Faculty
John F. Pagels
Professor and Curator of the Mammal Collection
Ph.D., Tulane University (1970)
jfpagels@vcu.edu
Office room: 009
Office phone: (804) 828 – 0076
Lab room: 007A
Lab phone: (804) 828 – 0069
Dr. John Pagels received his
Ph.D. in 1970 from Tulane University. Pagles is a mammalogist
who specializes in nongame species. Much
of his work has involved the ecology patterns of distribution
of mammals of the mid-Atlantic states. Recent studies by Pagels
and
his students have explored population attributes of small mammals
in different habitats. Ongoing efforts include delineation
of the distribution and habitat of the water shrew, rock voles
and
northern
flying squirrel, all relicts of the ice age in the southern
Appalachian Mountains. Pagels initiated the VCU Mammal Collection — with
more than 16,000 specimens, it is the largest collection of Virginia
mammals in the United States. Pagels also is the director of
graduate studies for the Department of Biology.
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