Departmental Mission Statement
Tenure and Promotion Expectations
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| Jim Armacost
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| Assistant Professor of Biology
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Office:
205-15 Hayes
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Phone:
(409) 880-1756
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| Email: jarmacost@my.lamar.edu |
Education
2007 Ph.D. Biology Illinois State University
1998 M.S. Biology Mississippi State University
1993 B.S. Zoology Louisiana State University
Courses Taught: Anatomy and Physiology II (Biol 2402), Ornithology (Biol 4401)
Research Interests
I’m a broadly trained naturalist with interests in ecology, natural history, biodiversity, and conservation biology. My research deals with avian ecology and conservation. I’ve conducted ornithological fieldwork in the United States, Peru, and Japan. My primary interest is in habitat use by birds, and most of my research has addressed this interest. Habitat use is of fundamental importance because it is both central to understanding wildlife ecology and central to the management and conservation of wildlife, including birds. A secondary interest, which is reflected in much of my research, is the effect of human habitat modification on bird communities, especially in agricultural habitats.
Ash-breasted
Antbird (female)
Yellow Warbler (male)
Depto. Loreto, Peru
Illinois, USA
PUBLICATIONS
Armacost, Jr., J. W. 2007. Ecology and conservation of Amazonian river-island birds. Ph.D. Dissertation. Illinois State University. Normal, Illinois.
Armacost, Jr., J. W. 2005. Birds of palm-dominated terra firme forest: habitat heterogeneity and avian diversity in the Neotropics. Cotinga 25: 33-37.
Armacost, Jr., J. W. 2004. The nest, eggs, and nestlings of the Castlenau’s Antshrike (Thamnophilus cryptoleucus), with notes on its ecology and conservation. Wilson Bulletin 116: 262-266.
Fujioka, M., Armacost, Jr., J. W., Yoshida, H. and T. Maeda. 2001. Value of fallow farmlands as summer habitats for waterbirds in a Japanese rural area. Ecological Research 16: 555-567.
Wood, D. R., Vilella, F. J., Burger, Jr., L. W., and J. W. Armacost, Jr. 2001. Surveying nocturnal bird communities of the Southeast with silent and playback methods. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55: 528-533.
Armacost, Jr., J. W. 1998. Habitat use by the Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) in Mississippi. M.S. Thesis. Mississippi State University. Starkville, Mississippi.
Cedar Waxwing
Illinois, USA
A member of the Texas State University System