Department of Biological Sciences

Sean Jenkins

Sean E. Jenkins, Professor

Director of Kibbe Life Science Station

Contact

Office: Waggoner Hall 214
Phone: (309) 298-2045
Email: SE-Jenkins@wiu.edu
Personal Webpage:
www.wiu.edu/users/mfsej1/

Education

Ph.D. - Missouri, 1997

Teachings

Landscape and fire ecology, forest and grassland ecology, plant ecology

Courses Taught
  • BOT 410 Plant Systematics
  • BOT 451 Plant Ecology

Research Interests

Roles of historical fire regimes and subsequent fire suppression in the regeneration dynamics of savanna tree species and overall species diversity of overstory and herbaceous components of woodlands, savannas, and grasslands.

Publications

Hauk, A., S. A. Clark, K. W. McCravy, S. E. Jenkins, and C. Lydeard.  2015.  A survey of terrestrial gastropods of the Alice L. Kibbe Life Science Station in West-Central Illinois. Northeastern Naturalist 22:299-306.

Ruskell-Lamer, A. D, Meiers, S.T, Jenkins, S.E. and R.M. Santymire. (2014) Effect of Bungee-carcass Enrichment on Behavior and Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Two Species of Zoo-housed Felids. ZooBiology 34(2): 170-177.

Sean E. Jenkins, Brian P. Jenkins, Samuel W. Jenkins, Chad R. Dolan, and John K. Tucker. 2008. Graptemys geographica (Common Map Turtle) geographic record. Herpetological Review 39(2):236.

Lamer, James T., Sean E. Jenkins, John K. Tucker, and Chad R. Dolan. 2008. Nerodia erythrogaster (Plain-bellied Watersnake) geographic record. Herpetological Review 39(2):242.

Meiers, Susan T., Sean E. Jenkins, and R.V. Anderson. 2008. Effect of Lock and Dam 19 on phytoplankton communities of the Upper Mississippi River. Northeastern Naturalist 15(3): 391-402.