Professional Biography

Dr Clifton’s research interests lie in the realms of behavioral ecology and life history. He has worked with a wide variety of terrestrial and marine organisms in both tropical and temperate habitats including coral reefs, East African savanna, kelp forests, and coastal wetlands. He is particularly interested in the environmental and demographic factors that govern where organisms are found and how their distribution and abundance ultimately influences spatial and temporal patterns of reproduction. Occasionally, he studies the dispersion and feeding response of anadromous fishes in the Pacific NW. Dr Clifton is also a contributing faculty member in the Environmental Studies Program. For more information about Dr Clifton’s teaching and research please go to the following site: http://www.lclark.edu/~clifton.

Animal Behavior (Bio 352) next taught: Spring 2012
Marine Biology (Bio 221) next taught: Fall 2011
Land Vertebrates (Bio 211) next taught in East Africa: Fall 2013
Investigations in Ecology and Environment (Bio 141) taught each fall by biology faculty

Origins of life in the Universe (Bio 114): Next taught (with other Natural Science faculty): Spring 2013

Academic Credentials

Ph.D. 1988 University of California at Santa Barbara

B.A. 1981 University of California at San Diego