SECTION I - DEPARTMENT LISTING
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ALABAMA
Auburn University
Animal & Dairy Sciences
Auburn, AL 36849
CHAIR: Ralph Harris (interim) (334) 844-4160
FAX: (334) 844-1519 / E-MAIL: cmccall@agnet.auuburn.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: teaching units for various farm species
OTHER FACULTY: K. Cummins
CONTACT: Dr. Dale Coleman (334) 844-1519
Cynthia A. McCall, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(334) 844-1556
Texas A & M Univ., 1983
a. Applied Ethology
Learning
Social Behavior
b. secondary reinforcements in horse training; relationship between dominance orders and learning ability in horses; response to discriminatory signal used in different learning tasks
c. Horses (Mammalia:Perissodactyla:Equidae)
Domestic Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Domestic Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Domestic Llamas (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Camelidae)
Auburn University
Zoology and Entomology
Auburn, AL 36849
CHAIR: J.F. Pritchett (205) 844-4850
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: J.F. Pritchett
Arthur G. Appel, PhD Assist. Prof.
(205) 844-2562
University of California, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology
Biological Rhythms
Social Behavior
b. time-activity budgets; mate selection; aggregation, physiological stress, & related behaviors; foraging and interspecific aggression
c. Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
Fire Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
James H. Cane, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(205) 844-2559
Fax: 205-844-4814
Univ. of Kansas, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Communication-Chemical
Communication-Acoustic
Evolution/Survival value
b. evolution of chemical and acoustical premating activity of bark beetles; economics of pollen specialization for reproductive fitness of plants and bees; phylogenetics vs. adaptation
c. Bark Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Scolytidae)
Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Checkered Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Cleridae)
Auburn University
Zoology and Wildlife Science
Auburn, AL 36849
CHAIR: Dr. Marie Wooten (334) 844-9225
FAX: (334)884-9234
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Limited
SPECIAL FACILITIES: computer lab, avaiary facility, molecular systematics/genetics lab, neurobehavior lab
CONTACT: Dr. Geoffrey Hill
F. Stephen Dobson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(334)844-9252
E-mail: fdobson@ag.auburn.edu
Univ. of Michegan, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. dispersal behavior; mating systems; inbreeding; infanticide; life history of small mammals
c. Plateau Pika (Mammalia:Lagomorphia:Ochotonidae)
Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Prairie Dogs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Craig Guyer, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(334) 884-9232
E-mail: cguyer@ag.auburn.edu
University of Miami, 1986
a. Behavioral Ecology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. factors effecting population density/habitat selection
c. Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria)
Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia)
Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata)
Geoffrey Hill, PhD Assist. Prof.
(334) 884-9269
E-mail: geoffrey.hill@ag.auburn.edu
Univ. Of Michegan, 1991
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Evolution
Communication
b. evolution of plumage coloration including carotenoid and structural eoloration; models of sexual selection, particularly the role of sensory perception in female choice
c. House Finch (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Blue Grosbeak (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Henslow's Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Bachman's Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Robert Lishak, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(334) 844-3928
Ohio State Univ., 1976
a. Communication
Feeding/Ingestion
Behavioral Ecology
b. communiation and foraging behavior in gray squirrels
c. Gray Squirrel (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Mary T. Mendonca, PhD Assist. Prof.
(334) 884-9338
Fax: (334) 844-9234
E-mail: mendomt@mail.auburn.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1986
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Interations
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
c. Big Brown Bat (Mammalia:Chiroptera:Vespertilionidae)
African Reed Frog (Amphibia:Apoda:Hyperolidae)
Red-Sided Garter Snake (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
American Alligator (Reptilia:Crocodilia:Crocodylidae)
Red-Eared Slider (Reptilia:Chelonia:Emydidae)
ALASKA
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Biology and Wildlife
Fairbanks, AK 99701
CHAIR: Mark W. Oswood (907) 474-7972
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 26
CONTACT: Edward Murphy
Brain M. Barnes, PhD Assist. Prof.
(907) 474-6067
University of Washington, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. physiological ecology and behavior of hibernating ground squirrels
c. Ground squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
R. Terry Bowyer, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(907) 474-5311
University of Michigan, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. behavioral and population ecology of large mammals
c. Mammals (Mammalia)
Pierre Deviche, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(907) 474-7158
University of Liege (Belgium), 1980
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. behavioral endocrinology of birds and neurobiological bases of reproduction
c. Birds (Aves)
Erich H. Follmann, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(907) 474-7338
University of British Columbia, 1963
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. foraging dynamics and behavior of ungulates
c. Ungulates (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
David R. Klein, PhD Prof.
(907) 474-7673
Univ. of British Columbia, 1963
a. Feeding/Ingestion
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Applied Ethology-Wildlife
b. Ungulate forage and habitat selection; foraging behavior and energetics
c. Caribou (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Muskox (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Mountain Sheep (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Antelope (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Edward C. Murphy, PhD Assist. Prof.
(907) 474-7154
Univ. of Kansas, 1977
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. reproductive behavior and ecology of Dall sheep; foraging behavior of woodpeckers; reproductive behavior of Dall sheep
c. Murres (Aves:Charadriiformes:Alcidae)
Black-Legged Kittiwakes (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Woodpeckers (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Dall Sheep (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Robert G. White, PhD Prof.
(907) 474-7028
University of New England, 1974
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. nursing behavior of muskox and caribou; effect of disturbance on behavior and associated energy costs in caribou; foraging behavior of reindeer, caribou and muskox
c. Caribou (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Muskox (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
ARIZONA
Arizona State University
Anthropology
Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
CHAIR: B. Stark (602) 965-6213
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
FAX: (602) 965-7671
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Association with Primate Foundation of Arizona, an NIH National Chimpanzee Breeding and Research Program facility
CONTACT: L.T. Nash
Leanne T. Nash, PhD Professor
(602) 965-4812
Fax: (602) 965-4812
E-mail: atltn@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1973
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Development/Ontogeny
c. Galagos (Mammalia:Primates:Lorisidae)
Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Lemurs (Mammalia:Primates:Lemuridae)
Arizona State University
Life Sciences
Phoenix, AZ 85069
CHAIR: H. Pough
CONTACT: A.S.U. Dept. of Zoology
Brian K. Sullivan, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(602) 543-6022
E-mail: idbks@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
Arizona State Univ., 1983
a. Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. sexual selection and speciation in desert amphibians; conservation and natural history of southwestern amphibians and reptiles
c. Desert Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
True Toads (Amphibia:Anura:Bufonidae)
Spadefoot Toads (Amphibia:Anura:Pelobatidae)
Treefrogs (Amphibia:Anura:Hyudae)
Desert Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Arizona State University
Psychology
Tempe, AZ 85287-1104
CHAIR: Linder
Peter R. Killeen, PhD Prof.
(602) 965-2555
Lab Phone: (602)965-0756 / Fax: (602) 965-8544
E-mail: killeen@asu.edu
Harvard Univ., 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Learning
Methodology-Theoretical Models
b. mathematical models of choice, memory, and reinforcement
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rattus:Norvegicus)
Pigeon (Aves:Columba:Livia)
Arizona State University
Zoology
Tempe, AZ 85287-1501
CHAIR: James P. Collins (602) 965-3571
FAX: (602) 965-2519
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10-15
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Dr. Michael Moore
John Alcock, PhD Regent's Prof.
(602) 965-7301
Fax: (602) 965-2519
Harvard Univ., 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. evolution of diversity in insect mating systems
c. Dawson's Bee (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Digger Bee (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Jennifer Fewell, PhD Assists. Prof.
(602) 965-6539
Fax: (602) 965-2519
E-mail: aajhf@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, 1988
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior-Sociality
b. evolution of social strucure and division of labour in social insects; foraging ecology of ants and bees; behavioral genetics of social insects
c. Honey Bee (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae:Apis mellifera)
Harvester Ant (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Foricidae:Pogonomyrmex)
Therese Markow, PhD Regent's Prof.
Fax: (602) 965-8353
E-mail: attam@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
1974
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution
Social Behavior
b. reproductive behavior; speciation; mating system evolution
c. Fruit Fly (Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Michael C. Moore, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(602) 965-4266
Bitnet: AOMCM@ASUACAD
University of Washington, 1982
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. hormonal control of territoriality and alternative male reproductive tactics in free living populations of lizards; evolution of hormonal control of behavior
c. Mountain Spiny Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Tree Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Ronald L. Rutowski, PhD Prof.
(602) 965-4369
E-mail: ronald.rutowski@asu.edu
Cornell Univ., 1976
a. Communication
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. mechanics and evolution of reproductive behavior, especially male mate-locating tactics in butterflies
c. Butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Andrew T. Smith, PhD Prof.
(602) 965-4042
Fax: (602) 965-2519
E-mail: atats@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1973
a. Social Behavior-Mating Systems
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Dispersal
b. dispersal strategies in small animals; effects of "conspecific attraction" on metapopulation dynamics
c. Pikas (Mammalia:Lagomorpha:Ochotonidae)
Brian K. Sullivan, PhD Assist. Prof.
(602) 543-6022
Arizona State University, 1983
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Communication
Evolution/Survival Value
b. sexual selection and species recognition in anuran amphibians; environmental influences on communication; evolutionary history of behavior
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Hylidae)
Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Northern Arizona University
Biological Sciences
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
CHAIR: William Gaud (520) 523-2381
FAX: (520)523-7500
DEGREES: BS, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10+
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
OTHER FACULTY: G. Bateman; K. Nishikawa; C. Propper; P. Price; T. Whitman
CONTACT: C.N. Slobodchikoff
Russell P. Balda, PhD Prof.
(520) 523-4307
Univ. of Illinois, 1967
a. Social Behavior
Learning-Memory
b. social organization in birds; learning and memory in food-caching birds
c. Pygmy Nuthatches (Aves:Passeriformes:Sittidae)
Pinyon Jays (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Clarks's Nutcrackers (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Steven C. Hempleman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(520) 523-8940
Univ. of California, 1982
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. neurophysiology and respiratory physiology
W. Linn Montgomery, PhD Prof.
(520) 523-7505
Arizona State Univ., 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior
b. foraging ecology and digestive physiology of herbivorous fishes; mating systems in salmonid fishes; interspecific feeding in reef fishes
c. Surgeonfishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Acarithuridae)
Damselfishes(Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
Salmon (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes:Salmonidae)
Sea-basses (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Serranidae)
Peter W. Price, PhD
(520) 523-7224
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. general ecology; three-tropic level interactions; population dynamics
Catherine Propper, PhD Assist. Prof.
(520) 523-1374
Oregon State Univ., 1989
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. Hormonal regulation of water balance and reproductive behavior in amphibians and reptiles
Philip Service, PhD
(520) 523-7216
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. population genetics, sperm competition, life-history genetics and evolution
Stephen M. Shuster, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(520) 523-9302
E-mail: shuster@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu
Univ. Of California, Berkeley, 1987
a. Social Behavior-Agression
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Behavioral Genetics
b. alternative reproductive strategies; aggregation/copying behavior; mating system evolution; genetics of small populations
c. Isopods (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Isopoda:Spheromatidae)
Mud Shrimp (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Thalassanoidea)
Brittle Stars (Ophinoidea)
C.N. Slobodchikoff, PhD Prof.
(520) 523-7231
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1971
a. Social Behavior
Communication-Acoustic
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. Influences of resources and other factors on the social system and communication of animals
c. Gunnison's Prairie Dogs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Darkling Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)
Thomas G. Whitham, PhD
(520) 523-7215
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. ecology and evolution; plant-herbivore interactions; mutualism; ideal free distributions
Auburn University
Animal & Dairy Sciences
Auburn, AL 36849
CHAIR: Ralph Harris (interim) (334) 844-4160
FAX: (334) 844-1519 / E-MAIL: cmccall@agnet.auuburn.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: teaching units for various farm species
OTHER FACULTY: K. Cummins
CONTACT: Dr. Dale Coleman (334) 844-1519
Cynthia A. McCall, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(334) 844-1556
Texas A & M Univ., 1983
a. Applied Ethology
Learning
Social Behavior
b. secondary reinforcements in horse training; relationship between dominance orders and learning ability in horses; response to discriminatory signal used in different learning tasks
c. Horses (Mammalia:Perissodactyla:Equidae)
Domestic Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Domestic Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Domestic Llamas (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Camelidae)
University of Arizona
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Tucson, AZ 85721
CHAIR: Stephen Russell (602) 621-1165
FAX: (602) 621-9190
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Joan Zokvic (grad sect'y)
Judith Bronstein, PhD Assist. Prof.
BITNET: JLB@ARIZRVAX
Univ. of Michigan, 1986
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
Behavioral Ecology-Mutualistic Interactions
b. broad interests in the evolution of mutualism & the continuum between mutualism & antagonism, particularly in animal/plant interactions such as pollination and seed dispersal.
c. Chalcidoid wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Chalcidoidae)
Yucca moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Incurvariidae)
Daniel R. Papaj, PhD Assist. Prof.
(602) 621-8988
BITNET: PAPAJ@ARIZRVAX
Duke University, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology
Learning
Evolution/Survival Value
b. ecological function and evolutionary significance of behavioral plasticity, including learning; importance of plasticity in genetic differentiation.
c. Medfly (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Tephritidae)
Piperine Swellowtail butterfly (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Papilionidae)
Parasitoid (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Eucoilidae)
Irene M. Pepperberg, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(602) 621-8883
BITNET: IMP@ARIZRVAX.BITNET
Harvard, 1976
a. Communication-Acoustic
Learning-Cognition
b. development of allo-specific communication in birds; animal-human communication; animal cognition
c. African Grey parrot (Aves:Psittaciformes:Psittacidae)
University of Arizona
Entomology
Tucson, AZ 85721
CHAIR: (602) 621-1141
FAX: (602) 621-1150
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Justine Collins
E.A. Bernays, PhD Prof.
(602) 621-9129
Lab: (602) 621-9261
University of London, UK 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
Feeding/Ingestion
Learning
b. diet breadth and foraging behavior in herbivorous insects, mechanistic and functional
c. Grasshopers (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Acrididae)
Caterpillars (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
CALIFORNIA
California State University
Biology
Hayward, CA 95819
CHAIR: Richard Tullis (916) 881-3471
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: Richard Tullis or Ron Schusterman
Ronald J. Schusterman, PhD Prof.
(415) 881-3469
Florida State Univ., 1961
a. Communication
Learning-Cognition
Social Behavior
b. social and feeding adaptations which depend on generalized as well as specialized perceptual, learning and cognitive skills
c. Sea Lions (Mammalia:Pinnipedia:Otariidae)
Seals (Mammalia:Pinnipedia:Phocidae)
Dolphins (Mammalia:Cetacea:Delphinidae)
California State University
Biological Sciences
Sacramento, CA 95819
CHAIR: Juanita Barrena (916) 278-6535
DEGREES: MA, MSc / ENROLLMENT: 4
CONTACT: Miklos D. F. Udvardy
Gene R. Drapp, PhD Prof.
(916) 278-6279
E-mail: drappgr@csus.edu
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1972
a. Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. carnivore behavioral ecology
c. Ringtails (Mammalia:Carnivora:Procyonidae)
Gray Foxes (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Red Foxes (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Pine Martens (Mammalia:Carnivora:Mustelidae)
Black Bears (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
California State University - Northridge
Biology
Northridge, CA 91330-8303
CHAIR: Mary Corcoran (818) 885-3356
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Randy Cohen, Graduate Coordinator
Jim W. Dole, PhD Prof.
(818) 885-3352
Univ. of Michigan, 1963
a. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Feeding/Ingestion
b. homing & orientation mechanisms in amphibians; feeding behavior in frogs
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
California State University - San Bernadino
Psychology
San Bernadino, CA 92407
CHAIR: Charles D. Hoffman (714) 887-7226
DEGREES: MA / ENROLLMENT: 0
CONTACT: Suart R. Ellins
Stuart R. Ellins, PhD Prof.
(714) 887-7226
University of Delaware, 1972
a. Learning-Memory
b. food aversion conditioning; classical conditioning of gustatory and non-gustatory food cues; application of food aversion conditioning
c. Coyotes (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Loma Linda University
Department of Biology
Riverside, CA 92515
CHAIR: Dr. L. Brand
DEGRESS: MA,PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Dr. J Galusha, Grad. Coor.
Leonard Brand, PhD Prof.
Cornell University, 1970
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Locomotion
b. behavior of modern animals as a model for interpreting paleobehavior; social systems and ecology of chipmunks and derrmice
c. Chipmunks (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Deermice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata)
Ronald Leland Carter, PhD Prof.
Loma Linda University, 1977
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Behavioral Genetics
Communication
b. behavior evolution of species and individual recognition
c. Glaugous-Winded gull (Aves:Chardriiformes:Laridae)
Parasitic mouse, Deermice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Robert Chilson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
University of Wisconsin, 1976
a. Neural Mechanisms
Behavioral Ecology
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. behavioral correlations of heartbeat reversal in insects; population distribution in a desert adapted butterfly
c. Honey bee (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
California sild moth (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Saturniidae)
Ford's Swallowtail (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Papilionidae)
Joseph G. Galusha, PhD Prof.
