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Michael F. Winterrowd Teaching Fellow in Biology







Education
	Ph.D., Wake Forest University, 2001 M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1995 B.S., University of Oklahoma, 1990

Contact Information 1 College Ave. Department of Natural Sciences University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, VA 24293 276-376-4642 (ofc) 276-376-4603 (fax) mfw4q@uvawise.edu

Research Interests
	I am interested in the behavioral ecology of small mammals. My research interests include food-hoarding behavior, animal cognition, and social behavior. The majority of my work involves the behavioral and evolutionary ecology of the southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans. I have also worked with least chipmunks, golden-mantled ground squirrels, and have collaborated on a project with black-tailed prairie dogs. I love field work but instead often work in semi-natural or laboratory conditions. I strive to address testable hypotheses through ecololgically-relevant experiments. Consequently, I have worked on a wide variety of questions and have used a range of methodological techniques including passive integrated transponders and DNA analyses.


Courses Taught
	BIOL 103 Principles of Biology
	BIOL 104 Introduction to Biological Diversity
	BIOL 113 Principles of Biology Laboratory
	BIOL 114 Introduction to Biological Diversity Laboratory
	BIOL 360 Molecular Genetics Laboratory
	BIOL 495 Special Topics: Behavioral Ecology








Representative Publications
	Winterrowd, M. and L.D. Devenport. 2004. Balancing variable patch quality and predation risk. Behavioural Processes 67:39-46. Winterrowd, M., K. Laves, W.F. Gergits, and P.D. Weigl. submitted. Relatedness within nest groups of the southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans: a microsatellite DNA analysis. Journal of Mammalogy. Winterrowd, M. and P.D. Weigl. Cache storage behavior in the group-nesting southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans). In preparation. Winterrowd, M. and P.D. Weigl. Mechanisms of cache retrieval in the group nesting southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans). In preparation. Winterrowd, M., F.S. Dobson, and J.L. Hoogland. Pre- and post-dispersal gene dynamics: effective population size and F-statistics in black-tailed prairie dogs, Cynomys ludovicianus. In preparation.