Dr. William R. Elliott ("Bill") is a cave biologist who grew up in Texas. He is an Honorary Member and Fellow of the National Speleological Society. He led the 2007 National Cave & Karst Management Symposium in St. Louis.
He has been the cave biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation, in Jefferson City, since 1998, with responsibilities in research, conservation, management, education, and recreational training. He manages many caves for the Conservation Department and works with private and government cave owners.
Bill has studied cave life in Mexico, Belize, and many states from Texas to Alaska. He has published many scientific articles, and he has trained hundreds in cave ecology and management. His specialties include cave protection, bat studies using photography and infrared video, millipede taxonomy, biogeography and macrophotography.
Elliott, William R. 2008. Gray and Indiana Bat population trends in Missouri, Proceedings of the 2007 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium. 46-61.
Elliott, William R. 2007. A Guide to Missouri's cave life: 70 cave species brought to light. Missouri Conservation Department: 40pp.
Elliott, William R., and Thomas Aley. 2006. Karst conservation in the Ozarks: Forty years at Tumbling Creek Cave. Pp. 204-214 In G.T. Rea (ed.), Proceedings of the 2005 National Cave & Karst Management Symposium, Albany, NY, Oct. 30-Nov. 4, 2005.
Elliott, William R., Stephen T. Samoray, Sara E. Gardner and James E. Kaufmann. 2006. The MDC Method: Counting bats with infrared video. Pp. 147-153 In G.T. Rea (ed.), Proceedings of the 2005 National Cave & Karst Management Symposium, Albany, NY, Oct. 30-Nov. 4, 2005.
Elliott, William R. 2006. Missouri's Cave Focus Areas. Pp. 48-52 In G.T. Rea (ed.), Proceedings of the 2005 National Cave & Karst Management Symposium, Albany, NY, Oct. 30-Nov. 4, 2005.
Elliott, William R. 2006. Critical issues in cave biology. Pp. 35-39 In G.T. Rea (ed.), Proceedings of the 2005 National Cave & Karst Management Symposium, Albany, NY, Oct. 30-Nov. 4, 2005.
Graening, G.O., H.H. Hobbs, III, M.E. Slay, W.R. Elliott, and A.V. Brown. 2006. Status update for Bristly Cave Crayfish, Cambarus setosus (Decapoda: Cambaridae), and range extension into Arkansas. The Southwestern Naturalist, 51(3):382-392.
Elliott, William R. 2006. Biological Dos and Don'ts for Cave Restoration and Conservation. pp. 33-46 IN Hildreth-Werker, V., and J. Werker (eds.), Cave Conservation and Restoration, National Speleological Society. 600 pp.
Slay, Michael E., W.R. Elliott, and Ronald Sluys. 2006. Cavernicolous Missouri triclads (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria): A new state record (Dendrocoelopsis Americana; Dendrocoelidae) and range extension (Sphalloplana evaginata; Kenkiidae). The Southwestern Naturalist. 51(2):251-291.
Elliott, William R., Stephen T. Samoray, Sara E. Gardner and Thomas Aley. 2005. Tumbling Creek Cave: An ongoing conservation and restoration partnership. American Caves, March, 2005:8-13.
Elliott, William R., and David C. Ashley. 2005. Caves and Karst. pp. 474-491 in Nelson, Paul, The Terrestrial Natural Communities of Missouri, 3rd ed. Missouri Natural Areas Committee. 550 pp.
Elliott, William R. 2005. Gray bat trends in Missouri: Gated vs. ungated caves (abstract). 2003 National Cave & Karst Management Symposium Proceedings.
Elliott, William R. 2004. Protecting Caves and Cave Life. Pp. 458-467 IN Culver, D.C. and W.B. White (eds.), Encylopedia of Caves, Elsevier Science.