Oxford University, 1975
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. parental-young recognition and adoption in in gulls; nest site selection and territorial defense
c. Glaucous winged gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes)
Northwest Crows (Aves:Charadriiformes)
Domestic Chickens (Aves:Galliformes)
Ernest R. Schwab, PhD Assist. Prof.
Loma Linda University, 1989
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Communication-Acoustic
b. central neuronal processing of courthship song information by female crickets
c. House cricket (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Moss Landing, CA 95039
CHAIR: (408) 633-3304
DEGREES: MA, MS / ENROLLMENT: 20
CONTACT: Gail Johnston
James T. Harvey, PhD Assist. Prof.
(408) 633-7261
Oregon State Univ. 1987
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Social spacing
b. study of foraging and behavioral ecology of marine mammals
c. Harbor seals (Mammalia:Carnivora:Phocidea)
Gray Whales (Mammalia:Cetacea:Eschrichtiidae)
San Diego State University
Anthropology
San Diego, CA 92183
CHAIR: Larry L. Leach (619) 265-5527
DEGREES: MA / ENROLLMENT: 20
CONTACT: Graduate Advisor, Department of Anthropology
Lois K. Lippold, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. paternal/maternal behavior; sex and reproduction; gestation and parturition
c. Douc Langurs (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Golden Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
San Diego State University
Biology
San Diego, CA 92182-0057
CHAIR: Paul Paolini
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: L.R. McClenaghan
Vernon L. Avila, Phd Assoc. Prof.
Univ. of Colorado, 1972
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Feeding/Ingestion
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. steroids and their roles in various behaviors; 17B estradiol and androgens
c. Bluegill Sunfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
African Clawed Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Pipidae)
Jewelfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
Frank T. Awbrey, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1965
a. Communication-Acoustic
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
Social Behavior
b. bioacoustics in amphibians and cetaceans; effects of sound on audition and behavior; biophysics of hearing
c. Pacific Tree Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Hylidae)
Killer Whales (Mammalia:Cetacea:Delphinidae)
False Killer Whales (Mammalia:Cetacea:Delphinidae)
Beluga Whales (Mammalia:Cetacea:Monodontidae)
Gerald Collier, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. evolution and nature of avian mating systems; species diversity and habitat selection
c. Passerine Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Blackbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Jacanas (Aves:Charadriiformes:Jacanidae)
Don Hunsaker, II, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1960
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Communication
b. tropical and desert animals
c. Marsupials (Mammalia:Marsupialia)
Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria)
Neil Krekorian, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Toronto, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior
b. social spacing; aggression; sex and reproduction
c. Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
L.R. McClenaghan, Jr., PhD Assoc. Prof.
Kansas, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Genetics
c. Meadow Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Kangaroo Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
Pocket Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
San Diego State University
Psychology
San Diego, CA 92182-0350
CHAIR: Alan Litrownik
DEGREES: MA / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Arthur Schatz, or John Grossberg
Richard H. Defran, PhD Assoc. Prof.
Bowling Green State Univ., 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Sensory Mechanisms
b. Cetacean behavior; population biology; animal psychophysics
c. Dolphins (Mammalia:Cetacea:Delphinidae)
Evalyn F. Segal, PhD Prof. Emeritus
Univ. of Minnesota, 1958
a. Learning-Reinforcement
Learning-Complex
Learning-Discrimination
b. concept learning in a Barbary Macaque; verbal learning in a Barbary Macaque
c. Barbary Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Albino Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
San Francisco State University
Biological Sciences
San Francisco, CA 94132
CHAIR: Crellin Pauling (415) 338-1548
DEGREES: MS, MA / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: Dot Simms
Robert I. Bowman, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1957
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Communication-Vocal
Development/Ontogeny
b. vocal communication in song birds (ecology of song)
c. Darwin's Finches (Aves:Passeriformes:Geospizinae)
Fox Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Green-Tailed Towhees (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Jan A. Randall, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(415) 338-7100
Washington State Univ., 1977
a. Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. evolution of social organization and communication in sympatric species of desert rodent; includes study of foot drumming as seismic communication and predator defense
c. Kangaroo Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
Stanford University
Biological Sciences
Palo Alto, CA 94305-5020
CHAIR: P. Jones
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT:
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Lorie Langdon, Student Services (415) 723-5413
Deborah M. Gordon, PhD Assist. Prof.
(415) 725-6364
E-mail: gordon@ants.stanford.edu
Duke University, 1983
a. Behavior Ecology-Foraging
Behavior Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sociality
b. behavioral ecology;social organization; foraging; territoriality;development of colony organization; colony growth
c. Harvester Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Argentine Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Stanford University
Psychology
Stanford, CA 94305
CHAIR: Ewart Thomas (415) 497-3995
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT:
J. Wine, PhD Assoc. Prof.
Univ.of Calif., Los Angeles, 1971
a. Learning
Locomotion
Sensory Mechanisms
c. Crayfish (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
University of California - Berkeley
Anthropology
Berkeley, CA 94720
CHAIR: William Simmons
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: K. Milton or P. Dolhinow
Katharine Milton, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(415) 642-8607
New York Univ., 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Feeding/Ingestion
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
b. feeding ecology of primates; production patterns of tropical forest trees; quality and anti-quality components of tropical plant parts
c. Howler Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Woolly Spider Mondeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Spider Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Woolly Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
University of California - Berkeley
Zoology
Berkeley, CA 94720
CHAIR: Marvalee Wake
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 4
CONTACT: Barbara Hayashida or Graduate Admissions Secretary
George W. Barlow, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1958
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
b. development and evolution of social behavior in fishes
c. Cichlid Fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
Coral-reef Fishes (Pisces)
Walter D. Koenig, PhD Assist. Prof.
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Evolution/Survival Value
b. mating systems; social spacing; territoriality; evolution
c. Acorn Woodpeckers (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Yellow-Billed Magpies (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Western Bluebirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Turdidae)
Dragonflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Odonata:Libellulidae)
University of Califonia - Davis
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,
School of Vet. Medicine, Psychology,
Agriculture Economics
Davis, CA 95616
CHAIR: Albert A. Harrison (Psych.) (916) 752-1884 or Warren Johnston (Ag.) (916) 752-1521
DEGREES: MS,PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Melody Siminton (Psych.) or R. Cross (Ag.)
Marc Mangel, PhD Prof.
(916) 752-0827
Univ. of British Columbia, 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology
Learning
Methodology
b. unified foraging theory and its applications
c. Fruit flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Starling (Aves:Passeriformes:Sturnidae)
University of California - Davis
Graduate Group in Animal Behavior
Davis, CA 95616
CHAIR: Dr. Benjamin Hart (916) 752-1418
FAX: (916) 752-8391 / E-MAIL: jmtrevitt@ucdavis.edu
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 35
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Center for Animal Behavior; California Regional Primate Res. Center; Bodega Bay Marine Biology Lab; Animal Communication Lab
OTHER FACULTY: 37 from 11 departments in 3 colleges
CONTACT: Jeni Trevitt, Administrative Assistant
Marylynn S. Barkley, PhD Assoc. Prof. (An Physiol)
(916) 752-6029
Univ. Calif., Davis, 1975
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Aggression
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. hormonal control of sex-specific behavior; reproductive endocrinology
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Fish (Pisces)
Richard G. Coss, PhD Prof. (Psychology)
(916) 752-1626
Reading Univ. (England), 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Development/Ontogeny
Evolution/Survival Value
b. adaptive variation in ground squirrels; anti-predator behavior
c. Calif. Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Hugh Dingle, PhD Prof. (Entomology)
(916) 752-2480
E-mail: rdhdingle@ucdavis.edu
University of Michigan, 1962
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Genetics
b. evolution of migratory behavior and wing polymorphism; behavior and life histories
c. Milkweed Bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera))
Soapberry Bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera)
Lesser MigratingGrasshoppers (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera)
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, MS PhD Candidate
(916) 752-1988
Fax: (916) 752-2087
E-mail: efernandezduque@ucdavis.edu
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Sociality
Methodology-Data Collection/Analysis
b. behavioral mechanisms underlying male-female relationships in monogamous species; conservation biology; statistical methods in behavioral sciences (power analysis and meta-analysis)
c. Titi Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Norman E. Gary, PhD Prof. (Entomology)
(916) 752-0480
Cornell Univ., 1959
a. Applied Ethology
Behavioral Ecology
Communication
b. foraging; intra-colony communication; mating; defensive behavior
c. Honey Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Lawrence V. Harper, PhD Prof.
(916) 752-3624
Fax: (916) 752-5660
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1966
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
Human Ethology
b. ontogeny of social behavior--parent-offspring relations, play, sex differences, biological basis of behavioral development
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Guinea Pigs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Caviidae)
Benjamin L. Hart, DVM PhD Prof. (Physiol. Sci.)
(916) 752-1418
Univ. of Minnesota, 1960, 1964
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Communication-Acoustic
Neural Mechanisms
b. neural and hormonal control of sexual behavior; vomeronasal organ; animal behavior and disease avoidance strategy
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Goats (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Antelopes (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Lynette Hart, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(916) 752-7722
Fax: (916) 752-8391
E-mail: lahart@ucdavis.edu
Rutgers Univ., 1976
a. Communication-Chemical
Human Ethology
Applied Ethology-companion animals & wildlife
b. human-animal interactions; communication in giraffe and elephants; grooming in antelope
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Elephants (Mammalia:Proboscidae:Elephantidae)
Antelopes (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae:Antilopinae)
Giraffe (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae:Giraffidae)
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, PhD Prof. (Anthropology)
(916) 752-2674
Harvard Univ., 1975
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Human Ethology
b. male and female reproductive strategies among primates
c. Hanuman Langurs (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Dale F. Lott, PhD Prof. (Wildlife/Fisheries)
(916) 752-7641
Univ. of Washington, 1964
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
b. functions of and proximate mechanisms involved in intraspecific variation in social systems
c. California Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
American Bison (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Peter R. Marler, PhD Prof.
(914) 752-8531
Cambridge Univ. England, 1954
a. Development/Ontogeny
Communication-Acoustic
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. animal behavior, with special reference to development of vocal communication in birds and primates; animal semantics; role of innate knowledge in development of perception in animals and man
c. Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Apes (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
William A. Mason, PhD Prof. Emeritus/Research Scientist
(916) 752-3273
Fax: (916) 752-2880
E-mail: wamason@ucdavis.educrprc@davis
Stanford Univ., 1954
a. Social Behavior
Development/Ontogeny
b. primate social development and social organization from a comparative perspective
c. Titi Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Primates (Mammalia:Primates)
Joy Mench, PhD Prof.
(916) 752-6789
Fax: (916) 752-0175
Univ. Of Sussex. 1983
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. animal welfare and the ethics of animal use; neurophysiological and hormonal correlates of stress in captive animals;environmental enrichment
c. Chickens (Aves:Galliformes)
Quail (Aves:Galliformes)
Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates)
James R. Millam, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(916) 752-1149
E-mail: jrmillam@ucdavis.edu
Univ. Of Minnesota, 1981
a. Applied Ethology-Companion Animals
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroendocrine Regulation
b. behavioral regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion and neuroanatomic basis of that regulation
c. Cockatiel (Aves:Psittaciformes:Cacatuidae)
Orange-winged (Aves:Psittaciformes:Psittacidae)
Domestic Turkey (Aves:Galliformes:Meleagridae)
Japanese Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasiandidae)
Zebra Finch (Aves:Passeriformes:Estrilidae)
Gary P. Moberg, PhD Prof./Assoc. Dean (Animal Science)
(916) 752-1253
Fax: (916) 752-4789
E-mail: gpmoberg@ucdavis.edu
Univ. of Illinois, 1968
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Applies Ethology
Stress
b. physiological and behavioral response of animals during stress
c. Fish (Chordata:Pisces)
Mammals (Mammalia:Artiodactyla)
Robert M. Murphey, PhD Prof. (Psychology)
(916) 752-1855
Vanderbilt Univ., 1966
a. Behavioral Genetics
Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. genetic and environmental influences on behavioral variation in cattle and other animals
c. Domestic Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Capybaras (Mammalia:Rodentia:Hydrochaeridae)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Leptodactylidae)
Donald H. Owings, PhD Prof. (Psychology)
(916) 752-1673
Univ. of Washington, 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Communication-Acoustic
Communication-Visual
b. alarm signals; anti-snake behavior; variation and ontogeny of communicatory behavior
c. Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Rattlesnakes (Reptilia:Squamata:Crotalidae)
Edward O. Price, PhD Prof. (Animal Science)
(916) 752-1252
Fax: (916) 752-0175
E-mail: eoprice@ucdavis.edu
Michigan State Univ., 1967
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Parent/Filial Interactions
b. development of sexual behavior in domestic male ungulates (cattle, sheep & goats); maternal-filial interactions in sheep; effects of domestication on animal behavior;
c. Sheep (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Goats (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Capridae)
Peter S. Rodman, PhD Professor
(916) 752-1591
Harvard, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior
c. Orangutans (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Gibbons (Mammalia:Primates:Hylobatidae)
Judy Stamps, PhD Prof. (Zoology)
(916) 752-3622
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Social Behvior-Social Spacing
b. proximate and ultimate basis of territorial behavior; sexual size dimorphism
c. Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria)
Claudia Valeggia, MS PhD Candidate
(916) 752-1988
Fax: (916) 752-2880
E-mail: crvaleggia@ucdavis.edu
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. behavioral endocrinology;reproduction;social suppression of fertility
c. Titi Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae:Callicebus moloch)
Dirk VanVuren, PhD Assist. Prof. (Wildlife/Fisheries)
(916) 752-4181
E-mail: dhvanvuren@ucdavis.edu
Univ. Of Kansas, 1990
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
c. Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
University of California - Irvine
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Irvine, CA 92717
CHAIR: Walter Fitch
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: George L. Hunt, Jr.
Nancy Burley, PhD
(714) 856-6006
Univ. of Texas, 1977
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Evolution/Survival Value
Communication
b. sexual selection; evolution of mating systems; intraspecific communication
c. Zebra Finches (Aves:Passeriformes:Estillidae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Australian Finches (Aves:Passeriformes:Estillidae)
F. Lynn Carpenter, PhD Prof.
University of California, Berkely 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
b. foraging behavior, competition
c. Nectarivorous birds (Aves)
Steven A. Frank, PhD Assist. Prof.
Univ. Michigan, 1988
a. Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. sex allocation, genomic conflict
c. Social Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
George L. Hunt Jr., PhD Prof.
Harvard Univ., 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. reproductive behavior and ecology of colonial birds
c. Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Alcids (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Marine Birds (Aves)
University of California - Irvine
Psychobiology
Irvine, CA 92717
CHAIR: Herbert P. Killackey
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Michael Leon
Pauline Yahr, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Texas, 1972
a. Endocrine/Hormonal mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Social behavior
b. neural action of sex steriods in controlling sexual behavior and chemical communication
c. Gerbils (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of California - Los Angeles
Biology
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606
CHAIR: Dr. Park Nobel (310) 825-4373
FAX: (310) 206-3987
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT/GRANTS/ETC: Contact Graduate Affairs Office at (310) 825-1959 for current information
OTHER FACULTY: M. Cody, N. Collias (emeritus), P. Nonacs, C. Taylor
CONTACT: Jocelyn Yamadera (310) 825-1959
Robert M. Gibson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(301) 825-6459
Fax: (310) 206-3587
E-mail: rgibson@biology.lifesci.ucla.edu
Univ. of Sussex, 1978
a. Communication
Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. proximate mechanisms; social,ecological, and genetic consequences of mate choice
c. Sage Grouse (Aves:Galliformes:Tetraonidae)
House Wren (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
Fruit Fly (Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
William Hamner, PhD Prof.
(301) 825-9302
UCLA, 1965
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/survival value
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
b. intraspecifc behavior with animal aggregations; schooling/flocking behavior; natural history-behavior of oceanic animals
c. Fish (Pisces)
Shrimp (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
Medusae (Cnidaria)
Ctenophora (Ctenophora)
Birds (Aves)
James G. Morin, PhD Prof.
(301) 825-1674
Harvard Univ., 1969
a. Communication-Visual
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. luminescent communication and sexual selection in tropical marine ostracode
c. Crustaceans (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
Firefleas (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Myodocopida:Cypridinidae)
University of California - Los Angeles
Psychology
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1563
CHAIR: Arthur Eoodward (310) 825-2288
FAX: (310) 206-5895
DEGREES: PhD
CONTACT: Michael Fanselow
Michael S. Fanselow, PhD Assist. Prof.
Univ. of Washington, 1980
a. Learning-Avoidance
Learning-Discrimination
Motivation/Emotion
b. defensive behavior; learning and endogenous mechanisms
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of California - Riverside
Biology
Riverside, CA 92507
CHAIR: Mark Chappell (909) 787-3952
FAX: (909) 787-4286
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 4-6
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
OTHER FACULTY: M. Chappell, N. Waser
CONTACT: Student Affairs Office
John Rotenberry, PhD
Oregon State Univ., 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Methodology-Data Collection/Analysis
b. foraging ecology and habitat selection of passerine birds, particullarly in desert environments; pollination ecology; foraging behaivor of insects that visit flowers
c. Sage Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Brewer's Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Bumble Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Marlene Zuk, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(909) 787-3952
E-mail: mzuk@ucraci.ucr.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1986
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
Communication-Acoustic
b. mate-choice; evolution of secondary sexual characteristics;effects of parasitoids and parasites on host behavior; evolution; ecology
c. Field Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Jungle Fowl (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
University of California - Riverside
Psychology
Riverside, CA 92521
CHAIR: Marvin Nachman
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2-5
CONTACT: Ramon J. Rhine
Ramon J. Rhine, PhD Prof.
