Mark E. Hostetler

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
University of Florida
215 Newins-Ziegler Hall
PO Box 110430                      
Gainesville, FL 32611-0430
phone: 352-846-0568
fax: 352-392-6984         
email: hostetlerm@wec.ufl.edu

Education

University of Florida, Department of Zoology, Gainesville, FL
Ph.D., August 1997
M.S., May 1992

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (Biology)
B.S., May 1987

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Department, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville FL, Sept. 2000 – present.  Extension Wildlife Specialist: responsibilities are 80% extension and 20% research FTE.  In conjunction with faculty, county extension agents, and state agencies, responsibilities include developing, researching, and implementing educational programs about wildlife issues and natural resource conservation of public interest; research on urban biodiversity and sustainable development; and conducting public workshops and continuing education programs with policymakers, design/build professionals, and the public.  Current research and outreach involves how biodiversity is affected by urban landscape design/management and ways to create resources efficient communities.

Director, Wahsega 4-H Environmental Education Center, Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Dahlonega, GA, June 1999 – Aug 2000.  Responsibilities included overall operation of the Center with a budget of over $500,000 per year; supervising and hiring of permanent and seasonal staff; development and implementation of environmental education courses; teaching classes; training environmental education instructors; and administering education programs.

Post-doctoral Assistant, Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project (CAP-LTER), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 1998 - June 1999.  Worked on an interdisciplinary, urban research project funded by the National Science Foundation.  Duties were outreach and research. 

Lecturer - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1996-1997 Designed and taught a course on Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior for non-biology majors.   Classroom size was approximately 80 students.

Television and Radio Experience, October 1996 - present  Currently hosting and co-producing a PBS series title “Living Green” in conjunction with WUFT TV.   Along with That Gunk on Your Car (a book written by myself and published by Ten Speed Press, Oct. 1996) and my research on wildlife in urban areas, I have educated people about insects and urban wildlife through numerous TV and radio programs.  Advised, appeared in, and helped design many of the segments featured in the following programs:  TV - ABC News with Peter Jennings; The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; BBC (England) Science Show; The Learning Channel’s Amazing Science; TV pilot show for PBS/WNET about backyard wildlife; @Discovery Canada; and Channel 3’s Brainstorm Series. Radio - NPR’s Weekend Edition; NPR’s Science Friday; Pulse of the Planet; Ripley’s Believe it or Not; etc. 

Peace Corps Volunteer- Senegal, West Africa 1987 - 1989.  Reforestation project in the Sahel. Duties included living in a village, learning the local language (Wolof) and culture, and working with community groups.

Selected Honors and Awards

2006 – Gold Award for Educational Television Series – Invasive Exotics. Association of Natural Resource and Environmental Professionals (ANREP)
2006 – Silver Award for Website - Solutions for Your Life: Living Green, ANREP
2005 – Communicator Award of Distinction for Broadcast Media, Landscaping for Wildlife - Living Green Series
2005 –Christine Taylor Waddill Award for Outstanding Extension Programs $2,000, University of Florida, IFAS Extension
2005 – IFAS Gold Image Award, Living Green TV Series, University of Florida
2005 – IFAS Silver Image Award, Solutions for Your Life: Living Green Website,
2005 – Gold Award for Continuing Education Training. Preserving Wildlife Habitat in Residential Communities (ANREP)
2005 – Silver Award for Long Publication. ANREP
2005 – Silver Award for Promotional Materials. ANREP
2005 – Silver Award for Web Site – Living in Harmony Website. ANREP
2005 – Gold Award for Educational Television Series – Landscaping for Wildlife. ANREP
2003 – Gold Award Innovative Program.Florida Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals (FANREP)
2003 – Bronze Award - Short Publication. ANREP
2003 – Graphics Presentation Award. FANREP.
2002 – Gold Medal Award for Outstanding Extension Web site – Wildlife Extension. ANREP.
2002 – Graduate of the Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute. University of Florida, IFAS.

