Associate Professor

Department: Biology
Office: 221 Biology-Psychology
Phone : 503-768-7508
e-mail: clifton@lclark.edu
Web: http://www.lclark. edu/~clifton/

Dr Clifton's research interests lie in the realms of behavioral ecology and life history. He has worked with a wide variety of terrestrial and marine organisms in both tropical and temperate habitats including coral reefs, East African savanna, kelp forests, and coastal wetlands. He is particularly interested in the environmental and demographic factors that govern where organisms are found and how their dispersion ultimately influences the timing and intensity of reproduction. Occasionally, he studies the dispersion and feeding response of anadromous fishes in the Pacific NW.


Courses include:
Animal Behavior (Bio 352) Currently being taught: Spring 2008
Marine Biology (Bio 221) Next taught: Fall 2008
Land Vertebrates (Bio 211) Next taught: Fall 2009 (in East Africa)
Investigations in Ecology and Environment (Bio 141) Next taught: Fall 2010

Professor Clifton will lead the college overseas program to East Africa in Fall, 2009

Dr Clifton is also a contributing faculty member in the Environmental Studies Program

For more information about Dr Clifton's teaching and research please go to the following site: http://www.lclark. edu/~clifton