{"id":4885,"date":"2015-09-10T10:41:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T17:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2016-02-15T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T21:43:31","slug":"gibbons-j-whitfield-whit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=4885","title":{"rendered":"GIBBONS, J. WHITFIELD “WHIT,” 1939-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Herpetologist; university professor. Born– Montgomery, October 5, 1939. Parents– Robert F. and Janie Moore Gibbons. Married–Carolyn Conley, January 26, 1963.\u00a0 Children–four. \u00a0Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1961; M.A., 1963; Michigan State University, Ph. D., 1967. Worked at University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Lab, 1967-83; professor of zoology at University of Georgia, 1983-2008. Continues to head the Environmental Outreach and Education Program for the Savannah River Ecology Lab. Produced radio programs and newspaper columns on ecology and related subjects. Active as a public speaker and consultant.\u00a0 Member Herpetologists’ League; American Society of Icthyologists and Herpetologists; Ecological Society of America;\u00a0 Association of Southeastern Biologists. Received the Meritorious Teaching Award from the Association of Southeast Biologists, 1995; South Carolina Governor’s Award for Environmental Education, 1995; Award for best radio presentation, Southeastern Outdoor Press Association, 1997. Awarded professor emeritus status at the University of Georgia on his retirement in 2008.<\/p>\n

Source;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contemporary Authors online.<\/p>\n

Publications;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keeping All the Pieces: Perspectives on Natural History and the Environment.\u00a0 Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993.; reprint University of Georgia Press, 2010.<\/p>\n

Life History and Ecology\u00a0of the Slider Turtle. Washington, DC:\u00a0 Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990.<\/p>\n

Their Blood Runs Cold:\u00a0 Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians.\u00a0 University of Alabama Press,\u00a0 1983.<\/p>\n

Joint_Publications;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia.\u00a0 UGA Press, 2008.<\/p>\n

Ecoviews:\u00a0 Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales.\u00a0 University of Alabama Press, 1998.<\/p>\n

Frogs and Toads of the Southeast.\u00a0 University of Georgia Press, 2008.<\/p>\n

Frogs:\u00a0 The Animal Answer Guide.\u00a0 Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.<\/p>\n

Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of the Savannah River Site.\u00a0 University of Georgia Press, 1991.<\/p>\n

Lizards and Crocodilians of the Southeast.\u00a0 University of Georgia Press, 2009.<\/p>\n

North American Watersnakes:\u00a0 A Natural History.\u00a0 University of Oklahoma, 2004.<\/p>\n

Poisonous Plants and Venomous Animals of Alabama and Adjoining States.\u00a0 University of Alabama Press, 1990.<\/p>\n

Salamanders of the Southeast.\u00a0 University of Georgia Press, 2010.<\/p>\n

Snakes of the Southeast.\u00a0 University of Georgia Press, 2005.<\/p>\n

Turtles of the Southeast.\u00a0 University of Georgia Press, 2008.<\/p>\n

Turtles:\u00a0 The Animal Answer Guide.\u00a0 Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.<\/p>\n

Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Energy and Environmental Stress in Aquatic Systems.\u00a0 Technical Information Systems, 1977.<\/p>\n

Contributor;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stress Effects on Natural Ecosystems.\u00a0 Wiley, 1981.<\/p>\n

Thermal Ecology.\u00a0 Oak Ridge, TN:\u00a0 Technical Information Service, 1974.<\/p>\n

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Biography; Herpetologist; university professor. Born– Montgomery, October 5, 1939. Parents– Robert F. and Janie Moore Gibbons. Married–Carolyn Conley, January 26, 1963.\u00a0 Children–four. \u00a0Education– University of Alabama, B.S., 1961; M.A., 1963; Michigan State University, Ph. D., 1967. Worked at University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Lab, 1967-83; professor of zoology at University of Georgia, 1983-2008. Continues […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4885"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5135,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions\/5135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}