Stanford Univ., 1955
a. Behavioral Ecology
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
b. social spacing, predation, feeding
c. Stumptailed Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Yellow Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
University of California - San Diego
Biology
La Jolla, CA 92093
CHAIR: Nick Spitzer (619) 534-3105
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Ms. Pattie Macpherson
Jack W. Bradbury, PhD Prof.
(619) 534-4787
FAX: (619) 534-7108
E-mail: JBradbury@Ucsd.Edu
Rockefeller Univ., 1968
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Communication-Acoustic
b. evolution of spatial pattern, mating systems, sexual selection, animal communication
c. Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera)
Grouse (Aves:Galliformes:Tetraonidae)
Thomson's Gazelles (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Trevor Price, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(619) 534-5605
FAX: (619) 534-7108
Univ. of Michigan, 1984
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Genetics
Communication
b. evolution of plummage patterns, sexual selection, sexual dimorphism, development and speciation
c. Darwin's Finches (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Old World Warblers (Aves:Passeriformes:Sylviidae)
Sandra L. Vehrencamp, PhD Prof.
(619) 534-4787
FAX: (619) 534-7108
E-mail: SVEHRENCAMP@USCD.EDU
Cornell Univ., 1976
a. Social Behavior
Communication
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. evolution of social behavior in birds & mammals, especially mating systems, cooperation, determinants of group size, and communication systems
c. Grove-billed Anis (Aves:Cuculiformes:Cuculidae)
Sage Grouse (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Thomson's Gazelles (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
University of California - San Diego
Psychology
La Jolla, CA 92093
CHAIR: Ebbe Ebbersen (619) 452-3003
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Ruby Woods
Edmund Fantino, PhD Prof.
(619) 452-3927
Harvard Univ., 1944
a. Learning-Reinforcement
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Learning-Choice Behavior
b. operant conditioning analogs to foraging
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
University of California - Santa Barbara
Biological Sciences
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
CHAIR: Robert Warner (805) 893-2415
FAX: (805) 893-2415 / E-MAIL: warner@lifesci.ucsb.edu
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIP/STIPEND: 4 year stipend at $13,000/year
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Marine Lab, Aviary, Aquarium Facilities
CONTACT: Stephanie Slosser (805) 893-3023
E-mail: slosser@lifesci.ucsb.edu
John A. Endler, PhD Prof.
(805) 961-8212
Univ. of Edingurgh,Scotland, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. mate choice; evolution of animal color patterns
c. Guppies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Poeciliidae)
Cichlids (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
Rivulus Hartii (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Cyprinodontidae)
Noctuid Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)
Geometrid Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Geometridae)
Stephen I. Rothstein, PhD Prof.
(805) 961-2834/3511
Yale Univ., 1970
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Dominance
b. behavioral adaptations related to parasite-host interactions; acoustic communications and dominance in social groups
c. Brown-headed Cowbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
White-crowned Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Blackbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Robert R. Warner, PhD Prof.
(805) 961-2941
Fax: (805) 893-2941
E-mail: warner@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, 1973
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Evolution/Survival Value
b. behavioral ecology and life history evolution, particularly in coral reef fishes
c. Bluehead Wrasse (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Labridae)
Adrian M. Wenner, PhD Prof. (Retired-Advising)
(805) 893-2838
Fax: (805) 893-8062
Univ. of Michigan, 1961
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication-Acoustic
Methodology
b. application of the "strong inference" approach to animal behavior studies
c. Honey Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Sand Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Amphipoda:Talitridae)
Monarch Butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Danaidae)
University of California - Santa Cruz
Biology
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
CHAIR: C. Poodry (408) 429-2385
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 30
CONTACT: Dean, Graduate Office
Burney V. Le Boeuf, PhD Prof.
(408) 429-2845
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1966
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Evolution/Survival Value
b. sexual selection
c. Elephant seals (Mammalia:Pinnipedia:Phocidae)
Sea lions (Mammalia:Pinnipedia:Otariidae)
COLORADO
Colorado State University
Psychology
Fort Collins, CO 80523
CHAIR: Scott Hamilton (970) 491-6364
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: D.D. Avery
David D. Avery, PhD Prof.
(970) 491-6820
Univ. of Houston, 1969
a. Neural Mechanisms
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. hypothalamic-neurochemical mechanisms and motivation
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Ralph W. Richards, PhD Prof.
(970) 491-5548
Michigan State Univ., 1971
a. Learning
b. associative learning and cognitive processes in animals
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Colorado State University
Biology
Fort Collins, CO 80523
CHAIR: Joan Herbers (970) 491-7013
FAX: (970) 491-0649
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: GTA's (10) at $9000/9 mos.
CONTACT: Connie VanHorn
Myron C. Baker, PhD Prof.
(970) 491-5307
E-mail: mcbaker@lamar.colostate.edu
Yale Univ., 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Evolution/Survival Value
b. avian acoustic communication; mating behavior; social learning
c. Buntings (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Chickadees (Aves:Passeriformes:Paridae)
Honeycaters (Aves:Passeriformes:Meliphagidae)
Fairy Wrens (Aves:Passeriformes:Maluridae)
Joan M. Herbers, PhD Prof.
(970) 491-0713
Fax: (970) 491-0649
E-mail: herbers@lamar.colostate.edu
Northwestern Univ., 1978
a. Behavior Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior-Sociality
Evolution/Survival Value
b. ecology and genetics of eusociality
c. Hymenoptera, Ants (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Philip N. Lehner, PhD Prof.
(970) 491-5875
Fax: (970) 491-5875
E-mail: plehn@lamar.colostate.edu
Utah State Univ., 1969
a. Communication-Acoustic
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
b. ethology and behavioral ecology of birds and mammals
c. Manes Wolf (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Gray Jays (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Janice Moore, PhD Assist. Prof.
(970) 491-6764
Fax: (970) 491-0649
E-mail: pillbug@lamar.colostate.edu
Univ. of New Mexico, 1981
a. Behavioral Ecology-Parastite-Induced Alterations in Behavior
b. adaptive significance of parasite-induced behavior situations in hosts
c. Cockroach (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera)
Beetle (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera)
Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Ground Squirrel (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Acanthocephala (Acanthoscephala)
William C. Wright, PhD Assist. Prof.
(970) 491-5552
E-mail: bwright@lamar.colostate.edu
Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, 1985
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Learning Mechanisms
Evolution/Survival Value
b. Evolution of mechanisms of learning using comparative method on homologous reflex circuits in sea slugs; the neural basis of parasite-induced behavior change
c. Sea Slugs (Mollusca:Opisthobranch)
Amphipods (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
Limpets (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
University of Colorado
Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology
Boulder, CO 80309-0334
CHAIR: Carl Bock (303) 492-8961
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Dr. Marc Bekoff
Anne Bekoff, PhD Prof.
(303) 492-5114
Fax: (303) 492-8699
E-mail: anne.bekoff@colorado.edu
Washington Univ., 1974
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Development/Ontogeny
Locomotion
b. development of motor behaviors in chicks and chick embryos (e.g. embryonic motility, walking, foot shaking, etc.)
c. Domestic Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Marc Bekoff, PhD Prof.
(303) 492-8961
Fax: (303) 492-8699
E-mail: bekoffm@spot.colorado.edu
Washington Univ., 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Play
b. evolution of social behavior; development; behavioral ecology; cognitive ethology; animal welfare
c. Domestic Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Wolves (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Shelter's Jay (Aves:Passeriformes)
Michael D. Breed, PhD Prof.
(303) 492-7687
Univ. of Kansas 1977
a. Social Behavior-Kin Recognition
Social Behavior-Dominance
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. kin recognition; physiological mechanisms that regulate aggression/dominance; dynamics of colony defense mechanisms; social insect biology
c. Honey Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Giant Tropical Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
CONNECTICUT
University of Connecticut
Biobehavioral Sciences Graduate Degree Program (Psychology)
Storrs, CT 06269-4154
COORDINATOR: Victor H. Denenberg (860) 486-3826
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
CONTACT: Kathy Moriarty
Ross Buck, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-4494
Fax: (860) 486-5422
E-mail: buck@uconnvm.uconn.edu
University of Pittsburgh, 1970
a. Human Ethology
Motivation/Emotion
Social Behavior
b. spontaneous communication of emotion in humans, including social and genetic bases of expressive behavior; the development of expressiveness; expressiveness in an interactional context
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
V.H. Denenberg, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-3826
Purdue Univ., 1953
a. Development/Ontogeny
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
b. brain lateralization; sex differences; sleep states
c. Rats, Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
B. Ginsberg, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-2351
Univ. of Chicago, 1943
a. Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior
Communication
b. social stress & gene expression; dyslexia
c. Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
S. Maxson, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-2455
Univ. of Chicago, 1966
a. Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior-Aggression
b. molecular genetics regulating social behavior
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
William J. Shoemaker, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(860) 679-3423
Fax: (860) 679-1296
MIT
a. Development/Ontogeny
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. developmental neurobiology; neuropharmacology; neuroendocrinology
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Evelyn B. Thoman, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-4042
University of Nebraska, 1965
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Sleep
Development/Ontogeny
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
University of Connecticut
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Storrs, CT 06268
CHAIR: Gregory J. Anderson
FAX: (860) 486-6364
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 7
CONTACT: Kentwood D. Wells and John A. Silander
William D. Chapple, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-4558
Stanford Univ., 1965
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurobiology
Locomotion
Sensory Mechanisms-Proprioception
b. crustacean physiology of movement; propriorecption
c. Hermit Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
Green Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
George A. Clark, Jr., PhD Prof.
(860) 486-4459
E-mail: clark@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Yale Univ., 1964
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Feeding/Ingestion
Self-Maintenance
b. behavior of birds; relationship of integumental structure and behavior
c. Birds (Aves)
Robert K. Colwell, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-4395
E-mail: Colwell@ucconnvm.uconn.edu
University of Michigan, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Communication
b. species interactions and coevolution of hummingbirds and mites; speciation and sexual selection; host-selection behavior of mites
c. Hummingbird Mites (Chelicerata:Acarina)
Hummingbirds (Aves:Apodiformes:Trochilidae)
Bruce Goldman, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-2984
Medical College of Georgia, 1968
a. Biological Rhythms
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Social Behavior
b. biological rhythms; neuroendocrinology; social behavior of mole rats and other rodents
c. Mole Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Bathyergidae)
Mole Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Spalacidae)
Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Charles S. Henry, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-4450
E-mail: chenry@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Harvard Univ., 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication-Acoustic
Evolution/Survival Value
b. courtship singing in Green Lacewings and its relevance to speciation and phylogeny
c. Green Lacewings (Arthropoda:Insecta:Neuroptera:Chrysopidae)
Andrew Moiseff, PhD Assist. Prof.
(860) 486-4562
Cornell Univ., 1980
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Communication-Acoustic
b. neural mechanisms for sound localization
c. Barn Owls (Aves:Strigiformes:Tytonidae)
Carl W. Rettenmeyer, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-0828
Fax: (203) 486-6364
Univ. of Kansas, 1962
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior-Sociality
b. foraging behavior of ants, especially army ants; behavior of social wasts and guests of ants
c. Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Social Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Eric Schultz, PhD Assist. Prof.
(860) 486-4692
E-mail: eschultz@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Univ. of Calififornia, Santa Barbara, 1990
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Reproduction
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. life history strategies; reproduction; sexual selection; sex allocation; behavior in larval fishes
c. Boney Fishes (Chordata:Osteichthyes)
Kurt Schwenk, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(860) 486-0351
E-mail: schwenk@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1984
a. Feeding/Ingestion
Evolution/Survival Value
Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
b. behavior, functional morphology and evolution of vertebrate feeding; chemosensory behavior of lizards; phylogenetic analysis of behavior
c. Lizards (Reptilia:Squamata:Sauria)
Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata)
Caecilians (Amphibia:Apoda:Gymnophiona)
Snakes (Reptilia:Squamata:Serpentes)
Theodore L. Taigen, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(860) 486-4154
E-mail: taigen@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Cornell University, 1981
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. energetics of vocal communication in frogs; physiological ecology of amphibians
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Anura)
Steve Trumbo, PhD Assist. Prof.
(203) 596-2138
Fax: (203) 596-2104
Univ. Of North Carolina, 1988
a. Social Behavior
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Evolution/Survival Vale
b. evolution of parental care and social behavior; function, behavioral and physiological mechanisms;division of labor in social insects
c. Burying Beetles (Insecta:Coleoptera:Silphidae)
Honey Bees (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Peter Turchin, PhD Assist. Prof.
(860) 486-3603
E-mail: turchin@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Duke Univ., 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
b. theoretical ecology; complex dynamics in natural populations; movement and spatial population dynamics; aggregation behavior
c. Small Mammals (Mammalia)
Various Insects (Insecta)
David L. Wagner, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(860) 486-2139
E-mail: dwagner@uconnvm.uconn.edu
University of California, Berkeley, 1986
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
b. evolution of lek mating systems and pheromonal communication in moths; systematics of Hepialidae
c. Butterflies, Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Kentwood D. Wells, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-4454
E-mail: kendtus@uconnvem.uconn.edu
Cornell Univ., 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Social Behavior
b. social behavior and communication of frogs and toads; energetics of vocal communication; aggression and territoriality; sexual selection and mate choice; parental care
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Anura)
University of Connecticut
Psychology
Storrs, CT 06268-1020
CHAIR: Ronald Growney (860) 486-3515
FAX: (860) 486-2760
DEGREES: MA, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 50; $10,000 to $15,000
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
OTHER FACULTY: 45
CONTACT: Graduate Admissions, Department of Psychology, U-20, Univ. of Conn., 406
Babbidge Rd., Storrs, CT, 06269-1020
David B. Miller, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-3516
E-mail: millerd@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Univ. of Miami, 1973
a. Development/Ontogeny
Communication-Acoustic
Context Effects
b. developmental and contextual (social) factors underlying alarm call responsitivity of mallard ducklings
c. Mallard Ducks (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Benjamin D. Sachs, PhD Prof.
(860) 468-2250
Bitnet: BSACHS@UCONNVM.BITNET
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1966
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. psychobiology of mating behavior -- its reflexive components
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Gerbils (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
John D. Salamone, PhD Assist. Prof.
(860) 486-4302
Emory University, 1982
a. Drug studies
Locomotion
Learning-Reinforcement
b. dopamine and acetylcholine mechanisms involved in motor activity and motivation
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Harvey A. Swadlow, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-2252
Univ. of Miami, 1970
a. Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms
b. neurophysiology correlates of sensation and perception
c. Rabbits (Mammalia:Lagomorpha)
W.A. Wilson, PhD Prof.
(860) 486-4106
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1956
a. Sensory mechanisms
Learning
Neural Mechanisms
b. neural mechanisms of cross-modal transfer and sensory interaction
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
David A. Yutzey, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(860) 486-4108/2825
Ohio State Univ., 1965
a. Neural Mechanisms-Brain lesions
Social Behavior-Aggression
Evolution/Survival value
b. animal neuropsychology of brain laterality; involvement of cerebral cortex and corpus callosum in spatial and emotional behaviors
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Wesleyan University
Biology
Middletown, CT 06457
CHAIR: David Bodznick (203) 685-3483
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Director, Graduate Admissions
Allan Berlind, PhD Prof.
(203) 685-3483
Harvard Univ., 1969
a. Neural Mechanisms-Rhythmic Systems
b. generation of rhythmic activity by small neuronal networks
c. Lobsters (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
David Bodznick, PhD Prof.
(203) 685-3489
Univ. Washington, Seattle, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Sensory Mechanisms-Electrical
b. neuroethology; sensory processing in vertebrate brain, relationship to behavior; electroreception processing and orientation
c. Lampreys (Pisces:Agnatha:Petromyzoniformes:Petromyzonidae)
Skates (Pisces:Chondrichthyes:Rajiformes:Rajidae)
Dogfish (Pisces:Chondrichthyes:Squaliformes:Squalidae)
Wesleyan University
Psychology
Middletown, CT 06457
CHAIR: Nathan Brody
DEGREES: MA / ENROLLMENT: 0
H.M. Sinnamon, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(203) 685-2955
Univ. of Rochester, 1972
a. Locomotion
Motivation/Emotion
Neural Mechanisms
b. neural mechanisms of locomotion initiation and orienting behavior
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
DELAWARE
University of Delaware
Entomology and Applied Ecology
Newark, DE 19717-1303
CHAIR: Thomas Allen (302) 451-2526
FAX: (302) 831-3651
DEGREES: BS, MS / ENROLLMENT: 5
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 6 @ $10,000 first year
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Greenhouse, Growth Chamber Facilities, 35-Acre Woodlot on Campus for Research Only
OTHER FACULTY: R.R. Roth
CONTACT: C.E. Mason
Douglas W. Tallamy, PhD Prof.
(302) 831-6700
E-mail: dtallamy@bach.udel.edu
Univ. Maryland, 1980
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial Interactions
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Sociality
c. Lacebugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera:Tingidae
Assassin Bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Heteroptera:Redovicdae)
Cucumber Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coloptera:Chrysomelidae)
Thomas K. Wood, PhD Prof.
