Education

B.S. - 1977 Anderson College
M.S. - 1980 Virginia Poly. Inst. And State University
Ph.D. - 1983 Indiana State University

Field

Physiological ecology of vertebrates, evolutionary ecology of vertebrate energetics, and parasite (helminth) ecology

My main area of interest is the physiological ecology of animals. I am currently studying ion and osmo-regulatory activity and metabolism in a variety of marine invertebrates.  I am also beginning a series of studies correlating physiological parameters such as metabolism and/or ion regulation and the level of heterozygozity in various organisms (currently mammals, fish and invertebrates).

Pistole, D.H. 1989. Sexual differences in the annual lipid cycle of the big brown bat Eptesicusfuscus. Can. J. Zool . 67:1891-1894.

PISTOLE, D.H. 1988. Survey of the helminth parasites from Indiana bats. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Wash. 55:270-274.

Nagy, T.R. and D.H. Pistole. 1988. The effects of fasting on some physiological parameters in the meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol . 91A:679-684