Research:

My research concerns the ecology and conservation management of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) and the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene Carolina). The goals of my research are to provide conservation management recommendations (based upon sound ecological research) to assist local, state, and federal agencies charged with protecting populations of these species.

Recent Publications:

E. Possardt, W.H. Martin, W.S. Brown, and J.B.Sealy , 2008.  "Biological Variation, Management Units, and a Conservation Action Plan for the Timber Rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus )", E. Possardt, W.H. Martin, W.S. Brown, and J.B.Sealy.  Pp. 447-462 in W.K. Hays, K.R. Beaman, M.D. Cardwell, and S.P. Bush (Ed.)  The Biology of the Rattlesnakes .  Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California.

W.H. Martin and J.B.Sealy, 2008. "Status of the Timber Rattlesnake in North Carolina." In E. Possardt, W.S.Brown, W.H. Martin, and J. Sealy (Eds) "Conservation Action Plan for Upland Populations of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)".  United States Fish and Wildlife Service.  In Review.

Sealy, J.B., 2002. "Ecology and Behavior of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in the Upper Piedmont of North Carolina: Identified Threats and Conservation Recommendations"  Pp. 561-578  In Gordon W. Schuett, Mats Höggren, Michael E. Douglas, and Harry W. Greene (Eds.), Biology of the Vipers, Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain, UT.

Sealy, J.B., 2002.  Male Combat in Black Rat Snakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Herpetological Review, Vol. 33 (3): 212-213.

Sealy, J.B., 1997.  "Short-distance translocations of timber rattlesnakes in a North Carolina state park: a successful conservation and management program."  Sonoran Herpetologist 10:94-99. (non-reviewed journal).

Sealy, J.B., 1996.  Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake). Mating., Herpetological Review, Vol. 2 (1): 23-24.

Classes:

Major Concepts in Biology (BIO 105)
Major Concepts in Biology Lab (BIO 105L)
Human Physiology Lab (BIO 277L)

Contact:

305 Sullivan Science Building
(336) 256-0328