Bryan PfeifferUniversity of Vermont | UVM · Department of Plant Biology
Bryan Pfeiffer
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
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Introduction
Over the course of three decades, Bryan Pfeiffer has lectured and guided people in the discovery of birds and insects. As a consulting field birder and entomologist, Bryan has worked for governments, timber companies, private landowners, and conservation groups. Bryan was a co-founder of the Vermont Butterfly Survey and its principle field lepidopterist. He has netted and photographed insects from tropical forests to above the Arctic Circle. As an educator, Bryan teaches professional writing to graduate students in the University.
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Checklist of butterflies reported from Vermont, USA. The Vermont Butterfly Checklist is now comprised of 111 species in 5 families (Family:no. species= Hesperiidae 37, Lycaenidae 23, Nymphalidae 38, Papilionidae 6, Pieridae 7). Published at GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/73eb16f0-4b06-4347-8069-459bc2d96ddb#
From 2002-2007 citizen scientists helped to document the status of Vermont butterflies. Despite their lofty status among the insects, there was no atlas of their distribution and no conservation assessment for butterflies. Obtaining complete survey coverage of this rural and mountainous state was challenging. Participation generally followed Pareto...
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Here we present the status and distribution of 142 species of Odonata from Vermont, compiled from historical records and a recent surge of field work. Ths marks the first such compilation for the state. We include descriptions of Vermont’s biophysical regions, a history of odonatology in the state and species accounts that feature distribu...
