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Lee Kats

Professor
Natural Science Division
Pepperdine University
United States of America

Professor Environmental Sciences
Biography

Dr. Lee Kats' current research is on the causes of amphibian decline in Southern California. He and his students focus their studies on the effects of ultraviolet radiation, wildfire and the introduction of exotic species. He has significant background in the areas of animal behavior, conservation, animal ecology, tropical biology and stream ecology. He conducts most of his research in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California; however, he also leads classes and conducts research in Costa Rica and Argentina. Dr. Kats has published numerous research articles on amphibian ecology and conservation ecology. He has served on the Board of Editors for the scientific journal Conservation Biology since 1996 and recently joined the editorial board of the European scientific journal on freshwater biology, Hydrobiologia.

Research Intrest

Amphibian ecology

List of Publications
Kats, L.B., R. Van Dragt, G. Van Dragt, S. Rollert*, T. Thurling*, R. Johnson*, D. Cho*, and S. Landis*. 2008. Undergraduate research: Communicating ecological field studies to local school children through outreach and curriculum. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly29:58-62.
Blaustein, A.R., B.A. Han, R.A. Relyea, P.T.J. Johnson, J.C. Buck, S.S. Gervais and L.B. Kats. 2011. The complexity of amphibian population declines: understanding the role of co-factors in driving amphibian losses.Annals of the New York Acadamy of Sciences 1223:108-119.
Bancroft, B.A., B.A. Han, C. L. Searle, L.M. Biga, D.H. Olson, L. B. Kats, J.J. Lawler and A.R. Blaustein. (in press). Species-level correlates of susceptibility to the pathogenic amphibian fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the United States. Biodiversity and Conservation.
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