(302) 451-2526
Cornell Univ., 1968
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. parental care
c. Treehoppers (Arthropoda:Insecta:Homoptera:Membracidae)
University of Delaware
Psychology
Newark, DE 19711
CHAIR: Tom Scott
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: Tom Scott
F.A. Masterson, PhD Prof.
Princeton Univ., 1965
a. Learning
Methodology
Motivation/Emotion
b. interplay of learning and instinctive mechanisms in defensive behavior; mechanisms of Pavlovian conditioning.
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Georgetown University
Biology
Washington, DC 20057
CHAIR: Joseph H. Neale (202) 687-6247
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: E. Barrows
Edward M. Barrows, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(202) 687-5841
Univ. of Kansas, 1975
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Ecology
Communication
b. reproductive behavior of insects, pollination
c. Chalcidoid Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Chalcidoidae)
Mexican Bean Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Coccinellidae)
Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Pieridae)
Vespid Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Douglas A. Eagles, PhD Assist. Prof.
(202) 687-5905
Univ. of Massachusetts, 1972
a. Locomotion
Sensory Mechanisms-Mechanical
b. neurophysiology of locomotion
c. Horseshoe Crabs (Merostomata:Xiphosura:Xiphosuridae)
Blue Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
Edible Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
Smithsonian Institution
National Zoological Park
Washington, DC 20008
CHAIR: Edwin Gould (202) 673-4783
DEGREES: None / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Devra G. Kleiman
Benjamin B. Beck, PhD
(202) 673-4871
University of Chicago, 1967
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Learning-Complex
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. tool behavior; propagation and reintroduction of captive primates
c. Golden Lion Tamarins (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
Gorillas (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Daryl J. Boness, PhD
(202) 673-4747
Dalhousie University, 1979
a. Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
b. male and female reproductive strategies, lactation strategies, and early development in pinnipeds
c. Seals (Mammalia:Pinnipedia:Phocidae)
Sea Lions (Mammalia:Pinnipedia:Otariidae)
Walruses (Mammalia:Pinnipedia:Odobenidae)
Scott R. Derrickson, PhD
(703) 635-4166
Univ. of Minnesota, 1977
a. Applied Ethology
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior
b. social influences on sexual behavior: captive breeding; animal reintroductions
c. Dabbling Ducks (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Cranes (Aves:Gruiformes:Gruidae)
Devra G. Kleiman, PhD
(202) 673-4825
Univ. of London, 1969
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. captive breeding of endangered species; social behavior of monogamous mammals
c. Golden Lion Tamarins (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
Giant Pandas (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
Bush Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Maned Wolves (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Degus (Mammalia:Rodentia:Octodontidae)
Dale L. Marcellini, PhD
(202) 673-4783
Oklahoma University, 1969
a. Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior
Applied Ethology-Zoo Animals
b. behavior and ecology of geckos
c. Geckos (Reptilia:Sauria:Gekkonidae)
Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Eugene S. Morton, PhD
(202) 673-4828
Yale University, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Communication-Acoustic
c. Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Waterfowl (Aves:Anseriformes)
Passerine Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Katherine Ralls, PhD
(202) 673-4815
Harvard University, 1965
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Genetics
b. inbreeding in small populations of a variety of exotic species; behavior and reproduction of captive ungulates; conservation of marine mammals
c. Duikers (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Mouse Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
California Sea Otters (Mammalia:Carnivora:Mustelidae)
Dugongs (Mammalia:Sirenia:Dugongidae)
Dorcas Gazelles (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Michael H. Robinson, PhD Director, NZP
(202) 673-4721
Oxford University, 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
c. Grasshoppers (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera)
Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida)
John Seidensticker, PhD
(202) 673-4783
University of Idaho, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology
b. assessment of habitat change on wildlife populations; behavorial ecology of carnivores
c. Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Raccoons (Mammalia:Carnivora:Procyonidae)
Bears (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Opossum (Mammalia:Marsupialia:Didelphidae)
FLORIDA
Florida Atlantic University
Psychology
Boca Raton, FL 33431
CHAIR: I.B. Johanson (407) 367-3360
DEGREES: BA, MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: D.R. Richardson
Ingrid B. Johanson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(407) 367-3235
City University of New York, 1978
a. Development/Ontogeny
Learning-Reinforcement
Drug Studies
b. ontogeny of learning; drug influence on behavioral development, especially learning and memory; behavioral genetics, animal models of alcoholism.
c. Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
J.A.S. Kelso, PhD Prof.
(407) 367-2230
BITNET: KELSO@SERVAX
Univ. of Wisconson, Madison 1975
a. Biological Rhythms
Neural Mechanisms
Methodology
b. understanding the control and coordination of behavior through theory and experiment
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
David Wolgin, PhD Prof.
(407) 367-3366
Rutgers University
a. Psychopharmacology
Feeding/Ingestion
b. drug effects on behavior
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Florida Atlantic University
Biological Sciences
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
CHAIR: M. Salmon (407) 367-3320
FAX: (407) 367-2749
DEGREES: BA, BS, MS / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT:
Godfrey R. Bourne, PhD Assist. Prof.
(407) 367-3915
Univ. of Michigan, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
Social Behavior
b. mating systems; sexual selection; foraging strategies; evolution of behavior
c. Whistling Ducks (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
South American Bull Frog (Amphibia:Apoda:Leptodactilidae)
Whistling Frog (Amphibia:Apoda:Leptodactilidae)
Water Frog (Amphibia:Apoda:Hylidae)
Seed Eaters (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
William R. Brooks, PhD Assist Prof.
(407) 367-3888
E-mail: WBROOKS@ACC.FAU.EDU
Florida State University, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology
Chemical Ecology
Symbiology
b. behavioral mechanisms facilitating symbiotic associations; identification of chemical signals which trigger species-specific behavioral responses
c. Sea Anemones (Cnidaria:Anthozoa)
Hermit Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
Anemone Shrimp (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
Fishes (Chordata:Pisces)
Peter L. Lutz, PhD Prof.
(407) 367-2887
E-mail: Lutz@ACC.FAU.EDU
a. Behavioral Physiology
Physiological Ecology
b. diving behavior; stress behavior and physiological effects
c. Fishes (Chordata:Pisces)
Reptiles (Chordata:Reptilia)
Mammals (Chordata:Mammalia)
Michael Salmon, PhD Prof.
(407) 367-2747
E-mail: Salmon@ACC.FAU.EDU
Univ. of Maryland, 1964
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. mechanisms of orientation and navigation; behavior as a tool in conservation and management of endangered or threatened marine species
c. Sea Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia)
Fishes (Chordata:Pisces)
Fiddler Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
Jeanette Wyneken, PhD Research Prof.
(407) 367-2747
E-mail: JWyneken@ACC.FAU.EDU
Univ. of Illinois, 1988
a. Functional Anatomy
Behavior Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
b. swimming mechanisms and streamlining; metabolic costs of migratory locomotion; orientation mechanisms
c. Sea Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia)
Reptiles (Chordata:Reptilia)
Florida State University
Biological Science
Tallahassee, FL 32306
CHAIR: Lawrence G. Abele (904) 644-3023
DEGREES: BS, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
CONTACT: T. Roberts
William F. Herrnkind, PhD Prof.
(904) 644-9840
E-mail: hernnkind@bio.fsu.edu
Univ. of Miami, 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Sensory Mechanisms
b. behavioral specializations of marine animals in ecological context, including adaptive significance and operational mechanisms of orientation, predation-antipredation, habitat selection, sensory modalities
c. Spiny Lobsters (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Palinuridae)
Hermit Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Anomura)
Decapod Crustaceans (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
Gastropod Mollusks (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
Richard N. Mariscal, PhD Prof.
(904) 644-1569
E-mail: mariscal@bio.fsu.edu
University of California, Berkeley 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. behavioral ecology of cnidaria symbioses
c. Sea Anemones, Corals (Cnidaria)
Hermit Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Anomura)
Anemone Fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
Michael Meredith, PhD Prof.
(904) 644-1569
E-mail: mmered@neuro.fsu.edu
University of Pennsylvania, 1974
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Neural Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. mechanisms of olfaction & chemical communication, function of vomeronasal organ and nervus terminalis especially in sexual behavior
c. Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Joseph Travis, PhD Prof.
(904) 644-3700
E-mail: travis@neuro.fsu.edu
Duke University
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Genetics
Development/Ontogeny
b. ecological genetics, evolution of behavioral diversification
c. Sailfin Mollies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Atheriniformes:Poeciliidae)
Least Killifish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Atheriniformes:Poeciliidae)
Spring Peepers (Amphibia:Salientia:Hylidae)
Barking Treefrogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Hylidae)
Walter R. Tschinkel, PhD Prof.
(904) 644-4489
tschinkel@bio.fsu.edu
University of California, Berkeley, 1968
a. Social Behavior-Sociality
Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. social biology of ants, including control of reproduction, colony founding, worker-larval relations, colony growth, etc.
c. Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
c. Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Florida State University
Psychology
Tallahassee, FL 32306
CHAIR: Dr. Robert Contreras (904) 644-2040
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 50
CONTACT: R. Contreras
Glayde Whitney, PhD Prof.
(904) 644-9873
Univ. of Minnesota, 1966
a. Behavioral Genetics
Evolution/Survival Value
Communication
b. chemical senses; ultrasonic communication
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of Florida
Anthropology
Gainesville, FL 32611
DEPT: (904) 392-2031
FAX: (904) 392-6929
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Graduate Secretary (904) 392-2031
Sue Boinski, PhD Assist. Prof.
(904) 392-4780
E-mail: Boinski@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU
Univ. Of Texas at Austin, 1986
a. Communication
Behavior Ecology
Social Behavior
c. NW Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
University of Florida
Entomology and Nematology
Gainesville, FL 32611
CHAIR: D.L. Shankland (904) 392-1901
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: S. Kerr
James E. Lloyd, PhD Prof.
(904) 392-1901
Cornell Univ., 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Evolution/Survival Value
b. biosystematics; visual and acoustical communication
c. Fireflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Lampyridae)
Frank Slansky, Jr., PhD Prof.
(904) 392-1901 x. 123
Cornell Univ., 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Feeding/Ingestion
Evolution/Survival Value
b. nutritional ecology; feeding behavior; growth/reproductive strategies; flight/migration
c. Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)
Stink Bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera:Pentatomidae)
Seed Bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera:Lygaeidae)
Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
University of Florida
Psychology
Gainesville, FL 32611
CHAIR: R.D Sorkin (904) 392-0601
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: D.A Dewsbury
Donald A. Dewsbury, PhD Prof.
(904) 392-0596
Internet: DEWSBURY@WEBB.PSYCH.UFL.EDU
Univ. of Michigan, 1965
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
History of animal behavior
Social Behavior-Sociality
b. social and reproductive behavior of small rodents; history of the study of animal behavior
c. Deer Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Montane Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Meadow Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Pine Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
University of Florida
Wildlife and Range Sciences
Gainesville, FL 32611
CHAIR: Patricia Werner (904) 392-4851
FAX: (904) 392-6984 / E-MAIL: Wildlife@GNV.IFAS.UFL.EDU
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Genetics Analysis Core and Reproductive Analysis Core of the program Biotechnologies for the Ecological, Evolutionary, and Conservations Sciences
CONTACT: Dr. George Tanner, Graduate Coordeinator
Lyn C. Branch, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(904) 846-0564
Fax: (904) 392-6984
Univ. Of California, Berkeley, 1989
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavior Ecology-Foraging
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. evolution of social behavior; dispersal; mating systems
c. Plains Vizcacha (Mammalia:Rodentia:Chinchillidae)
Florida Scrub Lizard (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
John F. Eisenberg, PhD Prof.
(904) 392-4959
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1962
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
b. ecology and behavior of rodents and marsupials; parental investment theory
c. Opposums (Mammalia:Marsupialia:Didelphidae)
Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Peter Fredrick, PhD Assist. Prof.
(904) 846-0565
Fax: (904) 392-6984
Univ. Of North Carolina, 1985
a. Behavior Ecology-Foraging
Behavior Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. ecological interactions between predators and prey; reproductive choices of colonial breeding birds; ecology of human interactions with wildlife
c. White Ibis (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Threskiornithidae)
Great Egret (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ardeidae)
Great Blue Heron (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ardeidae)
Jabiru Stork (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ciconidae)
Tricolored Heron (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ardeidae)
Melvin E. Sunquist, PhD Research Scientist
(904) 846-0566
E-mail: MESU@GNV.IFAS.UFL.EDU
Univ. of Minnesota, 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
c. Jaguar (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Raccoons (Mammalia:Carnivora:Procyonidae)
Puma (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Black Bear (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
University of Florida
Zoology
Gainesville, FL 32611
CHAIR: Frank Nordlie (904) 392-1107
FAX: (904) 392-1297 / E-MAIL: HJB@ZOO.UFL.EDU
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 30
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Field Stations, Computer Facilities, OTS
CONTACT: Dr. Brian McNab (mcnab@ZOO.UFL.EDU)
Karen Bjorndal, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(904) 392-5194
Fax: (904) 392-9166
E-mail: kab@monarch.zoo.ufl.edu
Univ. Florida, 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology-Migration
Feeding/Ingestion
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. behavioral ecology of vertebrates with emphasis on diet selection in herbivores; migratory and reporductive behavior of sea turtles
c. Freshwater Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Emydidae)
Sea Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Chloniidae)
Sea Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Dermochelyidae)
Jane Brockmann, PhD Prof.
(904) 392-1297
E-mail: HJB@ZOO.UFL.EDU
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1976
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial Interactions
b. evolution of alternative strategies; mating and nesting patterns; evolution of sex ratios and life histories; social behavior; parental care
c. Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Sphecidea)
Horseshoe Crabs (Merostomata:Xiphosura:Xiphosuridae)
Lincoln P. Brower, PhD Distinguished Service Prof.
(904) 392-1107
E-mail: LPB@ZOO.UFL.EDU
Yale Univ., 1957
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Learning-Avoidance
Evolution/Survival Value
b. migration in monarch butterflies; avoidance, learning and evolution of mimicry; conservation
c. Monarch butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Danaidae)
Queen butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Danaidae)
Blue Jays (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Northern Orioles (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Grosbeaks (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Colin Chapman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(904) 392-1196
Fax: (904) 392-3704
E-mail: CACHAPMAN@ZOO.UFL.EDU
Univ. of Alberta, 1987
a. Behavior Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior-Sociality
Communication-Acoustic
b. ecological determinants of social organization, particularly constrants on group size
c. Primates (Mammalia:Primates)
Parrots (Aves:Psittaciformes)
John H. Kaufmann, PhD Prof.
(904) 392-1194
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1961
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Dominance
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
b. behavioral ecology of vertebrates, esp. mammals, with emphasis on ecology and evolution of behavior
c. Raccoons (Mammalia:Carnivora:Procyonidae)
Kangaroos (Mammalia:Marsupialia:Macropodidae)
Wallabies (Mammalia:Marsupialia:Macropodidae)
Wood Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Emydidae)
Doug Levey, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(904) 392-9169
Fax: (904) 392-3704
E-mail: DLEVEY@ZOO.UFL.EDU
University of Wisconsin, 1986
a. Behavioral Ecology
Feeding/Ingestion
b. digestive physiology of birds, especially fruit-eating birds; plant-animal interactions, especially seed dispersal and predation; evolution of migration
c. Cedar Waxwings (Aves:Passeriformes:Bombycillidae)
Ants (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae:spp. Pheidole)
Harvey B. Lillywhite, PhD Prof.
(904) 392-1101
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology-Thermoregulation
b. comparative and ecological physiology; behav ecol related to animal color and background matching; fire ecology; behav thermoregulation
c. Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes)
Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Craig W. Osenberg, PhD Assist. Prof.
(904) 392-9201
E-mail: osenberg@ZOO.AFL.EDU
Michegan State Univ., 1988
a. Behavior Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Behavior Ecology-Foraging
Feeding/Ingestion
b. Foraging ontogeny and the role of behavior and morphology; application of mechanistic foraging models to population and community ecology; dynamics of, and interactions between, size-structured populations
c. Sunfish (Osteichthyes:Percieformes:Centrarchidae)
Snails (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
Colette M. St.Mary, PhD Assist. Prof.
(352) 392-1636
Fax: (352) 392-3704
E-mail: STMARY@ZOO.UFL.EDU
Univ. Of Calif., Santa Barbara, 1994
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. the evolution of hermaphroditic sexual patters in the gobiid genus Lythrypnus; mating system and sexual selection in fishes and marine invertebrates; reproductive behavior and management of harvested populations
c. Gobies (Pisces:Gobiidae:Lythrypnus)
Host:Parasitoid Systems (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
(Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
University of Miami
Biology
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0421
CHAIR: Dr. Michael Gaines (305) 284-3974
FAX: (305) 284-3039
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Access to marine, sub-tropical, and tropical environments for field studies; outdoor study sights at Everglades National Park; Fairchild Tropical Gardens
CONTACT: Graduate Admissions and Advisory Committee
William H. Evoy, PhD Prof.
(305) 284-2853
Fax: (305) 284-4686
E-mail: wevoy@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Univ. of Oregon, 1964
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Locomotion
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. structure and function of invertebrate nervous systems, central nervous control of movement and posture, sensory basis of arthropod orientation behavior
c. Crayfish (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Eucarida)
Spiny Lobsters (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Eucarida)
Fig Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Agaonidae)
Theodore H. Fleming, PhD Prof.
