Charles Stephen
Assistant Professor Life & Earth Sciences- Education
2022 - Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
- Specializations
Arachnology, entomology, cave biology
- Biography
- Publications
To view my full list of publications, please visit my Google Scholars Page
Publications as of 2024-01-13
- Grove, S., Stephen, C.D.R., Hall, G., Lange, R. & Ronzano, C. (2023) Survey of southern Missouri Plethodontidae in Ozark caves. Reptiles & Amphibians, 30 (1), e20990.
https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v30i1.20990 - Kennedy, K.A., Zigler, K.S., Cramphorn, B., Harden, C.W., Helf, K., Lewis, J.J., Malabad, T.E., Milne, M.A., Niemiller, M.L. & Stephen, C.D.R. (2024) Remarkably low genetic diversity in the widespread cave spider Phanetta subterranea (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Subterranean Biology, 50, 105–118.
https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.50.135200 - Lewis, J.J., Milne, M.A., Stephen, C.D.R. & Dourson, D.C. (2020) Karst sinkholes as foci of biodiversity in the Hoosier National Forest. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 82 (4), 276–292.
https://doi.org/10.4311/2020LSC0103 - Niemiller, M., Zigler, K., Stephen, C., Carter, E., Paterson, A., Taylor, S. & Summers Engel, A. (2016) Vertebrate fauna in caves of eastern Tennessee within the Appalachians karst region, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 78 (1), 1–24.
https://doi.org/10.4311/2015LSC0109 - Niemiller, M.L., Zigler, K.S., Hinkle, A., Stephen, C.D.R., Cramphorn, B., Higgs, J., Mann, N., Miller, B.T., Niemiller, K.D.K., Smallwood, K. & Hardy, J. (2023) The Crystal-Wonder Cave System: A New Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in the Southern Cumberland Plateau of South-Central Tennessee, USA. Diversity, 15 (7), 801.
https://doi.org/10.3390/d15070801 - Niemiller, M.L., Zigler, K.S., Ober, K.A., Carter, E.T., Engel, A.S., Moni, G., Philips, T.K. & Stephen, C.D.R. (2017) Rediscovery and conservation status of six short-range endemic Pseudanophthalmus cave beetles (Carabidae: Trechini). Insect Conservation and Diversity, 10, 495–501.
https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12263 - Stephen, C.D.R. (2012) Alabama Rhinotermitidae: nomenclature, identification, survey, and phenology. Master of Science Thesis. Auburn University.
- Stephen, C.D.R. (2022) Gene flow, morphology, and taxonomic revision of cave-obligate Hesperochernes pseudoscorpions. Ph.D. Dissertation. Auburn University.
- Stephen, C.D.R., Goetz, S.M. & Gitzen, R.A. (2016) Scincella lateralis (Little Brown Skink). Attempted predation. Herpetological Review, 472 (2), 303–304.
- Stephen, C.D.R., Niemiller, M.L. & Bond, J.E. (2018) Unraveling the eastern North American Hesperochernes (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae) species complex. ARPHA Conference Abstracts, 1, e29582.
https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.1.e29582 - Stephen, S., Charles D.R. & Harvey, M.S. (2018) William B. Muchmore (1920–2017): his taxonomic contributions and a complete bibliography. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 80 (1), 39–48.
https://doi.org/10.4311/1700036R1 - Trumbore, L.E., Reynolds, R.J., Thomas, S.C., Orndorff, W., Cramphorn, B., Gladstone, N.S., Harden, C.W., Lewis, J.J., Milne, M.A., Ober, K.A., Shear, W.A., Stephen, C.D.R. & Zigler, K.S. (2024) Cave Biodiversity of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 863 (1/2), 13–24.
https://doi.org/10.4311/2022LSC0116 - Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. (2020) Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 82 (2), 125–167.
https://doi.org/10.4311/2018EX0124
- Grove, S., Stephen, C.D.R., Hall, G., Lange, R. & Ronzano, C. (2023) Survey of southern Missouri Plethodontidae in Ozark caves. Reptiles & Amphibians, 30 (1), e20990.