Joe Whittaker

• Ecology
• Ecosystems and Human Influence
• Mammalogy

Scholarly Activities:

Membership

• American Society of Mammalogists

• Association of Southeastern Biologists

• Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta) National Biological Honor Society

• Ecological Society of America

• Kentucky State Academy of Science

• Phi Kappa Phi

• Sigma Xi

• Sigma Zeta National Math/Natural Science Honor Society  (President-elect 2010-2011, President 2011-2012)

• The Wildlife Society

• Feldhamer, G. A., J. C. Whittaker, and S. R. Bloemer. 2002. Often unseen fauna: small mammals and mesocarnivores on Land Between The Lakes. Pp. 421-435 in J. S. Fralish and E. W. Chester (eds.). Land Between The Lakes, Kentucky and Tennessee: Four Decades of Tennessee Valley Authority Stewardship. Austin Peay State University Center for Field Biology, Clarksville, TN.
• Whittaker, J. C., and G. A. Feldhamer. 2005. Habitat associations of southern short-tailed shrews (Blarina carolinensis) from live trap data in southern Illinois. Pp. 255-263 in J. F. Merritt, S. Churchfield, R. Hutterer, and B. A. Sheftel (ed.s). Advances in the Biology of Shrews II. Special Publication, International Society of Shrew Biologists, 01: 1-454.
• Whittaker, J., R. Sladek, and K. Noyes. 1991. Mature red pine forest with deciduous understory. Journal of Field Ornithology, 62:64-65.
• Whittaker, J. C., E. List, J. R. Tester, and D. P. Christian. 1991. Factors influencing meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) distribution in Minnesota. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 105:403-405.
• Feldhamer, G. A., J. C. Whittaker, and E. M. Charles. 1998. Recent records of the cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) in Illinois. American Midland Naturalist, 139:178-180.
• Whittaker, J. C., G. A. Feldhamer, and E. M. Charles. 1998. Differential capture of Peromyscus in different-sized Sherman traps. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 112:527-529.
• Whittaker, J. C., and G. A. Feldhamer. 2000. Relative effectiveness of three live trap types for Blarina (Insectivora: Soricidae) and description of a new trap design. Mammalia, 64:118-124.
• Weickert, C. C., J. C. Whittaker, and G. A. Feldhamer. 2001. Effects of large ungulates on small mammals at Land Between The Lakes, Kentucky. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 115:247-250.
• Feldhamer, G., J. Whittaker, A. M. Monty, and C. Weickert. 2002. Charismatic mammalian megafauna: marketing strategy reflects public empathy. Journal of Popular Culture, 36:160-167.
• Whittaker, J. C., and G. A. Feldhamer. 2005. Population dynamics and activity of southern short-tailed shrews (Blarina carolinensis) in southern Illinois. Journal of Mammalogy, 86:294-301.