(305) 284-6881
E-mail: tfleming@umiami.ir.miami.edi
Univ. of Michigan, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. coevolution of fruits and frugivores; food choice, foraging and social behavior in frugivorous bats
c. Fruit Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera:Phyllostomatidae)00
Steven Green, PhD Prof.
(305) 284-4272
E-mail: sgreen@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Rockefeller Univ., 1973
a. Communication-Acoustic
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Methodology-Data Collection/Analysis
c. Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Julian C. Lee, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(305) 284-6420
E-mail: jlee@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Univ. of Kansas, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Biological Rhythms
b. geographic variation; phenetics and its adaptive significance
c. Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Hylidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Peter Luykx, PhD Prof.
(305) 284-6400
E-mail: pluyx@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1964
a. Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior
b. cytogenetics; population genetics; group interactions
c. Termites (Arthropoda:Insecta:Isoptera:Kalotermitidae)
Arthur A. Myrberg, Jr., PhD Prof.
(305) 361-4141
Fax: (305) 361-4600
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1961
a. Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
b. hearing mechanisms in fishes and the influence of noise on hearing; development of hearing in fishes; functional aspects of acousic communication and sexual selection in fishes
c. Bi-color Damsel Fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
Spotted Dragons (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Callionymidae)
Frillfire Goby (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Gobiidae)
Thomas G. Nolen, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(305) 284-6206
E-mail: tnolen@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Cornell Univ., 1984
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
Communication-Acoustic
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Learning
b. behavioral, anatomical & physiological approaches to elucidate neural mechanisms of adaptive behaviors: insect phonotaxis and the development of learning
c. Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Sea Hares (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Anaspidea:Aplysiidae)
William A. Searcy, PhD Maytag Prof.
(305) 284-2065
E-mail: wsearcy@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Univ. Of Washington, 1977
a. Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. behavioral ecology of birds, expecially vocal communication, mating systems, and sexual selection
c. Song Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Red-Winged Blackbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
House Wrens (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
Richard R. Tokarz, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(305) 284-6209
Fax: (305) 284-3039
E-mail: rtokarz@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Univ. of Colorado, 1977
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Aggression
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. role of testosterone in male territorial behavior and mating success
c. Brown Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Keith D. Waddington, PhD Prof.
(305) 284-6301
Fax: (305) 284-3039
E-mail: kwadding@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Univ. of Kansas, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Communication
Behavioral Ecology
c. Honey Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Bumble Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Carpenter Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Anthophoridae)
Sweat Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Halictidae)
University of South Florida
Biology
Tampa, FL 33620
CHAIR: John T. Romeo (813) 974-3250
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Bruce Cowell
Philip J. Motta, PhD Prof.
(813) 974-3250
Univ. of Hawaii, 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Feeding/ingestion
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. functional morphology and feeding behavior of fish
c. Fish (Pisces)
Henry Mushinsky, PhD Prof.
(813) 974-5218
Clemson Univ., 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Development/Ontogeny
c. Water Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Gopher Tortoise (Reptilia:Chelonia:Testudinidae)
Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Skinks (Reptilia:Sauria:Scincidae)
Racerunner Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Teiidae)
University of West Florida
Biology
Pensacola, FL 32514
CHAIR: John Reihm (904) 474-2650
DEGREES: BS, MS / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Paul Hamilton
Paul Hamilton, PhD Prof.
(904) 474-3061
Florida State Univ., 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
b. sensory biology of invertebrates, especially mechanisms of orientation on navigation; biology of molluscs, especially behavioral ecology of gastropods and scallops
c. Snails (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
Sea Hares (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Anaspidea:Aplysiidae)
Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
GEORGIA
Emory University
Psychology
Atlanta, GA 30322
CHAIR: Howard A. Rollins (404) 727-7438
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 16
CONTACT: Kim Wallen
Harold Gouzoules, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(404) 727-7444
Univ. Wisconsin, Madison 1980
a. Social Behavior
Communication
Development/Ontogeny
b. kin recognition
c. Rhesus macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Pigtail Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Frans B.M. de Waal, PhD Assoc Prof.
(404) 727-7438
Utrecht University, Netherlands, 1977
a. Social Behavior
Learning-Cognition
Development/Ontogeny
b.
c. Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Kim Wallen, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(404) 727-4125
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978
a. Social Behavior
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Development/Ontogeny
b. hormonal determinants of female sexual initiation in Rhesus monkeys; development of sex differences in Rhesus monkeys
c. Rhesus Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Georgia College
Biological and Enivonmental Sciences
Milledgeville, GA 31061
CHAIR: David J. Cotter (912) 453-4246
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 1
CONTACT: Harold Reed
Kenneth S. Saladin, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(912) 453-5290
Florida State Univ., 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Sensory Mechanisms
Behavioral Ecology-Host/Parasite Relations
b. host finding mechanisms of parasitic invertebrates
c. Human Blood Flukes (Trematoda:Digenea:Schistosomatidae)
Cat Fleas (Arthropoda:Insecta:Siphonaptera:Pulicidae)
Dog Ticks (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Acari:Ixodidae)
Parasitoid Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Pteromalidae)
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Psychology
Atlanta, GA 30332-1440
CHAIR: Gregory Corso (404) 894-2680
FAX: (404) 894-8905
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 7
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Zoo Atlanta
CONTACT: Wanda Abbott (404) 894-2680
Debra L. Forthman, PhD Adj. Assist. Prof./Coord. Scientific Prog.
(404) 624-5825
Fax: (404) 624-5684
E-mail: pszoofd@prism.gatech.edu
Univ. Of California, Los Angeles, 1984
a. Applied Ethology
Feeding/Ingestion
Social Behavior
b. environmental influences on behavior of confined wildlife; behavioral ecology of atypical social groups among wild african elephants
c. Drills (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Orangutans (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Various Bovids (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Black Rhino (Mammalia:Perissodactyla:Rhinocerotidae)
Elephant (Mammalia:Proboscidae)
Terry L. Maple, PhD Prof.
Office # (404) 894-6770
Zoo #(404) 624-5613
Univ. of Calif., Davis, 1974
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
b. captivity; aggression; abnormal behavior; environmental psychology; attitudes toward wildlife; learning/memory; parental/reproductive problems
c. Great Apes (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Old World Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Even-Toed Ungulates (Mammalia:Artiodactyla)
Elephants (Mammalia:Proboscidea)
M. Jackson Marr, PhD Prof.
(404) 894-2635
Univ. of N.C., Chapel Hill, 1965
a. Learning
Drug Studies
Behavioral Ecology
b. operant conditioning; schedules of reinforcement; behavioral pharmacology
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rhesus Macaque (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Beth Stevens, PhD Adj. Assist. Prof.
(404) 624-5863
Fax: (404) 627-7514
E-mail: pszoosb@prism.gatech.edu
Univ. Of North Carolina, 1987
a. Behavior Ecology
Social Behavior
Applied Ethology
b. evolution of social behavior; role of group displays in reproductive biology of flamingos; foraging and movement in wood storks
c. Flamingo (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Phoenicopteridae)
Wood Stork (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ciconiidae)
Feral Horses (Mammalia:Perissodactyla:Equidae)
Georgia Southern University
Biology
Statesboro, GA 30460-8042
CHAIR: Dr. John Averett (912) 681-5487
FAX: (912) 681-0845
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 45
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Smithsonian National Tick Museum
CONTACT: Dr. Stephen P. Vives, Graduate Program Director
C. Ray Chandler, PhD Assist. Prof.
(912) 681-5657
Fax: (912) 681-0845
E-mail: chandler@gaix2.cc.gasou.edu
Bowling Green State Unive., 1989
a. Behavior Ecology-Foraging
Behavior Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavior Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
b. factors affecting timing of migration and the effects of prescribed burning on bird communities
c. Dark Eyed Junco (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Henslow's Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Sedge Wren (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
Song Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Pine Wargler (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Jonathan Copeland, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(912) 681-0529
Fax: (912) 681-0845
E-mail: jobionc@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu
State Univ. of New York, 1975
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Communication-Visual
Biological Rhythms
b. synchrony in fireflies
c. U.S. Fireflies (Insecta:Coleoptera:Lampyrira)
Southeast Asian Fireflies (Insecta:Coleoptera:Lampyrira)
Biolumnescent Snails (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
Red Ramshorn Snail (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
Mantids (Insecta:Blatoidea:Mantidae)
Denson Kelly McLain, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(912) 681-5480
Fax: (912) 681-0845
Emory Univ., 1982
a. Behavior Ecology
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
c. Soldier Beetles (insecta:Coleoptera:Cantharidae)
Seed Bugs (Insecta:Heteroptera:Luugaeidae)
Stink Bugs (Insecta:Heteroptera:Pentatomidae)
Stephen P. Vives, PhD Assist. Prof.
(912) 681-5954
E-mail: s_vives@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1988
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
Behavior Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. reproductive behavior and habitat selection of fishes
c. Woondfin (Pisces:Actinopterygii:Cypriniformes:Cyprinidae)
Loach Minnow (Pisces:Actinopterygii:Cypriniformes:Cyprinidae)
Longfin Dace (Pisces:Actinopterygii:Cypriniformes:Cyprinidae)
Fathead Minnow (Pisces:Actinopterygii:Cypriniformes:Cyprinidae)
Striped Newt (Amphibia:Caudata:Salamandridae)
University of Georgia
College of Veterinary Medicine
Athens, GA 30602
CHAIR: Royce Roberts (706) 542-3221
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: Sharon Crowell-Davis
Sharon L. Crowell-Davis, DVM, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(706) 542-8343
Crowell-davis.s@calc.vet.uga.edu
Auburn Univ., Cornell Univ., 1978, 1983
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Applied Ethology-Human/Animal Relations
b. developmental/maternal behavior; sexual behavior; temperment evaluation of companion animals; discrimination of medical/behavioral problems
c. Horses/Ponies (Mammalia:Perissodactyla:Equidae)
Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Cows (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Goats (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
University of Georgia
Entomology
Athens, GA 30602
CHAIR: Arden O. Lea (706) 542-2816
DEGREES: MS,PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: J.B.Wallace, Graduate Coordinator
Murray S. Blum, PhD Research Prof.
(706) 542-2301
Univ. of Illinois, 1955
a. Communication
Communication-Chemical
b. insect pheromones; defensive compounds in arthropods; insect physiology; insect-plant coevolution; chemical ecology; social insects
c. Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Termites (Arthropoda:Insecta:Isoptera)
Alfred Dietz, PhD Prof.
(706) 542-8711
Univ. of Minnesota, 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Feeding/Ingestion
Communication
b. honey bee biology
c. Honey Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Parasitic Mites (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Paraisitiformes)
Varroa Mites (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Parasitiformes:Varroidae)
Honey Bee Trachea Mites (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Parasitiformes:Tarsonemida)
Henry R. Hermann, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(706) 542-2816
Louisiana State Univ., 1967
a. Social Behavior
Social Behavior-Aggression
Social Behavior-Dominance
b. morphology and behavior of insect defensive mechanisms
c. Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Robert W. Matthews, PhD Prof.
(706) 542-2816
Harvard Univ., 1969
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. insect behavior; social insects; insect sexual behavior
c. Social Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Parasitic Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Parasitica)
Solitary Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Sphecidae)
Kenneth G. Ross, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(706) 542-7699
Cornell Univ., 1972
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Genetics
Behavioral Ecology
b. population genetic structure in social insect populations
c. Fire Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Yellowjackets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
University of Georgia
Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy
Athens, GA 30602
CHAIR: R.L. Tackett (706) 542-7410
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 4
CONTACT: Randall Tackett
W. B. Iturrian, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(706) 542-7410
Oregon State Univ., 1968
a. Development/Ontogeny
Drug Studies
Behavioral Genetics
b. effects of drugs, poisons and noise on the ontogeny of seizures; social pharmacology; teratology
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Primates (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
University of Georgia
Psychology
Athens, GA 30602
CHAIR: J.P. Allen (706) 542-3100
FAX: (706) 542-3275
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Zoo lab, field, capture colonis, breeding colonies
OTHER FACULTY: P. Holmes; C. Karkowski; E. Lauber
CONTACT: Graduate Coordinator
Joseph D. Allen, PhD Prof.
(706) 542-2174
E-mail: jallen@uga.cc.uga.edu
Southern Illinois University, 1967
a. Learning
Methodology
Neural Mechanisms
b. behavioral and biological foundations of schedule-induced behaviors
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Irwin S. Bernstein, PhD Research Prof.
(706) 542-3103
E-mail: isbern@uga.cc.uga.edu
Univ. of Chicago, 1959
a. Social Behavior
b. social organization; intertaxa interation; conservation
c. Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Cebus Apella (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Presbytis (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Bradford N. Bunnell, PhD Prof.
(706) 542-3037
bbunnell@uga.cc.uga.edu
Carnegie-Mellon Univ., 1958
a. Neural Mechanisms-Brain Lesions
Social Behavior-Aggression
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. limbic forbrain mechanisms in species-typical behavior of rodents; performance correlates of social behavior in primates
c. Syrian Golden Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Cynomologus Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
B.E. Mulligan, PhD Prof.
(706) 542-3039
E-mail: mulligan@uga.cc.uga.edu
University of Mississippi, 1964
a. Sensory Mechanisms
COmmunication-Acoustic
Evolution/Survival Value
c. Celebes black apes (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Gibbons (Mammalia:Primates:Hylobatidae)
Mongoose (Mammalia:Carnivora:Viverridae)
Spiny lobster (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Palinuridae)
Crayfish (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
Roger K. Thomas, PhD Prof.
(706) 542-3101
E-mail: rkthomas@uga.cc.uga.edu
Univ. of Georgia, 1965
2a. Learning-Complex
Neural Mechanisms
b. cognitive processes in squirrel monkeys, rats and humans
c. Squirrel Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
University of Georgia
Zoology
Athens, GA 30602
CHAIR: Lawrence Pomeroy (Acting) (706) 542-8239/3310
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: H. Ronald Pulliam
Gene S. Helfman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(706) 542-3310
Fax: (404) 542-4271
Cornell Univ., 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Evolution/Survival Value
b. behavioral tactics of predators & prey as adaptations to each other; including foraging tactics in a general sense
c. 3-Spot Damselfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
American Eels (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Anguilliformes:Anguillidae)
Bicolor Damselfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
Atlantic Trumpetfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Gasterosteiformes:Aulostomidae)
H. Ronald Pulliam, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(706) 542-8239
Duke Univ., 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Social Behavior-Dominance
b. behavior and ecology of sparrows; foraging theory; social behavior of vertebrates
c. Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
University of Georgia
School of Forest Resources
Athens, GA 30602
CHAIR: L.A. Hargreaves, Jr., Dean (706) 542-2686
DEGREES: MS,PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Graduate Coordinator, School of Forest Resources
R. Larry Marchinton, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(706) 542-3932
Auburn Univ., 1968
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Communication-Chemical
b. social behavior-dominance; behavioral ecology and management of the cervids with emphasis on white-tailed deer
c. White-tailed Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Sambar Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Brocket Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
HAWAII
University of Hawaii
Psychology
Honolulu, HI 96822
CHAIR: Dr. R. J. Blanchard
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 1 Post. Doc. @ $30,000; 1 Research Assist. @ $15,000; 1 Teaching Assist. @ $15,000
CONTACT: Pacific Biomedical Research Center, Bekesy Laboratory of Neurobiology, 1993
East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI, 96822
M.E. Bitterman, PhD Prof.
(808) 956-6987
Cornell University, 1945
a. Comparative Psychology
b. comparative analysis of learning in selected vertebrate and invertebrate species
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Goldfish (Pisces:Carassius)
Honeybees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Octopus (Mullosca:Octopus)
D. Caroline Blanchard, PhD Prof.
(808) 956-8538
Fax: (808) 956-5339
E-mail: blanchar@uhunix.hawaii.edu
University of Hawaii, 1974
a. Social Behavior
Drug Studies
Social Behavior-Agonistic
c. Lab and Wild Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Rattus)
Robert J. Blanchard, PhD Prof.
(808) 956-8004
Fax: (808) 956-5339
E-mail: blanchar@uhunix.hawaii.edu
University of Iowa, 1962
a. Social Behavior
Drug Studies
Social Behavior-Agonistic
c. Lab and Wild Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Rattus)
Patricia A. Couvillon, PhD Assist. Prof.
(808) 956-4761
University of Hawaii, 1982
a. Comparative Psychology
b. Comparative analysis of learning in selected vertebrate and invertebrate species
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Goldfish (Pisces:Carassius)
Honeybees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Crayfish (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapod)
Louis M. Herman, PhD Prof.
(808) 537-2042
Pennyslvania State Univ., 1961
a. Learning
Communication
Behavioral Ecology
b. laboratory studies of cognitive capabilities of bottlenose dolphins; field studies of humpback whale behavior and distribution
c. Bottlenosed Dolphins (Mammalia:Cetacea:Delphinidae)
Humpback Whales (Mammalia:Cetacea:Balaenopteridae)
University of Hawaii
Zoology and Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Honolulu, HI 96822
CHAIR: S.R. Haley (808) 956-8617
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
CONTACT: George Losey or E.S. Reese
Leonard A. Freed, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(808) 956-8617
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, 1981
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. mate choice; dominance; behavioral aspects of conservation
c. Hawaiian Honey Creepers (Aves:Drepanidae)
Kim Holland, PhD Assist. Reasearcher
(808) 247-6631
Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Energetics
b. aquatic chemorecption; foraging strategies
c. Reef carnivors (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Decapod Crustaceans (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
George Losey, PhD Prof.
