Area of Expertise
Vertebrate Ecology; Biogeography; Population Ecology
Education
  • Ph.D. in Vertebrate Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A., 1974

Dr. Nelson is an Associate Professor (Emeritus) at the Department of Biology, University of South Alabama. His research interests include ecology and natural history of reptiles and amphibians, biogeography of reptiles, and population ecology of the Alabama Redbelly Turtle.

- Assessing the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Diamondback Terrapin: a Top Carnivore and Keystone Species in the Salt Marshes of Alabama (Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium, Role: Co-Principal Investigator)