Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Biology:
Syracuse University 2005, Ecology emphasis
M.S. Forestry:
Northern Arizona University 1999, Wildlife Ecology
emphasis
B.S. Wildlife Ecology:
University of Florida 1994, Minor Zoology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2014 to current.
Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources
Management, Texas Tech University
2013 to current.
Director, Professional Science Masters Track in
Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University
2008 to 2014. Assistant Professor, Department of
Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University.
2008 to current. Adjunct Faculty and Graduate
Faculty, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and
Conservation Ecology, NMSU.
2005 to 2008. Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation
Ecology, New Mexico State University.
2001 to 2005. Graduate Research Assistant,
Department of Biology, Syracuse University.
2000 to 2001. Graduate Research Assistant, Ecology
Program, Utah State University.
1996 to 1999. Graduate Research Assistant,
Department of Forestry, Northern Arizona University.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
Gary, D., K. Mougey, N.E.
McIntyre, K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2022. Species as
conservation umbrellas: a case study with lesser
prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
in the southern Great Plains of North America.
Global Ecology and Conservation, e02256.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02256
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., K. LeVering, A. Vega,
C.A. Perez, A. Barun, G. Perry. 2022. Reproductive
niche differentiation in syntopic tropical tree
frogs (Agalychnis). Biotropica (in press)
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., K. Mougey, S. Swain, J. Drake,
M. Vanlandeghem. 2021. Qualitative species
vulnerability: Model sensitivity to climate and
spatial parameters. Climate Services 22: article
100217.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100217
Gary, D., K. Mougey, N.E.
McIntyre, K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2019. Identification of
hotspots of at-risk terrestrial vertebrate species
in the south-central Great Plains of North America:
A tool to inform and address regional-scale
conservation. Journal for Natural Conservation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2019.01.002
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., A.E. Parker, J. Goetting. 2019. Novel temporary aquatic habitats and desert invertebrate communities, Texas Journal of Science. 71(1): Article 5.
https://doi.org/10.32011/txjsci_71_1_Article5.
(pdf
link here)
Quinones, B., Z. Patton, J.
Murgatroyd, S. Hamilton, S. Moses, A. Herrera, E.
Hernandez, C.A. Perez, A. Vega, G. Perry, and K.L.
Griffis-Kyle. 2019. The Adventure of a Lifetime:
Getting Friendly with Costa Rican Herps IRCF
Reptiles and Amphibians 26(1):85-97.
http://www.ircf.org/journal/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RA-26.1_85-97_Quinones-etal.pdf
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., K.
Mougey, M. Vanlandeghem, S. Swain, J. Drake.
2018. Comparison of climate vulnerability across desert
herpetofauna.
Biological Conservation
225:164-175. DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.06.009
Kiesow, A.B., and K.L.
Griffis-Kyle. 2017. Desert amphibian selection of
arid land breeding habitat undermines reproductive
effort.
Oecologia 185: 619-627. DOI:
10.1007/s00442-017-3969-2
Drake, J., K.L. Griffis-Kyle, N.E. McIntyre. 2017.
Graph theory as an invasive species management tool:
Case study in the Sonoran Desert.
Landscape Ecology 32: 1739-1752.
DOI:10.1007/s10980-017-0539-2
Ramesh, R., G. Perry, M. Farmer, K.L. Griffis-Kyle.
2017. Limited data used to make valid inference
about targeting sites for conservation: A case study
in urban amphibian ecology.
Herpetological Review 48:1-5.
Drake, J.C., K.L. Griffis-Kyle, N.E. McIntyre. 2017.
Using nested connectivity models to resolve
management conflicts of isolated water networks in
the Sonoran Desert.
Ecography 8(1), e01652. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1652
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2016. Physiology and ecology to
inform climate adaptation strategies for desert
amphibians.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
11:563-582. http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_11/Issue_3/Griffis-Kyle_2016.pdf
McIntyre, N.E, J.C. Drake,
and K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2016. A connectivity and
wildlife management conflict in isolated desert
waters.
