- Biology Department
- Pre-Health Advisory Committee
- GIS Center
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Museum of the Earth Sciences
- Mathematics and Statistics
- REALISE
- Chemistry Department
- Radford University Planetarium
- Department of Physics
- Anthropological Sciences
- Geology
- Selu Observatory
- Center for Information Security
- Forensic Science Institute
- Biomedical Science
- Geospatial Science
- School of Computing and Information Sciences
- MS in Data And Information Management
Students create the “Radford Phenology Monitoring Project”
In spring 2018, students in BIOL 481: Field Biology & Phenology worked with professor Christine Small and the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) to document seasonal changes in Appalachian plant and animal communities. Using standardized USA-NPN national field protocols, student teams made weekly observations of spring wildflowers and leaf emergence in native and invasive shrubs, used motion-sensitive “camera traps” to study mammals, and monitored local bird and salamander populations. Their purpose was to document biodiversity and investigate species responses to urbanization, invasive species & climate change. Students created the Radford Phenology Monitoring website to describe their projects and results: www.radfordphenology.weebly.com
Tia Thompson examines a Jefferson salamander captured and released at Selu Conservancy
Devin Pitts and Makayla Beckner set up “coverboards” to monitor salamander populations at Selu Conservancy
Student teams documented flowering time in “Dutchman’s breeches”, a unique Appalachian spring wildflower, in April 2018 at Wildwood Park (photo by Codie Gleason)