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Lawrence E. Licht PhD (British Columbia) Professor of Biology E-mail: lel@yorku.ca Web: www.yorku.ca/lel Research Areas: Ecology and Population Biology, Animal Biology/Physiology, Evolutionary Biology

General fields of interest are herpetology, ecology of amphibians and reptiles, social communication by anurans, effects of environmental contaminants on growth and development of amphibians.

Ongoing research involves field and laboratory studies on the effects of ultraviolet radiation on egg, larval and adult life history stages of Ontario anurans.

Publications:

Bogart JP and Licht LE. 2003. COSEWIC Status report on Ambystoma texanum on Pelee Island, Ontario. Canadian Wildlife Service.

Licht, LE. 2003. Shedding light on ultraviolet radiation and amphibian embryos. BioScience 53:551-561.

Licht, L.E.,and Grant, K.P.1997. The effects of ultraviolet radiation on the biology of amphibians. Amer. Zool. 37:137-145.

Licht, L.E. 1996. Amphibian decline still a puzzle. BioScience 46:172-173.

Licht, L.E. 1995. Disappearing amphibians? BioScience 45:307.

Grant, K.P. and Licht, L.E. 1995. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on life history stages of anurans from Ontario, Canada. Can. J. Zool. 73:2292-2301.