Journal of Wildlife Management 80:655-666.
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.1059.
Drake, J.C., Jenness, J.S., Goetting, J.,
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2015. Testing a model for the
prediction of isolated water sites in the Sonoran
Desert.
Journal of Arid Environments 118:1-8
. DOI:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.02.018
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., J. Kovatch, C. Bradatan. 2014. Water
quality: a hidden danger in anthropogenic desert
catchments.
Wildlife Society Bulletin 38:148-151.
doi:
10.1002/wsb.358
Navarrete, L. and K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2014. Effects
of wind farms on Sandhill Crane playa occupancy on
the Texas High Plains. In: D.A. Aborn and R.P.
Urbanek (Eds.) pp. 20-26. Proceedings of the Twelfth
North American Crane Workshop. North American Crane
Working Group.
http://www.nacwg.org/Proceedings%2012.pdf
Navarrete, L. and K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2014. Sandhill
Crane collisions with wind turbines in the southern
High Plains of Texas. In: D.A. Aborn and R.P.
Urbanek (Eds.) pp. 65-67. Proceedings of the Twelfth
North American Crane Workshop. North American Crane
Working Group.
http://www.nacwg.org/Proceedings%2012.pdf
Ramesh, R, A. Lord, K.L. Griffis-Kyle, G. Perry, D.
Hamilton, S. Shalika. 2013. Amphibian populations in
Brazos River Basin, Texas, show no evidence of Bd
infection. Herpetological Review 44(3):461-464.
Boeing, WJ, Griffis-Kyle KL,
Jungels JM. 2014. Anuran habitat associations in the
northern Chihuahuan Desert, USA.
Journal of
Herpetology 48:103-110.
Kissner, JA and KL Griffis-Kyle. 2013. Straight from
the ungulates mouth: A technique for protecting
data-loggers. Herpetological Review Herpetological
Review 44:432-434.
Hellmann J, J Dzurisin, T Wright, D Cieslak, S
Pecoraro, K Smith, K Hayhoe, and K Griffis-Kyle.
2013. Mosquitoes of Eastern North America: data to
reveal long-term and nationwide patterns of
occurrence.
Ecology 94(6): 1433-1433.
Ramesh, R., K. Griffis-Kyle, G. Perry, and M.
Farmer. 2012. Urban amphibians of the Texas
Panhandle: Baseline inventory and habitat
associations in a drought year.
Reptiles & Amphibians 19(4):243–253.
Kissner, J.A. and K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2012.
Pseudacris clarkii (Spotted Chorus Frog). USA, New
Mexico.
Herpetological Review 43(1): 8.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., S.C. Kyle, and J.M. Jungels.
2011. Use of breeding sites by arid-land toads in
rangelands: landscape level factors. The
Southwestern Naturalist 56(2): 252-255.
Jungels, J.M., K.L. Griffis-Kyle, and W.J. Boeing.
2010. Low genetic differentiation among populations
of the Great Plains toad (Bufo cognatus) in
south-central New Mexico.
Copeia
2010(3):388-396.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. and L.M. Navarrete. 2010.
Bufo
debilis (green toad) mortality at a breeding site.
Herpetological Review 41(3):334.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2009.
Bufo debilis (green toad)
breeding habitat selection.
Herpetological Review 40:199-200.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. and M.E. Ritchie. 2007. Amphibian
survival, growth and development in response to
mineral nitrogen exposure and predator cues in the
field: an experimental approach.
Oecologia 152:633-642.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2007. Sublethal effects of
nitrite on tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum
tigrinum) and wood frog (Rana sylvatica) embryos and
larvae: implications for field populations.
Aquatic Ecology 41:119-127.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2005. Ontogenic delays in effects
of nitrite exposure on tiger salamanders (Ambystoma
tigrinum tigrinum) and wood frogs (Rana sylvatica).
