Laura Laurencio

Research Associate

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Texas A&M University

  
   
 

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Research Emphasis

My research focuses on the landscape ecology of the Sand Dune Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus).  I am developing a spatially explicit landscape model to predict presence/absence of the Sand Dune Lizard, and plan to analyze the effects of habitat fragmentation (caused by oil and gas development) on the distribution of S. arenicolus in New Mexico.  For my analyses, I rely heavily on GIS and am using Fragstats to compute the spatial statistics necessary for the development of my model.

 

Contact Information

 

Email: laura_laurencio@tamu.edu

Office phone: (979) 862-7245

Office location: 221 Heep Laboratory Bldg

Mailing Address:  TAMU 2258

College Station, TX 77843-2258

 

 

 

Photos

This photo illustrates a  Shinnery Oak Duneland landscape, with a blowout complex, inhabited by Sceloperus arenicolus.