(808) 247-6631, 956-8617
Univ. of Calif., San Diego, 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Methodology
b. interspecific interactions, particularly symbiotic behavior, interspecific aggression; proximate causes of behavior; ethology of sex changing fishes
c. Reef fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Paul E. Nachtegall, PhD Dir. Marine Mammal Research Prog.
(808) 236-4001
Fax: (808) 247-5831
E-mail: nachtig@nosc.mil
Univ. of Hawaii, 1976
a. Communication-Acoustic
b. low frequency hearing; echolocation ability and processes; otoacoustic emissions; general bioacoustics; sensory processes
c. Bottle Nose Dolphin (Mammalia:Tursiops:Truncatus)
Risso's Dolphin (Mammalia:Grampus:Grisens)
False Killer Whale (Mammalia:Pseudorca:Crassidens)
Hawaini Monk Seal (mammalia:Monachus:Schauinslandi)
Ernst S. Reese, PhD Prof.
(808) 956-8617
Fax: (808) 956-9812
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1960
a. Behavior Ecology-Foraging
Behavior Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. combination of field work and laboratory work to test predictions derived from evolutionary hypotheses about ethology and behavioral ecology
c. Butterflyfishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Chaetodontidae))
IDAHO
Boise State University
Biology
Boise, ID 83725
CHAIR: Dr. James Long (208) 385-3262
FAX: (208) 385-3006
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 12
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 10 @ $9200/yr.
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Dr. Marc Bechard, Graduate Studies Coordinator
James R, Beltoff, PhD Assist. Prof.
(208) 385-4033
E-mail: jbeltoff@claven.idbsu.edu
Clemson Univ., 1992
a. Behavior Ecology
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Social Behavior
b. proximate and ultimate factors related to natal dispersal in birds; hormone- movement interactions; winter social behavior; migration in birds
c. Western Screech Owl (Aves:Strigiformes:Strigidae)
Burrswing Owl (Aves:Strigiformes:Strigidae)
House Finch (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Alfred M. Dufty, Jr., PhD Assoc. Prof.
(208) 385-3263
E-mail: adufty@claven.idbsu.edu
State Univ. of New York, 1981
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Interations
Behavior Ecology
Social Behavior
b. interplay between hormones, body condition and natal dispersal in you birds; ecology of brood parasitism
c. Brown-Headed Cowbird (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Western Screech Owl (Aves:Strigiformes:Strigidae)
American Kestrel (Aves:Falconiformes:Falconidae)
Hugh P. McIsaac, PhD Research Assist. Prof.
(208) 385-4113
E-mail: hmcissac@claven.idbsu.edu
Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1990
a. Behavior Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migr/Homing
Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Behavior Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. position-finding mechanisms of avian navigation; visual capactiy of raptors
c. Homing Pigeon (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
American Kestrel (Aves:Falconiformes:Falconidae)
Red-Tailed Hawk (Aves:Falconiformes:Acciptridae)
Golden Eagle (Aves:Falconiformes: Acciptridae)
Idaho State University
Biological Sciences
Pocatello, ID 83209
CHAIR: Rod R. Seeley (208) 236-3765
DEGREES: MS, PhD, / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Rod Seeley
C. Trost, PhD Prof.
(208) 236-3337
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1968
a. Social Behavior-Dominance
Play
Behavioral Ecology
b. field research on the avian family of Corvidae; evolution and genetic fixation of culturally learned behavior
c. Black-billed Magpies (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Pinyon Jays (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
American Crows (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Black-footed Ferrets (Mammalia:Rodentia:Mustelidae)
Sculpins (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Scorpaeniformes:Cottidae)
Idaho State University
Psycholgy
Pocatello, ID 83209
CHAIR: Victor Joe (208) 236-2462
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT Victor Joe or Linda Enloe
Linda J. Enloe, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(208) 236-3016
Ohio State Univ., 1973
a. Development/Ontogeny
Learning
Social Behavior
c. Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Coyotes (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
University of Idaho
Biological Sciences
Moscow, ID 83843
CHAIR: A.W. Rourke (208) 885-6407
FAX: (208) 885-7905
DEGREES: MS, MNS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 4
GRADUATE SUPPORT AVAILABLE STUDENTS: Yes
CONTACT: A.W. Rourke
John A. Byers, PhD Prof.
(208) 885-6256
E-mail: jbyers@uidaho.edu
Univ. of Colorado, 1980
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Play
Social Behavior-Parent/Filial Interactions
b. energy cost of mate choice; heritability of fitness
c. Pronghorns (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Antilocapridae)
University of Idaho
Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences
Moscow, ID 83843
CHAIR: Gary A. Lee (208) 885-7546
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: Marc J. Klowden
Marc J. Klowden, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(208) 885-7546
Univ. of Illinois, 1976
a. Feeding/Ingestion
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. physiology of mosquito feeding behavior
c. Mosquitoes (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Culicidae)
ILLINOIS
Bradley University
Biology
Peoria, IL 61625
CHAIR: John A. DePinto (309) 677-3020
FAX: (309) 677-3558
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 1
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 2
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Barbara A. Frase
Barbara A. Frase, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(309) 677-3014
University of Kansas, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior-Aggression
Social Behavior-Social spacing
b. social organization of solitary mammals; population genetics; kin selection; space use patterns
c. Bushy-tailed Woodrats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Deer Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Eastern Illinois University
Zoology
Charleston, IL 61920
CHAIR: Richard Funk (217) 581-3425
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Richard Funk
Eric Bollinger, PhD Assist. Prof.
(217) 581-6653
Cornell Univ., 1988
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology
b. the effects of agricultural practices upon avian behavioral ecology
c. Boblinks (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Kipp C. Kruse, PhD Prof.
(217) 581-3363
Univ. of Nebraska, 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology-Sexual Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. sexual selection in water bugs and anurans and the evolution of mating systems
c. Giant Water Bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera:Belostomatidae)
American Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Illinois State University
Biological Sciences
Normal, IL 61761-6901
CHAIR: Carleton Phillips (309) 438-3669
FAX: (309) 438-3722 / E-MAIL: cjphilli@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPENDS: 38 TA's, variable stipend
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Animal care, imaging analysis computer lab
CONTACT: Alan Katz
Steven A. Juliano, PhD Assist. Prof.
(309) 438-2642
E-mail: sajuliano@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
Pennsylvania State University, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Methodology-Data Collection/Analysis
c. Mosquitoes (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Culicidae)
Sabine S. Loew, PhD Assist. Prof.
(309) 438-3071
E-mail: ssloew@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
Stony Brook, 1992
a. Social Behavior
Behavior Ecology
Behavioral Genetics
b. paternal care in toque macaques; mate choice based on MHC types in macaques; dispersal and genetic population structure in giant kangaroo rats
c. Toque Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Giant Kangaroo Rates (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
Carleton J. Phillips, PhD Prof.
(309) 438-3669
E-mail: cjphilli@ILSTU.EDU
Univ. Of Kansas, 1969
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Feeding/Ingestion
b. role of salivary glands in mammalian adaptation; feeding behavior and diet in bats; insectivory in mammals
c. Grasshopper Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera)
Scott K. Sakuluk, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(309) 438-2161
E-mail: sksakal@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
Univ. of Toronto, 1986
a. Behavioral Ecology-Sexual selection
Communication-Acoustic
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
b. mate choice; nuptual food gifts; sexual signaling; mating strategies
c. Decorated Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Sagebrush Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Haglidae)
Burying Beetles (Arthropoda:Insects:Coleoptera:Silphidae)
Charles F. Thompson, PhD Prof.
(309) 438-2656
Indiana Univ., 1971
a. Behavior Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Territoriality
b. behavioral ecology and life history evolution of birds
c. House Wren (Aves:Passeriformes:Trolodytidae)
European Starling (Aves:Passeriformes:Sturnidae)
Douglas Whitman, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(308) 438-5123
E-mail: dwwhim@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1982
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Communication-Chemical
Learning-Avoidance
b. predator/prey interactions; chemical ecology;chemical defense; thermoregulation; water balance; ouiposition; pheromones; parasitoids and agriculltural pests; insect behavior, ecology, and physiology
c. Grasshopper (Arthorpoda:Insecta:Acrididae)
Tree Bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera)
Northern Illinois University
Biological Sciences
DeKalb, IL 60115
CHAIR: Marvin Starzyk (815) 753-0433
DEGREES: / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Laszlo Hanzely
Bethia King, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(815) 753-8460
Purdue University, 1987
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. insect reproductive behavior from an evolutionary perspective, especially maternal manipulation of offspring, sex ratios (ratio of sons to daughters)
c. Parasitoid Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Lowell K. Nicolaus, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(815) 753-7830
North Dakota State Univ., 1984
a. Learning-Avoidance
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Evolution/Survival Value
b. characterization of taste aversion conditioning among vertebrates
c. Goldfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Cyprinidae)
Common Ravens (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Wolves (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Racoons (Mammalia:Carnivora:Procyonidae)
Southern Illinois University
Physiology
Carbondale, IL 62901
CHAIR: Andrzej Bartke (618) 453-1512
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: A. Bartke
A. Bartke, PhD Prof.
(618) 536-5513
Univ. of Kansas, 1965
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms-Neurotransmitters
b. hyperprolactinemia and male copulatory behavior
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Southern Illinois University
Zoology
Carbondale, IL 62901
CHAIR: Dr. William Munlach (618) 536-2314
FAX: (618) 453-2806
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Shawnee National Forest, Crab Orchard NWR
OTHER FACULTY: J. Newman
CONTACT: Dr. Brooks M. Burr, Director of Graduate Studies
T.R. Anthoney, MD, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(618) 453-5121
Univ. of Chicago, 1968, 1975
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Development/Ontogeny
Biological Rhythms
b. evolution of primitive motor patterns in vertebrates; evolution and ontogeny of human hiccup
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Squirrel Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Ducks (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Tortoises (Reptilia:Chelonia:Testudinidae)
Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Viperidae)
Lee Drickamer, PhD Prof.
(618) 536-2314
E-mail: drickamer@science.siu.edu
Michigan State, 1970
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Ecology
Communication-Chemical
b. factors affecting reproductive successoin house mice; chemical communication in rodents; habitat ecology of birds and deer mice; reproduction in domestic swine
c. House Mouse (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Deer Mouse (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Domestic Swine (Mammalia:Artiodaryla:Suidae)
Birds (Aves)
David G. King, PhD Prof.
(618) 453-7639
Univ. of Calif., San Diego, 1975
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Neural Mechanisms
Behavioral Genetics
b. evolutionary and genetic determination of specific cellular pathways underlying innate, adaptive behavior; neuronal structure and ultrastructure
c. Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Brachycera)
Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Cyclorrhapha)
Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
George H. Waring, PhD Prof.
(618) 453-4135
Fax: (618) 453-2806
E-mail: waring@siu.edu
Colorado State Univ., 1966
a. Applied Ethology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
Social Behavior
b. social behavior, behavioral ecology, communication, and behavioral development of vertebrates; applied ethology of wild and domestic animals; impact of humans on vertebrates
c. Birds (Aves)
Mammals (Mammalia)
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Amphibians (Amphibia)
Fishes (Osteichthyes)
University of Chicago
Ecology and Evolution;
Committee on Evolutionary Biology
Chicago, IL 60637
CHAIR: Brain Charles-Worth (312) 702-8940
FAX: (312) 702-4699
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: V. Muhonen (E&E) or C. Johnson (Comm. on Evol. Bio)
Jeanne Altmann, PhD Prof.
(312) 702-8920
E-mail: altj@midway.uchicago.edu
Univ. of Chicago, 1979
a. Methodology
Behavioral Ecology
Development/Ontogeny
b. ontogeny of social behavior in free-ranging primates
c. Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Stuart Altmann, PhD Emeritus Prof.
(312) 702-8919
E-mail: alts@midway.uchicago.edu
Harvard Univ., 1960
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Methodology-Theoretical Models
Communication
b. behavior, social relationships and ecology of primates
c. Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Stevan J. Arnold, PhD Prof.
(312) 702-3402
E-mail: sjal@midway.uchicago.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1972
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Genetics
Behavioral Ecology
b. inheritance and microevolution of behavior; sexual selection; comparative ethology
c. Garter Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Newts (Amphibia:Caudata:Salamandridae)
Lynne D. Houck, PhD Res. Assoc. (Assoc. Prof.)
(312) 702-3401
E-mail: ldha@midway.uchicago.edu
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1977
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Communication-Chemical
b. evolution of behavior; sexual selection; reproductive success
c. Dusky Woodland Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Plethodontidae)
Other Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Plethodontidae)
Martha K. McClintock, PhD Prof.
(312) 702-6015
E-mail: mkml@midway.uchicago.edu
Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1974
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Communication-Chemical
b. social regulation of fertility; mating systems; pheromones
c. Norway Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Stephen G. Pruett-Jones, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(312) 702-3115
E-mail: aspj@midway.uchicago.edu
University of California Berkeley, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Communication
b. social behavior; sexual selection; cooperative breeding; lek mating; female choice; mating systems
c. Super Fairy Wrens (Aves:Passeriformes:Maluridae)
Birds of Paradise (Aves:Passeriformes:Paradisaeidae)
Bowerbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Ptilonorhynchidae)
University of Illinois - Chicago
Biological Sciences
Chicago, IL 60680
CHAIR: Sidney B. Simpson (312) 996-2213
DEGREES: MS, PhD, DA / ENROLLMENT: 12
CONTACT: Margaret Kleist (312) 996-2931
Christopher M. Comer, PhD Assist. Prof.
(312) 996-2992
Univ. of Chicago, 1980
a. Neural Mechanisms
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/prey
b. neural basis of spatially directed movement; sensorimotor integration; escape behavior of the cockroach; sensory orientation and prey capture by frogs and toads
c. American Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Bernard Greenberg, PhD Prof.
(312) 996-3103
Univ. of Kansas, 1954
a. Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Development/Ontogeny
b. behavior and distribution of calliphoid and other carrion flies; life cycles, developmental rates, competition
c. Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera)
David B. Mertz, PhD Prof.
(312) 996-5437
Univ. of Chicago, 1965
a. Behavioral Genetics
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. population limitation and ecological interactions, particularly cannibalism and interference behavior
c. Confused Flour Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)
Chestnut Flour Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)
A. Don Murphy, PhD Assist. Prof.
(312) 996-8087
Univ. of Iowa, 1979
a. Feeding/Ingestion
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. neural basis of feeding in pond snails; identifiable neurons and rhythmic behaviors
c. Snails (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Planorbidae)
Thomas L. Poulson, PhD Prof.
(312) 996-4537
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1961
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Evolution/Survival Value
b. current behavioral studies are part of broad evolutionary-ecological work on cave organisms. This includes work in all the species in aquatic and terrestrial communities.
c. Cave Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida)
Cave Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera)
Cave Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Percopsiformes:Amblyopsidae)
Dung Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Scarabeinae)
Eliot B. Spiess, PhD Prof
(312) 996-2576
Harvard Univ., 1949
a. Behavioral Genetics
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. genetic basis of behavior determining fitness and/or sexual selection
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Robert B. Willey, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(312) 996-2258
Harvard Univ., 1959
a. Communication-Acoustic
Communication-Visual
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
b. biogeographical evidences of behavioral (communicative) changes and morphological divergence between populations within a wide-ranging species and character divergence between sympatric species
c. Band-winged Grasshoppers (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Acrididae)
University of Illinois
Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution
Urbana, IL 61801
CHAIR: George O. Batzli (217) 333-7802
FAX: (217) 333-7802
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 14
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 1
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Greenhouse, live animal facility, molecular genetics lab, several vield reserves, bee lab, bioacoustics facilities
CONTACT: Ms. Jean Patterson
George Batzli, PhD Prof.
(217) 333-7208
E-mail: g-batzli@qms1.life.uiuc.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
b. impact of food, predations, competition, and habitat selection on distribution and abundance of lemmings and voles
c. Prairie Vole (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Meadow Vole (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Jeff Brawn, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(217) 333-5937
Fax: (217) 333-4949
E-mail: j-brawn@UIUC.edu
Northern Arizona Univ., 1985
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
c. Eastern Bluebird (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Jeffrey K. Conner, PhD Assist. Prof.
(217) 333-0608
E-mail: j-conner@UIUC.edu
Cornell Univ., 1988
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
b. integration of behavior, ecology, ecolution, and genetics, especially in pollination, natural and sexual selection, quantitative and molecular genetics, paternity analysis, and male fitness
c. Bolitotherus cornutus (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)
Pollinating Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Pollinating Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Syrphidae)
Pollinating Butterflies (Arpthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
David A. Enstrom, PhD Assist. Prof.
(217) 244-6872
Fax: (217) 333-4949
E-mail: Denstrom@UIUC.edu
Univ. of Illinois, 1990
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Communication-Visual
b. sexual selection; hormonal influences on nale attractiveness; extra-pair mating dynamics
c. Red-Winged Blackbird (Aves:Passeriformeds:Emberizidae:Icterinae)
Dark-Eyed Junco (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae:Emberizidae)
Zebra Finch (Aves:Passeriformes:Estrildidae)
Lowell L. Getz, PhD Prof.
