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Dr. Walter H. Piper
Professor
Schmid College of Science and Technology
Biological Sciences
, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Office:
- Hashinger Science Center 312
- Phone:
- (714) 997-6907
- Email:
- wpiper@chapman.edu
- Website:
- http://loonproject.org/
- Education
- Harvard University, Bachelor of Arts
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. in Biology
- Biography
Teaching
- BIOL 204 From Molecules to Cells: Evolution of Life on Earth
- BIOL 205 Evolution and Diversity of Multicellular Organisms
- BIOL 224 Ecology and Evolution
- BIOL 333 Animal Behavior
Degrees
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. in Biology
- Harvard University, B.A. in Biology
Research Interests
- Territory Acquisition and Defense in the Common Loon of Wisconsin
- Population Ecology of Naturalized Parrots of Orange County
Funding
- National Geographic Society
- Disney Conservation Fund
- Chapman University Creative/Scholarly Grants
- National Science Foundation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
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Piper, W. H. Grear, J. S. and Meyer, M. W. 2012. Juvenile survival in common loons: Effects of natal lake size and pH. J. Avian Biol. 43: 280-288.
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Piper, W. H., J. N. Mager, & C. Walcott. 2011. Marking loons, making progress. American Scientist 99: 220-227.
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Piper, W. 2011. Making habitat selection more “familiar”: a review. Behavioral Ecol. Sociobiol. 65:1329-1351.
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Mager, J. N., Walcott, C. and Piper, W. H. 2010. Common loons (Gavia immer) can differentiate between yodels of territorial neighbors and non-neighbors. J. Field Ornithol., 81: 392-401.
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Piper, W. H. 2010/2011. Troubled Waters: Loons’ territorial fights are no laughing matter. Natural History, 119: 22-26.
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Grear, J. S., Meyer, M. W., Cooley Jr., J. H., Kuhn, A., Piper, W. H., Mitro, M. G., Vogel, H. S., Taylor, K. M., Kenow, K. P., Craig, S. M., Nacci, D. E. 2009. Population Growth and Demography of Common Loons in the Northern United States. Journal of Wildlife Management 73: 1108-1115.