Zachary Chejanovski
Lecturer
- Ph.D., Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Rhode Island - M. A., Applied Ecology
Stony Brook University - B. S., Zoology
University of Florida
Teaching Interests
Selected Publications
Chejanovski, Z.A., Giery, S.T., & Kolbe, J.J. (2022). Effects of urbanization on the trophic niche of the brown anole, a widespread invasive lizard. Food Webs, 33, e00257
Bock, D.G., Baeckens, S., Pita-Aquino, J.N., Chejanovski, Z.A., Michaelides, S.N., Muralidhar, P., Lapiedra, O., Park, S., Menke, D.B., Geneva, A.J., Losos, J.B. and Kolbe, J.J. (2021) Changes in selection pressure can facilitate hybridization during biological invasion in a Cuban lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118:e2108638118
Kolbe, J.J., Gilbert, N., Stroud, J.T. and Chejanovski, Z.A. (2021) An experimental analysis of perch diameter and substrate preferences of Anolis lizards from natural forest and urban habitats. Journal of Herpetology 55:215I221
Chejanovski, Z. A. and Kolbe, J.J. (2019) Close encounters of the urban kind: predators influence prey body size variation in an urban landscape. Evolutionary Ecology 33:791I809
Chejanovski, Z.A., Aviles-Rodriguez, K.J., Lapiedra, O., Preisser, E.L. and Kolbe, J.J. (2017) An experimental evaluation of foraging decisions in urban and natural forest populations of Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 20: 1011-1018
Lapiedra, O., Chejanovski, Z.A. and Kolbe, J.J. (2016) Urbanization and biological invasion shape animal
personalities. Global Change Biology 23:592I603
Chejanovski, Z.A. and Wiens, J.J. (2014) Climatic niche breadth and species richness in temperate treefrogs. Journal of Biogeography 41:1936I1946
Soomdat, N.N., Griffin, J.N., McCoy, M., Hensel, M.J.S., Buhler, S., Chejanovski, Z.A. and Silliman, B.R. (2014) Independent and combined effects of multiple predators across ontogeny of a dominant grazer. Oikos 123:1081I1090
Griffin, J.N., Butler, J., Soomdat, N.N., Brun, K.E., Chejanovski, Z.A. and Silliman, B.R. (2011) Top
predators suppress rather than facilitate plants in a trait-mediated tri-trophic cascade. Biology Letters
7:710I713
- BIOL 1010 - Biology Evolution and Diversity
- BIOL 1020 - Biodiversity Lab
Selected Publications
Chejanovski, Z.A., Giery, S.T., & Kolbe, J.J. (2022). Effects of urbanization on the trophic niche of the brown anole, a widespread invasive lizard. Food Webs, 33, e00257
Bock, D.G., Baeckens, S., Pita-Aquino, J.N., Chejanovski, Z.A., Michaelides, S.N., Muralidhar, P., Lapiedra, O., Park, S., Menke, D.B., Geneva, A.J., Losos, J.B. and Kolbe, J.J. (2021) Changes in selection pressure can facilitate hybridization during biological invasion in a Cuban lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 118:e2108638118
Kolbe, J.J., Gilbert, N., Stroud, J.T. and Chejanovski, Z.A. (2021) An experimental analysis of perch diameter and substrate preferences of Anolis lizards from natural forest and urban habitats. Journal of Herpetology 55:215I221
Chejanovski, Z. A. and Kolbe, J.J. (2019) Close encounters of the urban kind: predators influence prey body size variation in an urban landscape. Evolutionary Ecology 33:791I809
Chejanovski, Z.A., Aviles-Rodriguez, K.J., Lapiedra, O., Preisser, E.L. and Kolbe, J.J. (2017) An experimental evaluation of foraging decisions in urban and natural forest populations of Anolis lizards. Urban Ecosystems 20: 1011-1018
Lapiedra, O., Chejanovski, Z.A. and Kolbe, J.J. (2016) Urbanization and biological invasion shape animal
personalities. Global Change Biology 23:592I603
Chejanovski, Z.A. and Wiens, J.J. (2014) Climatic niche breadth and species richness in temperate treefrogs. Journal of Biogeography 41:1936I1946
Soomdat, N.N., Griffin, J.N., McCoy, M., Hensel, M.J.S., Buhler, S., Chejanovski, Z.A. and Silliman, B.R. (2014) Independent and combined effects of multiple predators across ontogeny of a dominant grazer. Oikos 123:1081I1090
Griffin, J.N., Butler, J., Soomdat, N.N., Brun, K.E., Chejanovski, Z.A. and Silliman, B.R. (2011) Top
predators suppress rather than facilitate plants in a trait-mediated tri-trophic cascade. Biology Letters
7:710I713