Dr. Thomas E. Lacher, Jr.

	Professor and Head 210 Nagle Hall, TAMU 2258 College Station, Texas 77843 Office: (979) 845-5777 E-mail: tlacher@tamu.edu Website: http://wfsc.tamu.edu
Degrees • B.S.,   University of Pittsburgh , 1972 • Ph.D,   University of Pittsburgh , 1980
Expertise Tropical ecology, conservation biology, experimental design.
Current Research My current research is focused on the analysis and monitoring of large-scale patterns and trends in biodiversity, primarily in the tropics. One significant project is the TEAM Initiative, based at the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International. This project is implementing standardized protocols for the monitoring of soil, climate, and a variety of vegetation, invertebrate and vertebrate indicators at field stations in the tropics. Another research activity based at the center is the Global Mammal Assessment, done in collaboration with the IUCN. At Texas A&M I am collaborating with Dr. Paulo Lima-Filho of the Department of Mathematics on applications of mathematics to questions in ecology and conservation. Current graduate student research includes mammalian community patterns along an altitudinal gradient in Mexico, morphological variation in Amazonian marmosets, and cultural values and conservation in the Iwokrama Forest region of Guyana.
Publications • Lacher, T. E., Jr. and C.J.R. Alho. Terrestrial small mammal richness and habitat associations in an Amazonian-Cerrado contact zone. Biotropica 33:171-181., 2001 • Fonseca, G.A.B., C. Gascon, M.K. Steininger, T. Brooks, R.A. Mittermeier, and T.E. Lacher, Jr. A Global Fragmentation Experiment Underway. Science 295 (5561): 1835., 2002 • Goldstein, M.I., M.S. Corson, T.E. Lacher, Jr. and W.E. Grant. Managed forests and migratory bird populations: evaluating spatial configurations through simulation Ecological Modeling 162:155-175., 2003 • Leal, I.R., J.M.C. da Silva, M. Tabarelli, and T.E. Lacher, Jr. Changing the course of biodiversity conservation in the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil. Conservation Biology 19:701-706., 2005 • Goldstein, M.I., N. Wilkins, and T.E. Lacher, Jr. Spatiotemporal responses of reptiles and amphibians to timber harvest treatments in bottomland hardwood forests in East Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:525-539., 2005 • K.W. McFadden, G.A.J. Worthy, and T.E. Lacher, Jr. Photogrammetric estimates of size and mass in Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi). Aquatic Mammals 32:31-40. , 2006 • Aguiar, J.M. and T.E. Lacher, Jr. Cranial Morphology of Callitrichid Genera: Variability and Diversification. In: Advances in Marmoset and Goeldi's Monkey (Callimico) Research: Anatomy, Behavioral Ecology, Phylogeny, and Conservation. Susan M. Ford, Leila Porter, Lesa C. Davis, (eds.) American Association of Physical Anthropologists., 2007