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
24(6):1523-1527.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. and P. Beier. 2005. Migratory
strategy and seasonal patterns of bird diversity in
relation to forest habitat
American Midland Naturalist 153:436-443.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. and P. Beier. 2003. Small
isolated aspen stands enrich bird communities in
southwestern ponderosa pine forests.
Biological Conservation 110:375-385.
Griffis, K.L., J. Crawford, M.R. Wagner, and W.
Moir. 2001. Understory Response To Management
Treatments In Northern Arizona Ponderosa Pine
Forests.
Forest
Ecology and Management 146(1-3):239-245.
Griffis, K.L., S.S. Mann, and M.R. Wagner 2001. The
suitability of butterflies as indicators of
ecosystem condition: a comparison of butterfly
diversity across stand treatments in northern
Arizona. pp 125-135 in: C.van Riper, K.A. Thomas,
and M.A. Stuart (Editors). 5th Biennial Conference
of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Conference
Proceedings. Report Series USGSFRESC/COPL/2001/24.
INVITED SEMINARS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
Griffis-Kyle K.L. 2021.
“Skype a Scientist” Desert water management and
biodiversity. AP Environmental Science &
Biology, Governor's STEM & Technology Academy.
Landstown High School. Virginia Beach, Virginia
Oct 20, 2021.
Griffis-Kyle K.L. 2020. Online
invited lecture: Biodiversity, ecosystem services,
and extinction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-40wgFBamQ&t=1189s.
Centro Universitário Dinâmica
Das Cataratas, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
Griffis-Kyle K.L. 2019.
Workshop: Managing arid and semi-arid wetlands for
wildlife. Gerenciamento de áreas úmidas áridas e
semi-áridas para a vida selvage. Centro
Universitário Dinâmica Das Cataratas, Foz do Iguaçu,
Brazil. Nov 3-9, 2019.
Griffis-Kyle K.L. 2019. Climate change and wetlands.
Alterações climáticas e zonas húmidas.
Centro Universitário Dinâmica Das Cataratas, Foz do
Iguaçu, Brazil. Nov 3-9, 2019.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2017.
Climate change and
nature centers: How you can make a difference. Keynote
Speaker. Association of Nature Center Administrators
Regional Meeting. Chihuahuan Desert Research Center,
Fort Davis, Texas Feb 16-17, 2017.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2016.
Wetland restoration and ecosystem services. LARC
4302/5302 Advanced Environmental Planning for
Sustainable Development, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock Texas.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2016. The
importance of water resources in a changing climate:
Panel discussion. TTU Climate Science Center.
Lubbock Texas.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2015. Your pathway to a career in
natural resources. Presentation and tour given to
SACNAS sponsored tour of campus by community
colleges. Lubbock, Texas.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2014.
Planning for wetland invasives and pathogens. Workshop on wetland
management in desert zones.
Planificación para las especies invasoras y
patógenos de los humedales.
Taller Manejo de Humedales en Zonas
Desérticas, Cuatro Ciénegas.
Hosted by Pronatura Noreste. Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2014.
Climate change and desert wetlands: what does it mean for wildlife?
Workshop on wetland management in desert zones.
El cambio climático y los humedales del desierto:
¿qué significa para la vida silvestr? Taller Manejo
de Humedales en Zonas Desérticas, Cuatro Ciénegas.
Hosted by Pronatura Noreste.
Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2014.
Decontamination of field equipment and vehicles.
La descontaminación de los equipos de campo y
vehículos. Taller Manejo de Humedales en Zonas
Desérticas, Cuatro Ciénegas.
Hosted by Pronatura
Noreste. Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2012. Water, drought, climate,
and the potential impacts on migrants and illegal
immigrants in the desert Southwest. Society for
Environmental Journalists. Lubbock Texas.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2011. Climate change and
competition in desert wetlands: a perfect storm.