Selected Grants

Total Grant Activity 2000-present: $168,697 as principle investigator; $1,167,525 as Co-principle investigator

2005 – 2007 Living Green TV Series - Energy. Awarded by: Progress Energy and GRU Amount: $20,000 (PI)
2004 – 2007 Butterfly Monitoring and Education. Awarded by National Science Foundation Amount: $1,110,428 (Co-PI)
2004 – 2006 Farming & Conservation Easements. Awarded by: USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Amount: $10,000 (PI)
2003-2005 Developing a Continuing Education Course on Wildlife Habitat Preservation During Development. Awarded by: Florida Energy Extension Service Amount:  $22,600 (PI)
2003 – 2005 Environmental Education Program. Awarded by Birchwood Acres Limited Partnership: Amount: $20,000 (PI)
2003 – 2004 Living Green” TV Series  Awarded by:  International Paper Amount: $8,515 (PI)
2003 – 2004 Invasive Exotic Education Grant. Awarded by: Florida Exotic Plant Council. Amount: $2,000 (PI)
2000 – 2002 Developing a Lake Bird-monitoring Program. Awarded by: Project Lakewatch. Amount: $33,400 (PI)
2000 – 2001 Natural Resource Extension Enhancement Award “Community Monitoring of Florida Wildlife” Awarded by: Center for Natural Resources, IFAS. Amount: $4,300 (PI)

Professional Memberships & Extramural Service

• The Wildlife Society (2006- present: Urban Wildlife Board Member and Chair of Sustainable Development)
• Society for Conservation Biology
• The Florida Chapter of the Wildlife Society
• Association of Natural Resource and Environmental Professionals (2005 – present: Chair, Emerging Issues)
• The Florida Chapter Association of Natural Resource and Environmental Professionals (2003-2005 Chair, Nomination Committee; 2002-2005 District II Director)

Reviewer:

• Journals: Landscape and Urban Planning, Biological Conservation, Environmental Management, Conservation Ecology, Natural Areas Journal, Urban Ecosystem, Conservation Biology
• 2005 National Science Foundation Panel; Ecology and Biological Cluster

Service and Governance:

• Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Task Force on Habitat Management 2005
• Technical Advisory Board – 100 Friends of Florida 2006 - present
• Harmony Institute Community Advisory Board (HICAB), Harmony Institute 2000 - present
• Member of the University of Florida Ecology, Conservation and Stewardship Committee 2003-04
• University of Florida Sustainability Task Force (2004 – present: member elect)

Publications (Peer-reviewed Journal Manuscripts)

Hostetler, M. E. Jones, P., Dukes, M., Knowles, H., Acomb, G. and M. Clark. 2006. With One Stroke of the Pen: How Can Extension Professionals Involve Developers & Policymakers in Creating Sustainable Communities? Journal of Extension. In press

Swiman, E and M.E. Hostetler. 2006. Using a Community-Specific Website to Engage Homeowners in Natural Resource Conservation within Green Communities. Journal of Extension. In press

Hostetler, M.E., Duncan, S., and, J. Paul. 2005.  The effects of an apartment complex on migrating and wintering birds.  Southeastern Naturalist. 4 (3): 421-434 

Youngentob, K, and M. E. Hostetler. 2005. Is a new urban development model building greener communities? Environment and Behavior 37: 731-759.

Traut, A. H., and M.E. Hostetler. 2004. Urban lakes and waterbirds: effects of shoreline development on avian distribution. Landscape and Urban Planning 69: 69-85.

Traut, A. H., and M.E. Hostetler. 2003. Urban lakes and waterbirds: effects of development on avian behavior. Waterbirds 26 (3): 290-302.

Hostetler, M. E., and K. Knowles-Yanez. 2003. Land use, scale, and bird distributions in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Landscape and Urban Planning 62: 55-68.

McIntyre, N. and M.E. Hostetler. 2001. Effects of urban land use on pollinator (Hymenoptera: Apodidea) communities in a desert metropolis. Journal of Applied and Theoretical Biology 2: 209-218.

Hostetler, M.E. and C.S. Holling. 2000. Detecting the scales at which birds respond to landscape structure in urban landscapes. Urban Ecosystems 4: 25-54.

Hostetler, M.E. 1999. Scale, birds, and human decisions: a potential for integrative research in urban ecosystems. Landscape and Urban Planning. 45: 15-19.

Hostetler M.E., J.F. Anderson, and C.A. Lanciani.  1994. Pesticide resistance and metabolic rate in German Cockroaches.  Florida Ent 77(2); 288-290.

Hostetler M.E. and R.J. Brenner.  1994. Behavioral and physiological resistance to pesticides in the German cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae): An experimental reevaluation.  J. Econ. Entomol 87:4; 885-893.

Frix M.S., M.E. Hostetler, and K.L. Bildstein.  1991. Intra- and interspecies differences in the response of atlantic sand (Uca pugilator) and atlantic marsh (U. pugnax) fiddler crabs to simulated avian predation.  J. Crustacean Biology, 11: 523-529.

Gawlik D.E., M.E. Hostetler, and K.L. Bildstein.  1988. Napthalene moth balls do not deter mammalian predators at red-winged blackbird nest.  J. Field Ornithol., 59(2); 189-191.

