Theodore G. Manno

Theodore G. Manno (Ph.D., Auburn University) is author of SWAMP RAT-THE STORY OF DIXIE'S NUTRIA INVASION (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2017), THE UTAH PRAIRIE DOG-LIFE AMONG THE RED ROCKS (Univ. of Utah Press, Fall 2014), and MATING BEHAVIOR OF COLUMBIAN GROUND SQUIRRELS (Proquest/UMI Dissertation Publishing, 2011). A featured author and panelist for the 2017 LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL, Manno's research experience includes nutria along the Gulf Coast, prairie dogs in Utah, ground squirrels in Canada, and scarlet macaws in Costa Rica. His work has been covered by various media outlets including DISCOVERY NEWS, NEW SCIENTIST, USA TODAY (DAILY ADVERTISER), DESERET NEWS, SUN HERALD, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, CALGARY HERALD, KGUN9-TUCSON MORNING BLEND, AMERICAN PRESS, WRBH-CRESCENT CITY CHRONICLES, WIRE EAGLE, KMVT, and FCC FREE RADIO.

Manno's writing has appeared in dozens of periodicals (e.g., DESERT LEAF, EARTH ODYSSEY, FIDO FRIENDLY, LIGHTHOUSE DIGEST, MONTANA NATURALIST, NATURE ALBERTA, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALABAMA, TERRAIN, TUBAC VILLAGER, TUCSON GREEN TIMES), books (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR), and peer-reviewed scientific journals or meeting proceedings (e.g., AMERICAN NATURALIST, CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, ETHOLOGY, JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY), and his wildlife photography has been featured in those sources and on the cover of JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences and other events (e.g., LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM, WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION, TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, EMPIRE RANCH ROUNDUP, PIMA SPEAKERS SERIES, TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK, UNIV. VERMONT, ARIZONA STATE UNIV., NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIV., UNLV, COLL. SO. NEVADA, GLENDALE COMM. COLL.). An award-winning teacher (Flinn Foundation Distinguished Educator 2019, AZ-NV Acad. of Sci. Outstanding Teacher 2011) and 5-time Advanced Placement test reader for ETS, Manno played jazz piano and tuba semi-professionally before pursuing science writing. A strain of bacteriophage (virus) has been named in his honor (Microbacterium Phage Manno).

FOR MORE on Manno's book about nutria, click here:

http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/2008

FOR COVERAGE of Manno's appearance at the 2017 Louisiana Book Festival, click here:

https://vimeo.com/240546564

FOR A BLURB on Manno's book about nutria, click here:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/07/11/snippets-offers-eclectic-take-new-orleans/469968001/

FOR ARTICLES on Manno's book about nutria, click here:

http://www.sunherald.com/living/article170561432.html

http://www.americanpress.com/scene/book-tells-story-of-the-nutria-invasion/article_43831052-6fc9-11e7-8f05-eb6b05b2a36d.html

FOR MORE on Manno's appearances at the Louisiana Book Festival, Tucson Festival of Books, and Empire Ranch Roundup, click here:

http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Manno.html

http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/authors_featured.html

https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?action=display_author&id=7409

https://www.empireranchfoundation.org/ranch-events/fall-roundup/2017-roundup-program/

FOR MANNO'S DISSERTATION on ground squirrel behavior, click here:

https://etd.auburn.edu/bitstream/handle/10415/1143/Manno_Theodore_16.pdf?sequence=1

FOR MORE on Manno's research with ground squirrels, click here:

http://news.discovery.com/animals/videos/animals-squirrels-and-humans-find-friends-similar-ways.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13495-squirrel-facebook-shows-three-degrees-of-separation.html#.Ux06l-ddWFc

FOR INFORMATION on the MAMMALS OF ALABAMA, click here:

http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1278

FOR AN ARTICLE by Manno on snowy plovers, click here:

http://ecologycenter.org/terrainmagazine/winter-2009/neighborhood-watch-for-birds/

FOR STORIES about Manno's experiences monitoring scarlet macaws, click here:

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/articles/wildlife_conservation_in_costa_rica.shtml

FOR AN ARTICLE by Manno on Pigeon Point Lighthouse, click here:

http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=3598

FOR AN ARTICLE by Manno on bighorn sheep, click here:

http://www.montananaturalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/Naturalist-Fall-10.pdf

FOR AN ARTICLE by Manno on rock squirrels, click here:

https://issuu.com/earthodyssey/docs/eo-september-2009

FOR AN ARTICLE by Manno on Kaibab squirrels, click here:

https://issuu.com/earthodyssey/docs/eo-july-2009

FOR AN ARTICLE by Manno on bison, click here:

http://www.montananaturalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/Naturalist-Fall-11.pdf

FOR AN ARTICLE by Manno on sage grouse, click here:

http://www.montananaturalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/Naturalist-Spring-10.pdf

FOR AN ARTICLE by Manno on round-tailed ground squirrels, click here:

https://issuu.com/tubacvillager/docs/tubac_villager_feb_2014_

FOR MORE INFORMATION on the strain of bacteriophage named in Manno's honor, click here:

https://phagesdb.org/phages/Manno/

FOR SAMPLES OF ABSTRACTS from Manno's peer-reviewed scientific articles, click here:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128096338900967

http://www.jstor.org/stable/4498694?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01556.x/abstract

http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/content/88/2/448

http://www.bgs.ucalgary.ca/files/bgs/manno_nesterova_DeBarbieri_wright_kennedy_dobson_2007.pdf