Proposal Development TIPS Program. Texas Tech
University.
Griffis-Kyle, K, G. Fox, I. Elola, A. Hernandez.
2010. Getting your first job and surviving your
first year. Teaching Learning and Technology Center.
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2008. Shifting threats: amphibian
responses to toxic and trophic stresses. Department
of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez,
Puerto Rico.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2008. Mineral nitrogen in aquatic
environments: affects on amphibians. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and the Oak Ridge
Institute for Research and Education, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2007. Range condition, water
developments, and arid-land amphibians. Department
of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2006. Conservation of wildlife in
managed ecosystems: agriculture, amphibians and the
terrestrial aquatic interface. Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2005. The effects of mineral
nitrogen on embryonic and larval amphibians.
Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences Seminar
Series, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New
Mexico.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2005. Nonpoint source pollution
and amphibians in ephemeral pools. WERC: A
Consortium for Environmental Education and
Technology Development, Summer Academy 2005. New
Mexico State University, Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2004. Nitrogen and amphibians.
BIO1107 Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Cambridge,
Minnesota.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2004. Effects of mineral nitrogen
on amphibians: potential applications to K-12
classrooms. University of Minnesota, Sharing
Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK), Bethel,
Minnesota.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 2003. Nitrogen non-point source
pollution and amphibians: effects on populations and
interspecific relationships. Yale University Ecology
Group. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 1997. Aspen and avian communities
in the Southwest. Northern Arizona University,
FOR311, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 1998. Southwestern avian
communities in pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine
habitat types. The Diablo Trust, Winslow, Arizona.
Griffis-Kyle, K.L. 1998. Bird communities in small
aspen stands in the Southwest. Southwestern Audubon
Society, Sedona, Arizona.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS > 100
RESEARCH SUPPORT:
2021-2023 National Park Service
SWBRPP.Sonoran desert tortoise monitoring and
habitat connectivity
2020-Current Department of Defense. Luke Air Force Base. Activities to support natural resource management on BMGR-East.
2019. National Park Service
SWBRPP. Connectivity Analysis of Border Roads to
Protect Sensitive Natural Resources
2019. Department of Defense. Luke Air Force Base.
Desert amphibian ecology and disease dynamics.
2018. National Park Service
SWBRPP. Connectivity Analysis of Border Roads to
Protect Sensitive Natural Resources
2016. Texas Tech Proposal Support Program. Synergistic links between
ecological traps and climate change in
metapopulation dynamics: the keystone role of arid
wetlands.
2016. Playa Lakes Joint Venture ConocoPhillips
Grant. Human Dimensions of Playa Conservation
Planning in the Texas Panhandle.
2015. Department of Defense, Kirtland Air Force
Base. Management, wetlands/floodplain, Coyote
Springs salt cedar removal and restoration for
natural resources, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM
2015. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Assessment of
Landscape conservation success for non-target
species at risk.
2015. Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative; US
Fish and Wildlife Service, CMQ4. Sensitivity and
Vulnerability of Desert Amphibians and Reptiles to
Climate Change: Qualitative, Mechanistic and
Classical Species Distribution Models.
2014. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Addressing threats to landscape sustainability:
wintering and migrating Sandhill Cranes landscape
use and requirements in the southern High Plains.
2014. U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation WaterSMART Program. Landscape
Connectivity of Isolated Waters in the Sonoran
Desert for Wildlife.
2014. Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, US
Fish and Wildlife Service. Climate adaptation
strategies for desert amphibians paper and web
modules.
2011. Luke Air Force Base, Department of Defense.
Amphibian and insect biodiversity in created
wetlands of the USAF, BMGR-E.
2011. New Mexico Game and Fish. Share With Wildlife
Program. Evaluation of Great Plains Narrowmouth toad
habitat in northeastern New Mexico.