Publications (Selected Extension Articles, peer reviewed)

Hostetler, M. E. 2006. Covenants, Codes, and Restrictions that Address Environmental Issues in Residential Communities. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 213. 7 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW248.

Hostetler, M. E. 2006. Evaluating Green Communities. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 193. 9 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW247.

Swiman, E., Hostetler, M.E., Main, M.B., and S. Webb Miller. 2005. Living with Alligators: A Florida Reality.  . University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 203. 5 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW230.

Main, M. B., Demers, C., and M.E. Hostetler. 2005. Improving, Restoring, and Managing Wildlife Habitat in Florida: Sources of Technical Assistance for Rural Landowners.  University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet Circular 1472. 5 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW218.

Hostetler, M. E., Main, M.B., and C. Demers. 2004. Improving, Restoring, and Managing Natural Resources in Florida: Sources of Technical Assistance for Urban Homeowners. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 193. 4 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW212.

Prizzia, A., Hostetler, M. E., and M.B. Main. 2004. Developing Sign Displays for Conveying Information. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 180. 4 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW196.

Hostetler ,M. E., Mazzotti, F.E., and A. K. Taylor. 2003. Blue Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi). University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 30. 2 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW013.

Hostetler, M.E., Main, M.B., and M. Voigt. 2003. Birdfeeders: What to Consider When Selecting. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 162. 4 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW192.

Hostetler, M.E., Main, M.B., and M. Voigt. 2003. Why Shouldn't We Feed Water Birds? University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 179. 3 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW193.

Main , M. B., Karim, A., and M. E. Hostetler. 2003.  Conservation Options for Private Landowners in Florida. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet CIR 1441. 29 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW194.

Main , M. B., Hostetler, M. E., and A. Karim. 2003.  Evaluating Private Lands for Conservation of Wildlife. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 164. 2 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW195.

Youngentob, K, and M.E. Hostetler. 2003. Environmental Interpretation to the Middle Class: How to Communicate Persuasively.  University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 169. 8 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW182.

Hostetler, M.E. 2003. A Bird's-Eye View: How Birds Select Habitat. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 163. 4 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW174.

Morgan, J.T., Fischer, J., and M.E. Hostetler. 2003. If Foot-and-Mouth Disease Came to Florida: Potential Impact on White-tailed Deer in Florida. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 171. 3 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW183.

Schaefer, J., Cohen, J., and M.E. Hostetler. 2003. The Wood Duck. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 143. 5 pp. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 168, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW180.

Hostetler, M.E., Klowden, G., Miller, S.W., and K. N. Youngentob. 2003. Landscaping Backyards for Wildlife: Top Ten Tips for Success. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet Circ 1429. 9 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database,  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW175.

Hostetler, M.E.  2002. Bird Monitoring Projects for Youth: Leader's Guide. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 159. 6 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW165.

Traut, A.H., Hostetler, M.E., Schulz, E.J., and M V. Hoyer. 2002. Florida LAKEWATCH and Aquatic Bird Surveys: A Winning Combination. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 166. 6 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW170.

Jacobson, S.K., Sieving, K.E., Jones, G., McElroy, J., Hostetler, M.E., and S.W. Miller. 2002. Farmers' Opinions about Bird Conservation and Pest Management on Organic and Conventional North Florida Farms. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet Circ 1426. 8 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW169.

Sorensen, K., and M. E. Hostetler. 2002. Giant Salamanders of Florida. University of Florida IFAS Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 157. 4 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW168.

Heulett, K., Hostetler, M.E., and R. F. Labisky. 2002. Barred Owl (Strix varia). University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 156. 3 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW167.   

Main, M.B., Roka, F.M., and M.E. Hostetler. 2000. Paying Private landowners to conserve wildlife habitat: a unique approach to conservation. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet WEC 142. 5 pp. University of Florida, UF/IFAS EDIS Database, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW138.

Books and Book Chapters

Hostetler, M. E. 2001. The importance of multi-scale analyses in avian habitat selection studies in urban environments. In: Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World (J.M. Marzluff, R. Bowman, and R. Donnelly, eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston. Pages 139 – 154.

Johnson, B.R., J. Sibernagel, M.E. Hostetler, A. Mills, E. Ndubisi, E. Fife, and M. Rossiter-Hunter. 2001 The nature of dialogue and the dialogue of nature: designers and ecologists in collaboration. In: Ecology and Design: Frameworks for Learning (Johnson, B.R, and K. Hill, eds). Island Press. Pages 305 – 356.

Hostetler, M. E. 1997. That Gunk on Your Car. A Unique Guide to Insects of North America. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley CA. 1997. 144 pages.

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