• BIOL 103 - Environmental Biology
• BIOL 105 - Biology for the Health Sciences
• BIOL 160/460 - Freshman/Senior Biology Seminar
• BIOL 216 - General Zoology
• BIOL 232 - Oranismal Biology
• BIOL 390 - Conservation Biology
• BIOL 464 - Vertebrate Zoology
• BIOL 491/495 - Independent Research

My teaching interests focus on community ecology and wildlife management.

I am the faculty advisor for the Radford University Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society and for students with an interest in veterinary medicine. I also curate the natural history collection in the Biology Department: http://musuem.radford.edu

My research interests are broad, encompassing many aspects of vertebrate ecology and habitat management. Recent projects and publications have focused on the effects of White-Nose Syndrome on bat communities in the eastern United States. Some recent (2010 and later; *=student author) publications include:

• Francl, K.E. and C.J. Small. 2013. Short-term fire effects on small mammal communities and habitat structure in the central Appalachians. Southeastern Naturalist
• Francl, K.E, T.K. Canniff*, R.C. Bland*, D. W. Sparks, V. Brack, Jr. 2013. Quantifying wing damage of summer bats in the northeastern United States. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science.
• Francl, K.E., W.M. Ford, D.W. Sparks, and V. Brack, Jr. 2012. Capture and reproductive trends of summer bat communities in West Virginia: Assessing the impact of White-nose syndrome. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 3(1):33-42.
• Timpone, J., K.E. Francl, V. Brack Jr., and J. Beverly. 2011. Bats of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley provinces, Virginia. Southeastern Naturalist.
• Francl, K.E., D. Sparks, V. Brack, Jr., and J. Timpone. 2011. White-nose syndrome and wing index scores among summer bats in the northeastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47(1):41-48.
• Francl, K.E., R.C. Bland*, J.S. Lucas, and V. Brack, Jr. 2011. Comparisons of surveying techniques in documenting summer bat communities. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 85(2/3):pp.
• Francl, K.E., K. Hayhoe, M.E. Saunders*, and E.P. Maurer. 2010. Ecosystem adaptation to climate change: Small mammal migration pathways in the Great Lakes states. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2009 Special Issue: An Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation for Chicago and the Midwest 36:86-93.
• Francl, K.E., C.R. Faidley*, and C.J. Small. 2010. Salamander use of karst sinkholes in Montgomery County, Virginia. Southeastern Naturalist 9:35-46.

Students interested in independent research (BIOL 491/492) or internship (BIOL 495) credits throughout the year (including summer months) are welcome to contact me to develop a wildlife-ecology-based project.

Inquiries from regional researchers interested in developing field projects with vertebrate communities also are encouraged.