Vaughan Arthur Langman

Degrees and Universities Attended:

B.Sc. 1969. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado,
M.Sc. 1971. University of Pacific, Stockton, California
Ph.D. 1978. Zoophysiology,University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
Thesis title: Thermoregulation and behavior of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Postdoctoral Experience:
1978-81 Harvard University
Research Fellow, Museum of Comparative Zoology,
Research on exercise physiology and functional anatomy
at the Concord Field Station with Professor C. R. Taylor.
Languages:
Fluent speaking and reading Swahili, Kenya East Africa.
Fluent speaking Fanagallo, South Africa.

Employed for the capture and care of wild animals:

1973 Henderson and Marsh Safaris, Rhodesia.
1974 Game Breeders, Republic of South Africa.
1975-77 Zoological Collectors, Tony Parkinson and John Seago, Kenya.
1982-83 Kenya Wildlife Trustees.
1983-84 Burston and Marstellar, New York.
1999-04 Consultant African Fund for Endangered Wildlife for the capture and
translocation of giraffe in Kenya, East Africa
Patents:
1995 Patent No. 5,435,299: Respiratory insulator for the
prevention of hypothermia in the extreme cold.
Book Chapters:
V. A. Langman. 1998 The Respiratory System.
in Biology, by Randy Moore. WCB/McGraw-Hill, New York.
Selected Publications
Langman, V.A. 1973. Immobilization and capture of giraffe.
S. Afr. J. Sci. 69:200-203.
Langman, V.A. 1973. Radio-tracking giraffe for ecological studies.
J. South Afr. Wildl. Mgmt. Assoc. 3(2):75-78.
Langman, V.A. 1977. Cow-calf relationships in giraffe.
Zeitschr. Teirpsychol. 43:264-286.
Alexander, R., McN., V.A. Langman, and A.S. Jaynes. 1977. Fast locomotion of some
African ungulates. J. Zool., Lond., 183:291-300.
Langman, V.A. 1978. Giraffe pica, behavior and pathology indicators of nutritional
stress. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 42(1):141-147.
Langman, V.A., G.M.O. Maloiy, K. Schmidt-Nielsen, and R.S.Schroter. 1978.
Respiratory water and heat loss in camels subjected to dehydration.
J. Physiol. Lond. 278:34P.
Langman, V.A., G.M.O. Maloiy, K. Schmidt-Nielsen, and R.C. Schroter. 1979.
Nasal heat exchange in a large mammal, the giraffe.
Respir. Physiol. 37:325-333.
Langman, V.A. O.S. Bamford and G.M.O. Maloiy. 1982. Respiration and metabolism in
the giraffe. Respir. Physiol. 50:141-152.
Langman, V.A. 1982. Giraffe youngsters need a little bit of maternal love.
Smithsonian Mag. (Jan.) 95-103p.
Langman, V.A. 1985. Nasal heat exchange in a northern ungulate, the reindeer.
Respir. Physiol. 59:279-287.
Langman, V.A. 1985. Heat balance in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).
National Geographic Research Reports.21:251-254.
Langman, V.A. and G.M.O. Maloiy. 1989. Passive obligatory heterothermy of the
giraffe. J. Physiol. Lond. 415, 89P.
Langman, V.A., T.J. Roberts, J. Black, G.M.O. Malioy, N.C. Heglund, J-M. Weber, R.
Kram, and C.R. Taylor. 1995. Moving Cheaply: Energetics of
walking in African elephants. Journal of Experimental Biology,
Lond. 198: 629-632.
Langman, V.A., M. Rowe, D. Forthman, B. Whitton,N. Langman,T. Roberts,K.Huston,C.
Boling, and D. Maloney. 1996.Thermal Assessment of Zoological
Exhibits I: Sea Lion Enclosure at the Audubon Zoo.
Zoo Biology 15:403-411.
Langman, V.A., M. Rowe, D. Forthman, N. V. Langman, J. Black and T.Walker. 2003.
Quantifying Shade Using a Standard Environment
Zoo Biology 22:253-260.
Langman, V.A., T. Roberts, N.V. Langman, and C.R. Taylor. 2002. The energetics
and biomechanics of exercising Indian and African elephants.
Abstract. Proceedings of the Elephant Managers Association
Conference. 21: 90.
Langman, V.A., M. Rowe, D. Forthman, N. Langman, J.Black, and T. Walker. 2002
Thermal windows in African elephants. Abstract Proceedings of
the Elephant Managers Association Conference. 21: 112.
Rowe, M., V. A. Langman, J.Black, J. Boling and M. Corcoran. 2002. A cold look
at the biophysical ecology of African elephants: Closing thermal
windows.Abstract. Proceedings of the Elephant Managers
Association Conference. 21: 89.
McGuire, R.F., V. A. Langman, M. Maloney, R. Carrigan, and M. Rowe, 2002.
Energetics and biophysical ecology of killer whales (Orcinus orca)
(Abstract. Proceedings of the ASM. (In Press)
Past -- USDA, APHIS Research Fellow (Quantifying Heat and Cold Stress Parameters
for Exotic Species Using Biophysical Heat Exchange Analysis). and Director of the
Megafauna Research Unit at LSU - MRU research is directed toward the study of
environmental biophysics in megafauna The research has involved studies on black
rhinoceros, giraffe, Indian elephants, African elephants, and killer whales.
Now -- Research Biophysicist APHIS, AC-- working on the biophysics of Thermal
Neutral Zones, Thermal Finger Prints of Various Diseases, Field determination of
acclimatization, Design of Megafauna and Regulation of Megafauna.