zoology at the University of Guelph in 2001. She then completed her Ph.D. in Biology at Queen’s University in 2006. For her Ph.D. research, she investigated range-wide patterns of genetic structuring in the five-lined skink, and tested evolutionary hypotheses for why species’ ranges are geographically restricted. Her research interests include biogeography, range limit theory, conservation genetics, conservation biology, and habitat selection.

Stephen C. Lougheed

Stephen Lougheed is an Associate Professor of Biology at Queen's University. His interests include phylogeography, phylogenetics and population genetics of vertebrates particularly reptiles, amphibians and birds of the New World. Many of the taxa that he works on both in Canada and eslewhere are of conservation concern, and much of his and his students' work focuses on providing explicit inputs into conservation strategies.

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