Biology Department: Ed Alkaslassy

B.S. Biology (with emphasis in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution), Cum Laude and with Biology Department Honors, 1989, University of California, Los Angeles

Assistant Professor of Biology
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Alkaslassy, E. 2005. Abundance of Plethodontid Salamanders in Relation to Coarse Woody Debris in a Low Elevation Mixed Forest of the Western Cascades. Northwest Science. 79(2 & 3): 156-163.
Alkaslassy, E. and O'Day, T. 2002. Linking art and science with a drawing class. Bioscene, 28(2): 7-14.
Alkaslassy, E. 1996. The scientific method and microscope use. Biology Education Review. 2(2).
Greenfield, M.D., E. Alkaslassy, G. Wang and T.E. Shelly. 1989. Long-term memory in territorial grasshoppers. Experientia. 45:775-777.

Member of Leah Boris's (Class of 2005) Honors Committee. She studied
factors affecting rate of development of frog eggs.
Member of Kristina Cadaos's (Class of 2004) Honors Committee. She studied factors affecting the ability of sea urchin sperm to locate and fertilize eggs.
Does the use of the herbicide 2,4-D to control broad-leafed plants affect utilization of clearcuts by Blacktail Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)? By Geoff Jarman, presented at the 2000 Oregon Academy Of Sciences meeting.

Alkalassy, E. 2001. A survey of the amphibians of Bradley Bog and Gearhart Bog. A report prepared for the Oregon Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. 28 p.
Alkaslassy, E. 2001. Forest structure and salamander populations of old-growth (BLM) and mature (Partridge tract) forest in the Sandy River Gorge of Multnomah County, Oregon. A report prepared for the Oregon Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. 39 p.

Smith, Brian (Pacific undergraduate), P. T. Lopez, and E. Alkaslassy. 2005. The influence of mobility on head-nodding behavior in common Basilisks Basiliscus basiliscus. Poster at the Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Snowbird, Utah.
How often do students working on group projects report that work was shared equitably? 2003. Oregon Academy of Science, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.
Forest structure and salamander populations of old-growth and mature low elevation forest in the Sandy River Gorge of the western Cascades. 2002. Oregon Academy of Sciences, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon.
Can a drawing class improve the observational skills of Biology students? 2002. Oregon Academy of Sciences, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon. Co-presented with Terry O'Day, Art. Dept.
Motivating first-year biology students to use microscopes and the scientific method. 1997. Mini-workshop presented at the 19th annual Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.