Division of Biology

David A. Rintoul, Associate Professor

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Associate Director

Contact information

116 Ackert Hall
(785) 532-6615
drintoul@ksu.edu

Education

Ph.D., 1978, Stanford University. Biological Sciences.

Area(s) of Specialization

Lipid metabolism in hibernating marmots; lipid metabolism in migratory birds.

Research Focus

In 2005 I took a sabbatical semester in the University of Utah laboratory of Jim Ehleringer, learning how to analyze the stable isotope composition of bird feathers. I analyzed feathers (Grasshopper Sparrow and Dickcissel) from our local MAPS banding project, and I think that the information and insights gained will be very useful in the developing research area concerned with using feather isotopic compositions as indicators of bird migratory behavior.

Selected Publications

Rivers JW, Rintoul DA. 2011. Fatty Acid Composition of Depot Fat of Shorebirds Collected at Mid-continental Stopover Sites during Spring Migration. Journal of Field Ornithology 82(3):225-231, 2011. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2011.00325.x)

Montelone BA, Rintoul DA, Williams LG. 2008. Assessment of the effectiveness of the studio format in introductory undergraduate biology, CBE-Life Sciences Education 7(2):234–242 (full text, PDF).

Rintoul DA. 2005. Beak Deformity in a Brown-headed Cowbird, with Notes on Causes of Beak Deformities in Birds, (full text, PDF). Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin, 53(6):29-32.

Rintoul DA, Kruege LM, Woodard C, Throne JE. 2005. Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78(2): 124-133.

Rintoul DA, Kennedy ED. 2002. Aberrant Plumages in a Carolina Wren and two House Wrens from Kansas. Kansas Ornithol. Soc. Bulletin, 53(2):21-23.

Busby WH, Mulhern D, Kramos G, Rintoul D. 1998. First Breeding Record of the Piping Plover in Kansas. Prairie Naturalist 29(4):257-262.

Cavitt JF, Pearse AT, Rintoul DA. 1998. Hybridization of Mountain Bluebird and Eastern Bluebird in Northeastern Kansas. (PDF) Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin, 49(2): 21-25.