(217) 244-5529
E-mail: Lowell_Getz@qms1.life.uiuc.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1960
a. Social Behavior
b. social organization; mating system and population of microtine rodents
c. Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Edward J. Heske, PhD Assist. Prof.
(217) 244-2173
E-mail: e-heske@uiuc.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
b. effects of human disturbance and habitat fragmentation on dispersal, habitat use and
population ecology of mammalian wildlife
Jerry Hirsch, PhD Prof. Emeritus
(217) 333-0373
Fax: (217) 244-5876
E-mail: jhirsch@s.psych.uiuc.edu
Univ. Of California, Berkeley, 1955 / Univ. Rene Decartes, 1987
a. Behavioral Genetics
b. evolution in the laboratory after selection (38 years) for geotaxiz, excitatory and inhibitory conditioning
c. Fruit Fly (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera)
Steve Kohler, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(217) 244-2103
E-mail: s-kohler@uiuc.edu
Univ. Of Mechegan, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. role of behavior in mediating species interactions, structuring foodwebs; foraging behavior of aquatic invertebrates
c. Aquatic Invertebrates (Arthropoda:Insecta:Crustacea)
Mottles Sculpin (Pisces:Cottidae)
Brown Trout (Pisces:Salmonidae)
Ronald P. Larkin, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(217) 333-7513
E-mail: r-larkin@uiuc.edu
Rockefeller Univ., 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Communication-Acoustic
Applied Ethology-Wildlife
b. wildlife ecology in disturbed environments; avian migration, orientation, energetics, and communication; bioacoustics; characterization of animals' movements; small-scale atmospheric motions and flying animals
c. Migrating Birds (Aves)
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Aves:Picidae)
Canada Goose (Aves:Anseriformes:Snseridae)
Woodpecker (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Ken N. Paige, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(217) 244-6606
E-mail: paige@uxl.cso.uiuc.edu
Northern Arizona Univ., 1986
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Sensory Mechanism-Barometric Pressure
Evolution/Survival Value
b. how bats use barometric pressure to conserve limited energy and track insect abundance from the roost
c. Eastern Pipistrelle (Mammalia:Chiroptera:Vespertilionidae)
David Pfennig, PhD Assist. Prof.
(217) 244-1134
E-mail: pfennig@uiuc.edu
Univ. of Texas At Austin, 1989
a. Social Behvior
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
b. kin recognition; developmental polymorphism; cannibalism;pathogen-host relationships
c. Tiger Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
Spadefoot Toad (Amphibia:Salientia:Pelobatidae)
American Toad (Amphibia:Salientia: Bufonidae)
Paper Wasps (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Cicada Killer Wasps (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Nyssoninae)
David P. Philipp, PhD Dir., Center for Aquatic Ecology
(217) 244-5055
Fax: (217) 333-6294
Univ. of Mass., 1976
a. Behavioral Genetics
Behavioral Ecology
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
b. evolution of alternative reproductive strategies; factors affecting individual male reproductive success; heritability of reproductive behaviors
c. Bluegill Sunfish (Pisces:Teleostei:Centrarchidae)
Largemouth Bass (Pisces:Teleostei:Centrarchidae)
Walleye (Pisces:Teleostei:Percidae)
Chris Phillips, PhD Affiliate Assist. Prof.
(217) 224-7077
E-mail: Chrisp@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu
Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1989
a. Behavioral Ecology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. predator/prey interactions in freshwater ponds, specifically the interactions among fish and pond-breeding amphibians
c. Ambystoma Macalatum (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
Ambystoma JeffersonianumComplex (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
Gene E. Robinson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(217) 333-6843
Fax: (217) 244-3499
E-mail: generobi@uiuc.edu
Cornell Univ., 1986
a. Behavioral Genetics
Endocrine/Hornmonal Interactions
Neuroethology
b. mechanisms regulating colony division of labor and individual behavioral development in honey bees
c. Honey Bee (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Dipidae)
Scott K. Robinson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(217) 333-6857
Fax: (217) 333-4949
E-mail: scottr@mail.igis.uiuc.edu
Princeton Univ., 1984
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology
b. ecology, behavior, and conservation of birds in forests and grasslands of the tropics and temperate zone
c. Song Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
David H. Wahl, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(217) 728-4400
Fax: (217) 728-4498
E-mail: d-wahl@uxl.uiuc.edu
Ohio State Univ., 1988
a. Behavioral ecology
Feeding/Ingestion
Learning
c. Fish (Chordata:Pisces)
(Insecta:Odonata)
University of Illinois
Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Urbana, IL 61801
CHAIR: Albert Feng (217) 333-1734
CONTACT: Albert Feng
Albert S. Feng, PhD Prof.
(217) 333-7302
E-mail: FENG@CSO.UIUC.EDU
Cornell Univ., 1975
a. Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms
Communication-Acoustic
b. acoustic neurophysiology of amphibians
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Psychology
Champaign, IL 61801
CHAIR: Emanuel Donchin (217) 333-0632
FAX: (217) 244-5876
DEGREES: MA, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Emanuel Donchin
Jerry Hirsch, PhD Prof.
(217) 333-0373
Fax: (217) 244-5876
Univ. of Califonia, Berkeley, 1955
a. Behavioral Genetics
Evolution/Survival Value
Learning
b. behavior - genetic analyses of Drosophila melanogaster with conditioning, excitatory states, courtship and tropisms as phenotypes
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Western Illinois University
Biological Sciences
Macomb, IL 61455
CHAIR: B.M. Stidd (309) 298-1546
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 7
CONTACT: J. D. Ives
Larry A. Jahn, PhD Prof.
(309) 298-1266
Montana State Univ., 1968
a. Applied Ethology
b. striped bass usefulness in and management of small impoundments; effects of fertilizing strip-mine lakes; fish in thermally-loaded reservoirs
c. Hybrid Striped Bass (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Percichthyidae)
Gizzard Shad (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Clupeiformes:Clupeidae)
Largemouth Bass (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
White Crappies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
INDIANA
Indiana University
Center for Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
(Biology, Psychology, Neural Science, Medical Science)
Bloomington, IN 47405
CHAIR: Ellen Ketterson / William Timberlake (812) 855-9663
FAX: (812) 855-0411
DEGREES: AC, MS, PhD (in various depts.) / ENROLLMENT: 35
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 8 Graduate Assisstantships at $12,000/yr; 2 Postdoc. Fellowships at $19,600/yr plus $3,000 for research
GRADUATE RESERCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: DNA fingerprinting lab;Eutechtic Neuron Tracing System; Computerized operant conditioning system; electrochemical recording equipment; aviary facilities; CISAB computer facilities; misc.
CONTACT: CISAB, 402 N. Park, Bloomington, IN, 47405, (812) 855-47408,
LISUMMER@INDIANA.EDU
Jeffrey R. Alberts, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-3309
Fax: (812) 855-2100
E-mail: alberts@psythird.psych.indiana.edu
Princeton Univ., 1974
a. Development/Ontogeny
Feeding/Ingestion
Social Behavior
c. Norway Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
James Allison, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-8362
Univ. of Michigan, 1963
a. Learning
Behavioral Ecology
Feeding/Ingestion
b. reinforcement, behavioral economics, foraging
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Joseph Farley, PhD Assoc. Prof
Univ. California, San Diego, 1978
a. Learning
Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms
b. neural plasticity and behavior
c. Hermissenda (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Eliot Hearst, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-9282
Columbia Univ., 1956
a. Learning
Motivation/Emotion
History of Psychology
b. pavlovian conditioning; discrimination learning
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
George A. Heise, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-2012
E-mail: heise@indiana.edu
Harvard University, 1952
a. Drug Studies
Learning-Memory
b. effects of drugs on learning and memory
c. Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pigeon (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Ellen D. Ketterson, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-6837
Indiana Univ., 1974
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
c. Dark-eyed Juncos (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Red-Winged Blackbird (Aves:Paseriformes:Emberizidae)
Prairie Warbler (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Mountain Bluebird (Aves:Passeriformes:Muscicopidae)
Andrew King, PhD Senior Scientist
(812) 330-8420, (812) 335-1168
E-mail: memest@indiana.edu
Cornell Univ., 1978
a. Development/Ontogeny
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior
b. Cowbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Starlings (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Curt Livey, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-1842
Univ. of Arizona, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. host-parasite coevolution
Armando Machado, PhD Assist. Prof.
(812) 855-4642
E-mail: amachado@indiana.edu
Duke Univ., 1993
a. Learning-Reinforcement
Methodology-Theoretical Models
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. origins and maintenance of behavioral variability; choice behavior
Craig E. Nelson, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-1345
Univ. of Texas, 1966
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. community and population structure of Amphibia; social behavior in Amphibia; developmental ecology of turtles
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata)
Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia)
Val Nolan, Jr., JD Emeritus Prof.
(812) 855-7443
Indiana Univ., 1949
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Population Dynamics
c. Dark-eyed Juncos (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Red-winged Blackbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Prairie Warblers (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
John B. Phillips, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(812) 855-5825
Fax: (812) 855-6705
E-mail: phillips@indiana.edu
Cornell Univ., 1984
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Sensory Mechanisms-Magnetic
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. detection/integration of visual/olfactory/magnetic cues used for spatial orientation; visual mechanisms of mate choice; microhabitat selection and foraging behaviors
c. Easter Red-Spotted Newt (Amphibia:Vrodila:Salamondridae)
Fruit Flies (Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Siberian Dwarf Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pacific Treefrog (Amphibia:Anura:Salenia:Hylidae)
Domestic Chicken (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Leslie Real, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-1858
Fax: (812) 855-6705
Univ. of Michegan, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Learning
Neural Mechanisms
c. Insects (Insecta)
George V. Rebec, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-7756
University of Colorado, 1975
a. Neural Mechanisms
b. neural mechanisms underlying the behavioral effects of psychomotor stimulents and antipsychotic drugs; electrophysiological and voltametric recordings from freely moving animals
c. Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
William Rowland, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-3470
SUNY, Stony Brook, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Aggression
Communication
b. perceptual basis of mate choice, aggression and sexual selection in lower vertebrates; evolution and derivation of display; application of ethological concepts to behavioral ecology
c. Sticklebacks (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Gasterosteidae)
Cichlids (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cichlidae)
Mosquitofish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Poeciliidae)
Newts (Amphibia:Caudata:Salamandridae)
Dale R. Sengelaub, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-9149
E-mail: sengelau@indiana.edu
Cornell Univ., 1983
a. Neural Mechanisms
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
b. hormonal influences on neural development and maintenance in sexually dimorphic systems
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Junco (Aves:Passeriformes)
Cowbird (Aves:Passeriformes)
Barry Sinervo, PhD Assist. Prof.
(812) 855-7652
E-mail: bsibervo@bio.indiana.edu
Univ. of Washington, 1988
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Life History
b. frequency-dependent sexual selection among colored morphs of male sside blotched lizards; reproductive allocation by female lizards
c. Side-Blotched Lizards (Reptilia)
Roderick A. Suthers, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-8353
E-mail: suthers@ucs.indiana.edu
Harvard Univ., 1964
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
Communication-Acoustic
b. motor control of birdsong including vocal learning and neural lateralization of vocalization
c. Brown Thrasher (Aves:Passeriformes:Mimidae)
Northern Cardinal (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Brown-Headed Cowbird (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Canary (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Zebra Finch (Aves:Passeriformes:Estrildidae)
William D. Timberlake, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-4042
Fax: (812) 855-4691
Univ. of Michigan, 1969
a. Learning
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Biological Rhythms
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Kangaroo Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
Meredith J. West, PhD Prof.
(812) 855-9597
E-mail: mewest@indiana.edu
Cornell Univ., 1975
a. Communication
Development/Ontogeny
Learning
b. development of social and communicative behavior with an emphasis on experimental process
c. Cowbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Starlings (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Human infants (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Purdue University
Animal Sciences
W. Lafayette, IN 47907
CHAIR: Bud G. Harmon (317) 494-4808
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: USDA-ARS-Purdue Center for Research on Well- Being in Food Animals
OTHER FACULTY: J. Morrow-Tesch, G.D. Weesner
CONTACT: William M. Muir, Graduate Coordinator (317) 494-8032
Jack L. Albright, PhD Prof.
(317) 494-8010
Fax: (317) 494-9347
E-mail: jalbrigh@hub.ansc.purdue.edu
Washington State Univ., 1957
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
b. farm animal behavior, care and welfare (well-being)
c. Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Sheep (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Goats (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Pigs (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Suidae)
Birds-Poultry (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Rodney D. Allrich, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(317) 494-4844
Univ. of Nebraska, 1981
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. sexual behavior/reproduction
c. Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Purdue University
Biological Sciences
W. Lafayette, IN 47907
CHAIR: Lou Sherman (317) 494-4407
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: Darlene Craft, Graduate Admissions Office
Richard D. Howard, PhD Prof.
(317) 494-8136
Univ. of Michigan, 1977
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems; life history ecology
c. Bullfrogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Woodfrogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Mockingbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Mimidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Jeffrey R. Lucas, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(317) 494-8112
Univ. of Florida, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Methodology-Theoretical Models
Evolution/Survival Value
b. dynamic aspects of state-dependent caching and diet-choice decisions; effects of time constraint on foraging behavior; dynamic programming
c. Tufted Titmice (Aves:Passeriformes:Paridae)
Carolina Chickadees (Aves:Passeriformes:Paridae)
Antlions (Arthropoda:Insecta:Neuroptera:Myrmeleontidae)
Grey Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Kerry N. Rabenold, PhD Prof.
(317) 494-8120
Univ. North Carolina, 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. ecological determinants of social behavior and seasonal movements; consequences of dominance; life history alternatives; community ecology
c. Stripe-backed Wrens (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
Bicolored Wrens (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
Fasciated Wrens (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
Dark-eyed Juncos (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Black-capped Chickadees (Aves:Passeriformes:Paridae)
Peter Waser, PhD Prof.
(317) 494-8129
Rockefeller Univ., 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Communication-Acoustic
b. spacing, territoriality, dispersal in mammals; ecological constraints on acoustic communication
c. Kangaroo Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
Mangabeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Mongooses (Mammalia:Carnivora:Viverridae)
IOWA
Iowa State University
Animal Ecology
Ames, IA 50011
CHAIR: Bruce Menzel (515) 294-7419
FAX: (515) 294-7874 / E-MAIL: bmenzel@iastate.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: William Franklin, Graduate Admissions
Marilyn D. Bachmann, PhD Professor
(515) 294-2460
University of Michigan, 1964
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival value
b. foraging ecology and feeding strategies; habitat use, resource partitioning; predator/prey interactions
c. Gopher Tortoises (Reptilia:Chelonia:Testudinidae)
Tiger Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
Blue-spotted Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
Spotted Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
Louis B. Best, PhD Prof.
(515) 294-7477
Univ. of Illinois, 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. foraging and breeding ecology
c. Passerines (Aves:Passeriformes)
Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
William Franklin, PhD Prof.
(515) 294-1240
E-mail: wlf@iastate.edu
Utah State Univ., 1978
a. Bahavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology
Social Behavior
b. South American large mammal ecology, behavioral ecology and conservation biology; guard animals for protecting sheep against coyotes (llamas, dogs, etc.)
C. Guanacos (Mammals:Artiodactyla:Canelidae)
Vicunas (Mammals:Artiodactlya:Canelidae)
Pumas (Mammals:Carnivora:Felidae)
Erwin E. Klaas, PhD Professor
(515) 294-3056
University of Kansas, 1970
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Feeding/Ingestion
Social Behavior
b. behavioral ecology of waterfowl including bioenergetics, resource use, and population dynamics; behavioral ecology of raptorial birds
c. Waterfowl (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Raptors (Aves:Falconiformes)
Rolf Koford, PhD Assist. Prof.
(515) 294-3057
Fax: (515) 294-5468
E-mail: rkoford@iastate.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1979
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. habitat selection; spacing behavior; social organization
c. Mallard (Aves:Anseriformes)
Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes)
Squirrels (Mammals:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Iowa State University
Zoology
Ames, IA 50011
CHAIR: Duane Enger (515) 294-3316
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: Edwin Powell
Kenneth C. Shaw, PhD Prof.
(515) 294-1180
Univ. of Michigan, 1966
a. Communication
Social Behavior
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. acoustic and associated behavior of katydids, crickets, and leafhoppers
c. Katydids (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Tettigoniidae)
Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Leafhoppers (Arthropoda:Insecta:Homoptera:Cicadellidae)
University of Iowa
Psychology
Iowa City, IA 52242
CHAIR: J.V. Hinriches (319) 335-2405
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
OTHER FACULTY: S. Robinson; M. Blumberg
CONTACT: E.A. Wasserman
I. Gormezano, PhD Prof.
(319) 335-2431
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1958
a. Learning
Neural Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. behavioral and neural mechanisms of appetitive and aversive Pavlovian conditioning
c. Rabbits (Mammalia:Lagomorpha:Leporidae)
A.K. Johnson, PhD Prof.
(319) 335-2423
Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1970
a. Feeding/Ingestion
Motivation/Emotion
Neural Mechanisms
b. neurobiology of thirst and body fluid homeostasis;behavior and cardiovascular system; stress-induced hypertension
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
E.A. Wasserman, PhD Prof.