2010. New Mexico Game and Fish. Share With Wildlife
Program. Evaluation of Great Plains Narrowmouth toad
habitat in northeastern New Mexico.
2010. Luke Air Force Base, Department of Defense.
Amphibian and insect biodiversity in created
wetlands of the USAF, BMGR-E.
2009. College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources Research Enhancement Award. 1000.
2008. College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources Research Enhancement Award.
2006. United States Department of Agriculture,
National Research Initiative. Effects of Grazing and
Grazing Management on Amphibian Reproduction.
2004. National Science Foundation Doctoral
Dissertation Improvement Grant. Dissertation
Research: Amphibians and Mineralized Nitrogen:
Hidden Jeopardy?
2002. Syracuse University, College of Arts and
Sciences Summer Grad Support. “Impacts of
agriculture and nitrite on the hatching and early
survival of amphibians.” PI.
2001. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force
Start-up Grant. The Effects of Nonpoint Source
Agricultural Pollutants on the Predator-Prey
Interactions of an Aquatic Predatory Amphibian.
2001. Cedar Creek Graduate Student Support Program.
The impacts of nonpoint source nitrogen pollution on
the predator-prey interactions of an aquatic
predatory amphibian.
CURRENT
TEACHING:
NRM 5307 Wetland Ecology
NRM 3407 Vegetation and Wildlife Inventory
and Analysis Techniques
NRM 2307 Diversity of Life
NRM
4301 Tropical Avian Ecology
GRADUATE STUDENTS (Thesis/Dissertation) ADVISED:
Kalin Bayes MS Anticipated graduation date
fall 2025. Thesis topic: Water quality and
desert amphibians, TTU
Sadie Roth PhD Anticipated graduation date fall
2026. Dissertation topic: landscape genetics of
desert amphibians and their pathogens, TTU
Sean Sutor. PhD Anticipated graduation date
spring 2024. Dissertation topic: Border traffic
connectivity and risk to sensitive natural and
cultural resources. Co-Advised with Nancy
McIntyre, Biology, TTU
Amanda Emert.
PhD Anticipated graduation date spring
2023. Thesis topic: Impacts of high density
livestock operations on playas in
the southern Plains. Co-advised with Dr. Phil Smith, TTU
Sadie Roth.
MS Thesis title:
Sonoran Desert amphibians in isolated waters:
investigating threats posed by drought and
pathogens.
Co-advised with Dr. Matthew Barnes, TTU
Katelyn Vedolich.
MS Thesis title:
Effects of weather patterns and vegetation structure
on the spatial distribution of small mammals in a
Lubbock, Texas rangeland. TTU
Demi Gary.
MS
Thesis title: Evaluation of hotspots of biodiversity
for species of greatest conservation need. TTU
Joseph Drake.
MS Thesis title: Using nested spatial scales to manage for native
and exotic species in desert regions. TTU.
Masi Mejia. MS Thesis title: Recruitment and
retention of minorities and majorities in natural
resources professions. TTU
Anja Kiesow. MS in
Aridlands Study
Thesis title: Adult amphibian use of wildlife waters in the
Sonoran Desert. TTU.
Kristin Stacy
MS non-thesis Professional paper:
Recomendations to Lubbock drinking water treatment
facility for wildlife conservation. TTU.
Jordan Goetting.
M.S. Thesis title: Mammal use of desert wildlife
waters: the influence of spatial arrangement and
rainfall. TTU
Jessica Kissner. M.S. Thesis title: Landuse and amphibian ecology in
a short grass prairie. TTU
Rasika Ramesh. M.S. Thesis
title: Urbanization and amphibian ecology.
Co-advised with Gad Perry. TTU
Laura Navarrete. M.S. Thesis title: Wind
farms influence sandhill crane roosting and foraging
behavior during the winter. TTU
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Women in Science (West Texas
Association for Women in Science)
Ecological Society of America
The Wildlife Society,
and Chapters
Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society
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