Kerry Griffis-Kyle, Ph.D.
Email: kerry.griffis-kyle@ttu.edu
Phone: (806) 834-2619
Office Location
Goddard 202B
Education
Ph.D. | Ecology | Syracuse University | 2005
M.S. | Wildlife Ecology | Northern Arizona University | 1999
B.S | Wildlife Ecology | University of Florida | 1994
Areas of Expertise
Desert Ecology
Wetland Ecology
Wildlife Biology
Current CV for Dr. Kerry Griffis-Kyle

Professional Summary
My research program addresses management driven questions related to biodiversity and conservation in arid and semi-arid systems. Much of my lab's work is focused on evaluating how anthropogenic stressors are affecting wildlife, wetlands, wetland dependent species, and other sensitive natural resources and how we can modify management to mitigate these issues. Work from my lab uses applied multi-disciplinary approaches and covers a variety of taxa ranging from invertebrates and amphibians to birds and mammals.
Publications
Sutor, S., N.E. McIntyre, K. Griffis-Kyle. 2024. Vegetation cover, topography, and low-traffic roads influence Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) movement and habitat selection. Movement Ecology 12(1):68. LINK
Roth, S.A., K.L. Griffis-Kyle, M.A. Barnes. 2024. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the arid and thermally extreme Sonoran Desert. EcoHealth 20:370-380. LINK
Sutor, S., N.E. McIntyre, K. Griffis-Kyle. 2023. Characterizing range‑wide impacts of anthropogenic barriers on structural landscape connectivity for the Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai). Landscape Ecology LINK.
Ansley, R.J, V. H. Rivera-Monroy, K.L. Griffis-Kyle, B. Hoagland, A. Emert, T. Fagen, S.R. Loss, H.R. McCarthy, N.G. Smith, E.F. Waring. 2023. Assessing impacts of change on selected foundation species and ecosystem services in the South-Central USA. Ecosphere 14(2): e4412. LINK
Emert, A., S. Subbiah, F.B. Green, K.L. Griffis-Kyle, P.N. Smith. 2023. Atmospheric deposition of particulate matter from beef cattle feedlots is a likely contributor of pyrethroid occurrence in isolated wetland sediment: source apportionment and ecological risk assessment. Environmental Pollution 316: e120493. LINK
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., K. LeVering, A. Vega, C.A. Perez, A. Barun, G. Perry. 2022. Reproductive niche differentiation in syntopic tropical tree frogs (Agalychnis). Biotropica 55:19-23 LINK
Gary, D., K. Mougey, N.E. McIntyre, K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2022. Species as conservation umbrellas: a case study with lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in the southern Great Plains of North America. Global Ecology and Conservation, e02256. LINK
Mejia, M.F., K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2020. Diversity in the natural resource workforce. Texas Journal of Science 72(1): Article 8. LINK
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., A.E. Parker, J. Goetting. 2019. Novel temporary aquatic habitats and desert invertebrate communities. Texas Journal of Science. 71: (1) Article 5. LINK
Gary, D., K. Mougey, N.E. McIntyre, K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2019. Identification of hotspots of at-risk terrestrial vertebrate species in the south-central Great Plains of North America: A tool to inform and address regional-scale conservation. Journal for Nature Conservation 50: Article 125684. LINK
Quinones, B., Z. Patton, J. Murgatroyd, S. Hamilton, S. Moses, A. Herrera, E. Hernandez, C.A. Perez, A. Vega, G. Perry, and K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2019. The adventure of a lifetime: getting friendly with Costa Rican herps. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians 26(1):85-97. LINK
Griffis-Kyle, K.L., K. Mougey, M. Vanlandeghem, S. Swain, J. Drake. 2018. Comparison of vulnerability among desert herpetofauna. Biological Conservation 255: 164-175. LINK
Kiesow, A.B., and K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2017. Desert amphibian selection of arid land breeding habitat undermines reproductive effort. Oecologia 185: 619-627.LINK
Drake, J., K.L. Griffis-Kyle, N.E. McIntyre. 2017. Graph theory as an invasive species management tool: Case study in the Sonoran Desert. Landscape Ecology 32: 1739-1752. LINK
Ramesh, R., G. Perry, M. Farmer, K.L. Griffis-Kyle. 2017. Limited data used to make valid inference about targeting sites for conservation: A case study in urban amphibian ecology. LINK
Drake, J.C., K.L. Griffis-Kyle, N.E. McIntyre. 2017. Using nested connectivity models to resolve management conflicts of isolated water networks in the Sonoran Desert. Ecosphere 8(1), e01652. LINK
Department of Natural Resources Management
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Address
Goddard Building, Texas Tech University, Box 42125, Lubbock TX 79409 -
Phone
806.742.2841 -
Email
nrm@ttu.edu