Stephen C. Trombulak 
- Professor of Biology and Environmental
Studies
- Middlebury College
- Middlebury, Vermont 05753
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- trombulak@middlebury.edu
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- 802/443-5439
- 802/443-2458 (fax)
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- B.A. Biology (now, Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology), University of California, Los Angeles (1977)
- Ph.D. Zoology (now, Biology),
University of Washington (1983)
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- Director, Conservation Biology Laboratory at Middlebury College
- Albert D. Mead Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
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Areas of Interest
My professional activities are divided among three fields: ecology, conservation
biology, and environmental education. I have ongoing research projects in the
following areas:
- The winter ecology and conservation of bats
- Ecology and conservation of carabid beetles in Vermont
- Theoretical concepts related to the protection and restoration of biological
integrity
- Regional conservation issues in northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada
- Incorporating education on critical thinking and scientific methodology
into environmental science curricula
Classes Taught
Over the past several years I have developed and taught several
courses at Middlebury College. Most recently, my primary courses have
been:
Selected recent publications
- Trombulak, S.C. In press. Wilderness in the Northern Appalachian region
of North America: an ecological perspective. U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Reseach Station.
- Noon, B.R., P. Parenteau, and S.C. Trombulak. 2005. Conservation science,
biodiversity, and the 2005 U.S. Forest Service regulations. Conservation Biology
19: 1359-1361.
- Trombulak, S.C., and R. Wolfson. 2004. Twentieth-century climate change
in New England and New York. Geophysical Research Letters 31, L19202, doi:10.1029/2004GL020574.
- Trombulak, S.C., K. Ohmland, J. Robinson, J. Lusk, T. Fleishner, G. Brown,
and M. Domroese. 2004. Principles of conservation biology: guidelines for
conservation literacy from the Education Committee of the Society for Conservation
Biology. Conservation Biology 18: 1180-1190.
- Trombulak, S.C. 2003. An integrative model for landscape-scale conservation
in the twenty-first century. Pp. 263-276 in Reconstructing Conservation:
finding common ground (B.A. Minteer and R.E. Manning, eds.). Island Press:
Washington, D.C.
- Trombulak, S.C. 2001. So Great a Vision: the Conservation
Writings of George Perkins Marsh. Hanover, NH: University Press of
New England.
- Trombulak, S.C., P.E. Higuera, and M. DesMeules. 2001. Population trends
of wintering bats in Vermont. Northeastern Naturalist 8:51-62.
- Trombulak, S.C., and C. Frissell. 2000. A review of the ecological effects
of roads on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Conservation Biology 14: 18-30.
See here for a complete list of publications.
Other Activities
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