(319) 335-2445
Indiana Univ., 1972
a. Learning
Comparative Psychology
Behavioral Ecology
b. learning and memory; conceptual behavior; vision; autoshaping; short-term memory; operant conditioning; comparative psychology
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
KANSAS
Emporia State University
Division of Biological Science
Emporia, KS 66801-5087
CHAIR: (316) 343-5311
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Elmer Finck
Elmer J. Finck, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(316) 341-5623
Kansas State Univeristy, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
b. mating systems; herd and flocking behavior; foraging behavior; dispersal
c. Bison (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Pronghorn Antelope (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Franklin's Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Woodrats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Dickcissels (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Dwight Moore, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(316) 341-5611
University of New Mexico, 1986
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Genetics
b. mating/social systems and how these systems are influenced by the environment and how these systems are relected in the morphology of organisms
c. Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Racoons (Mammalia:Carnivora:Procyonidae)
Kansas State University
Biology
Manhattan, KS 66506
CHAIR: Terry C. Johnson (913) 532-6615
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: C.L. Kramer, Chairman Graduate Selection Committee
Donald W. Kaufman, PhD Prof.
(913) 532-6622
Univ. of Georgia, 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. ecological and behavioral responses of grasslands rodents to fire and grazing; adaptive coloration; habitat/microhabitat distribution of Cricetidae
c. New World Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Pocket Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
Kangaroo Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
Robert J. Robel, PhD Prof.
(913) 532-6644
Utah State Univ., 1961
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Feeding/Ingestion
b. ecological energetics; population regulation;assessment of toxic materials in the environment; wildlife biology
c. Bobwhites (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Cardinals (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Waterfowl (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Christopher C. Smith, PhD Prof.
(913) 532-6656
Univ. of Washington, 1965
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Communication-Acoustic
b. foraging; territoriality; social spacing; acoustic communication
c. Pine Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Fox Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Howling Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
John L. Zimmerman, PhD Prof.
(913) 532-6659
Univ. of Illinois, 1963
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Social Behavior
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. habitat selection; breeding behavior; social organization
c. Birds (Aves)
Passerine Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
University of Kansas
Entomology; Systematics & Ecology
Lawrence, KS 66045-2106
CHAIR: Michael Greenfield
FAX: (913) 864-5321 / E-MAIL: greenfie@ukanvax
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 4 TA's; 4-6 Reasearch Assistantships
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: molecular systematics lab; visual, chemical and acoustic communication labs; environmental chambers; insectaries; greenhouses; extensive museum collections; flight chambers
CONTACT: William Bell
Byron A. Alexander, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(913) 864-4613
E-mail: byron@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Cornell University, 1989
a. Descriptive Studies/Natural History
Evolution/Survival Value
b. phylogenetic analysis as a tool for evaluating hypotheses about behavioral evolution
c. Sand Wasps, Digger Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Sphecidae)
Cuckoo Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Anthophoridae)
Andrenid Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Andrenidae)
William J. Bell, PhD Prof.
(913) 864-7366
E-mail: WJBell@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Univ. of Penn., 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Genetics
Feeding/Ingestion
b. genetics of foraging behavior
c. Drosophila (Insecta:Diptera)
Cockroaches (Insecta:Dictyoptera)
Gerry DeBoer, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(913) 864-4577
Univ. of Maryland, 1985
a. Neural Mechanisms
Feeding/Ingestion
b. mechanisms of diet selection
c. Tobacco Hornworm (Insecta:Lepidoptera:Sphingidae)
Ants (Insects:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Leonard C. Ferrington, Jr., PhD Assoc. Prof.
(913) 864-7700
Fax: (913) 864-7789
E-mail: tendipes@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology
Biological Rhythms
Locomotion
b. behavior drift in aquatic insects; locomotion behavior in Constempellian and related genera; substrate selection behavior in Axarus
c. Non-biting Midges (Insects:Diptera:Chironomitae:Stempellian, Axarus, Constempellina)
Michael D. Greenfield, PhD Prof.
(913) 864-7366
Fax: (913) 864-5321
E-mail: greenfie@ukanvax
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1978
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Communication-Acoustic
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
b. evolution of acoustic signal interactions (chorusing); sexual selection and mating systems; signal evolution
c. Grasshoppers (Insecta:Orthoptera:Acrididae)
Katydids (Insecta:Orthroptera:Tettigonidae)
Waxmoths (Insecta:Lepidoptera:Pyralidae:Galleriinae)
Fireflies (Insecta:Coleoptera:Lampyridae)
Rudolf Jander, PhD Prof.
(913) 864-3457
Fax: (913) 864-5321
E-mail: Rjander@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Munich, Germany, 1957
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Perception
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migr/Homing
Learning
c. Social Insects (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Social Insects (Insecta:Isoptera)
Milkweed Bugs (Insecta:Heteroptera:Lygaeidae)
House Mouse (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Deborah R. Smith, PhD Assist. Prof.
(913) 964-4340
E-mail: dsmith@ukanvax
Cornell Univ., 1982
a. Social Behavior-Sociality
b. evolution of social behavior; population genetics of social behavior
c. Social Spiders (Insecta:Chelicerata:Arachnida)
Honey Bees (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Orley R. Taylor, PhD Prof.
(913) 864-4051
Univ. of Conneticut, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. hybrid zone formation; migration
c. Honey Bee (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Mondarch Butterfly (Insects:Lepidoptera:Danaiidae)
Wichita State University
Psychology
Wichita, KS 67208
CHAIR: Charles Burdsal
DEGREES: MA. PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Gary Greenberg, Graduate Studies
Gary Greeberg, PhD Prof.
(316) 689-3170
FAX: (316) 689-3770
Kansas State Univ., 1970
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
Applied Ethology
b. perceptual development; animals in human factors; approach/withdrawal theory
c. Gerbil (Mammalia:Rodential:Cricetidae)
Spiny Mouse (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Organutan (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
KENTUCKY
Eastern Kentucky University
Biological Sciences
Richmond, KY 40475
CHAIR: Sanford L. Jones (606) 622-1531
DEGREES: M.S. / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Gary Ritchison
Paul V. Cupp, PhD Prof.
(606) 622-2043
Clemson Univ., 1974
a. Social Behavior
Communication-Chemical
Sensory Mechanisms-Temperature
b. aggression and territoriality; chemical detection of predators; coutship and mating behavior
c. Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata)
Frogs (Amphibia:Anura)
Snakes and Lizards (Reptilia:Squamata)
Gary Ritchison, PhD Prof.
(606) 622-1541
E-mail: biorichisonl@acs.eku.edu
Utah State University, 1980
a. Social Behavior
Communication
Behavioral Ecology
b. acoustic communication of birds
c. Northern Cardinals (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Screech Owls (Aves:Strigiformes:Strigidae)
American Kestrels (Aves:Falconiformes:Falconidae)
University of Kentucky
T.H. Morgan School of Biological Sciences
Lexington, KY 40506-0225
CHAIR: Phil Crowley (606) 257-8641
FAX: (606) 257-1717
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: TA $12,000
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Ecological Research Facility, Computing
CONTACT: Stella Mastuszak (606) 257-3255
SEE ALSO: http://Darwin.ceeb.uky.edu/ceeb/ceeb.HTML
Edmond D. Brodie III, PhD Assist. Prof.
E-mail: EDB3@Darwin.ceeb.uky.edu
Univ. of Chicago, 1991
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Behavioral Genetics
b. evolutionary genetics of behavior; maternal effects and the evolution of parental care
c. Garter Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colobridae)
Arrow Poison Frogs (Amphibia:Anura:Dendrobatidae)
Ladybird Beetles (Insecta:Coleoptera:Coccinellidae)
Craig Sargent, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(606) 257-8742
Fax: (606) 257-1717
E-mail: craig@ceeb.uky.edu
State Univ. of New York, 1981
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Sensory Mechanisms
b. behaviroal and evolutionary ecology; parental investment; sexual selection; mating systems
c. Fathead Minnow (Osteichthyes:Cypriniformes:Cyprimindae)
Convict Cichlid (Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
Funtail Darter (Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Percidae)
Swordtail (Osteichthyes:Cyprinidontiformes:Poeciliidae)
Mosquitofish (Osteichthyes:Cyprinidontiformes:Poeciliidae)
Andrew Sih, PhD Prof.
(606) 323-5491
Fax: (606) 257-1717
E-mail: andy@darwin.ceeb.uky.edu
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, 1980
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Predator/Prey Interactions
b. effects of ecological factors on mating dynamics and sexual selection; joint evolution of behavioral and morphologiccal prey responses to multiple predator; evolution of ineffective antipredator behavior
c. Stream Water Strider (Insects:Hemiptera:Gerridae)
Streamside Salamander (Amphibia:Urodela:Ambystomatidae)
Freshwater Snail (Gastropoda:Pulmondata:Physidae)
Green Sunfish (Osteichthyes:Teleostei:Centrarchidae)
Crayfish (Crustacea:Decapuda:Astacidae)
David F. Westneat, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(606) 323-9499
E-mail: westneat@ceeb.uky.edu
Univ. of North Carolina
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. ecology and evolution of reproductive tactics; male-female conflict; sexual selection; parental care
c. Red-Winged Blackbird (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
House Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes:Passeridae)
University of Kentucky
Entomology
Lexington, KY 40546
CHAIR: B.C. Pass (606) 257-7450
FAX: (606) 323-1120 / E-MAIL: bpass@ca.uky.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; ecological computer facility; ecological resource facility
CONTACT: B.C. Pass
SEE ALSO: http://darwin.ceeb.uky.edu/ceeb/ceeb.html
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entymology/enthp.html
Kenneth F. Haynes, PhD Prof.
(606) 257-1618
Fax: (606) 323-1120
E-mail: khaynes@ca.uky.edu
Univ. of California, Davis, 1982
a. Communication-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology-Mating
Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
b. studies of the evolution of pheremone communication in insects
c. Cabbage Looper (Insecta:Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)
Southern Masked Chafer (Insecta:Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae))
Bolas Spider (Insecta:Arachnida)
Allen J. Moore, PhD Asst. Prof
(606) 257-7474
E-mail: ajmoore@pop.ukuy.edu
Web Site: http://darwin.ceeb.uky.edu/ceeb/profs/moore1.html
University of Colorado, 1988
a. Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Methodology-Theoretical Models
b. studies of genetic and evolutionary aspects of behavior, especially social behavior and reproduction
c. Dragonflies (Insecta:Odonata:Libellulidae)
Nauphoeta Cinerea (Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
Asian Ladybird Beetle (Insecta:Coleoptera:Coccinellidae)
University of Louisville
Biology
Louisville, KY 40292
CHAIR: Dr. J. Thorp (502) 852-6771
FAX: (502) 852-0725
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
OTHER FACULTY: P. Eason
CONTACT: Dr. Stan Davis
Lee Alan Dugatkin, PhD Assist. Prof.
(302) 852-5943
E-mail: laduga01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu
State Univ. of New York, 1991
a. Social Behavior-Dominance
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
b. game theory and the evolution of cooperation; cultural transmission and female mate choice
c. Guppy
Fathead Minnow
Mosquitofish
Western Kentucky University
Biology
Bowling Green, KY 42101
CHAIR: Blaine Ferrell (Interim) (502) 745-6005
DEGREES: M.S. / ENROLLMENT: 1
CONTACT: Blaine R. Ferrell
Blaine R. Ferrell, PhD Prof.
(502) 745-3936
Louisiana State University, 1979
a. Biological Rhythms
Communication-Chemical
Communication-Visual
Social Behavior-Aggression
c. Northern Fence Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Madeira Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
Tree Swallows (Aves:Passeriformes:Hirundinidae)
LOUISIANA
Northeast Louisiana University
Biology
Monroe, LA 71209
CHAIR: Davis Pritchett (318) 342-1790
FAX: (318) 342-1755
ENROLLMENT: 2 / DEGREES: MS
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: TA's
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Limited
SPECIAL FACILITIES: aviary, artificial stream
CONTACT: Davis Pritchett
Richard Buchholz, PhD Assist. Prof.
(318) 342-1798
E-mail: bibuchholz@alpha.nlu.edu
Univ. of Florida, 1994
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Conservation Biology
b. function and evolution of ornamentation in animals; behavioral adaptations against parasitism
c. Wild Turkeys (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Odontophorinae)
Mosquito Fish (Osteichthyes:Poecilidae)
Northeast Louisiana University
Psychology
Monroe, LA 71209
CHAIR: Maury M. Haraway (504) 342-1330
E-MAIL: psmaples@meHin.nlu.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 20 assists @$4000/yr
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Psychology Department
Maury M. Haraway, PhD Prof.
(601) 342-1330
E-mail: psharaway@meHin.nlu.edu
Univ. of Mississippi, 1967
a. Communication-Acoustic
c. Gibbons-several species (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Ernest G. Maples, Jr., PhD Prof.
(601) 342-4146
Univ. of Mississippi, 1967
a. Communication-Acoustic
Learning-Reinforcement
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. value of species-typical behavior; vocalization in gibbons; foraging in rodents
c. Siamang Gibbons (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Mueller's Gibbons (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Lar Gibbons (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Agile Gibbons (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Gerbils (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Northwestern State University
Biology
Natchitoches, LA 71497
CHAIR: Tom Burns (318) 357-5323
DEGREES: / ENROLLMENT: 1
CONTACT: Dick T. Stalling
Dick T. Stalling, PhD Prof.
(318) 357-6266
Univ. of Oklahoma, 1977
a. Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior-Dominance
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. rodent behavioral ecology
c. Rice Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Swamp Rabbits (Mammalia:Lagomorpha:Leporidae)
Golden Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Kenneth L. Williams, PhD Prof.
(318) 357-6266
Louisiana State Univ., 1970
a. Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. snake biology; snake classification
c. Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes)
Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Tulane University
Psychology
New Orleans, LA 70118
CHAIR: Dachowski (504) 865-5331
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: Department Office
T.E. Christenson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(504) 865-5331
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1974
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior
b. arachnid reproductive strategies
c. Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida)
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Biology
Lafayette, LA 70504
CHAIR: Darryl Felder (318) 231-6753
FAX: (318) 482-5834
DEGREES: BS, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 2 Board of Regents Fellowships @ $16,000/yr.
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: 5 research laboratories
CONTACT: Robert G. Jaeger
Robert G. Jaeger, PhD Prof.
(318) 231-5235
Univ. of Maryland, 1969
a. Social Behavior-Aggression
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Communication-Chemical
b. how male and female red-backed salamanders establish territories relative to one another and whether juveniles are included in those territories
c. Red-backed Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Plethodontidae)
Slimy Salamander Complex (Amphibia:Caudata:Plethodontidae)
Hylid Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Hylidae)
Eastern Spotted Newt (Amphibia:Caudata:Salamandridae)
Ground Skink (Reptilia:Squamata:Scincidae)
MAINE
University of Maine
Zoology (changing in 1997)
Orono, ME
CHAIR: J. Malcolm Schick (207) 581-2540
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Ms. Bonnie L. Morgan
Harold B. Dowse, PhD Assoc. Prof.
New York Univ., 1971
a. Biological rhythms
Behavioral genetics
Methodology-Theoretical models
b. effects of genetic lesions on the biological clock in Drosophila melanogaster
c. Fruit flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
William E. Glanz, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(207) 581-2545
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat selection
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
b. foraging, caching & population ecology of tree squirrels and other seed predators
c. Tree Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Agoutis & Pacas (Mammalia:Rodentia:Dasyproctidae)
Jays (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Leonard Kass, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(207) 581-2567
Univ. of Illinois, Campaign-Urbana, 1980
a. Sensory Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Biological Rhythms
b. neurophysiology, pharmacology, behavior
c. Horseshoe Crabs (Merostomata:Xiphosura:Xiphosuridae)
Irv Kornfield, PhD Prof.
(207) 581-2548
SUNY, Stony Brook, 1974
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Behavioral Ecology
b. reproductive behavior, mating systems and sexual selection in fishes
c. Cichlid Fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
John R. Moring, PhD Prof.
(207) 581-2582
Univ. of Washington, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology
Natural History/Descriptive studies
b. fisheries ecology; habitat selection by fishes
c. Salmon & Trout (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Clupeiformes:Salmonidae)
Lumpfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cyclopteridae)
Rock Gunnels (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pholidae)
John Ringo, PhD Prof.
(207) 581-2556
Univ. of California, Davis, 1973
a. Behavioral Genetics
Biological Rhythms
Evolution/Survival Value
b. biological clock mutants
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
J. Malcolm Shick, PhD Prof
(207) 581-2551
Texas A & M Univ., 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Sensory Mechanisms
b. responses to variable levels of oxygen and illumination, especially hyperoxia and solar UV irradiation
c. Sea Anemones (Anthozoa:Actiniaria)
MARYLAND
The Johns Hopkins University
Psychology
Baltimore, MD 21218
CHAIR: Howard Egeth (410) 516-7055
FAX: (410) 516-4478
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
OTHER FACULTY: G.F. Ball
CONTACT: Joan Krach
Randy J. Nelson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(410) 516-8407
Fax: (410) 516-6205
E-mail: rnelson@jhunix.hfc.jhu.edu
University of California, Berkeley, 1984
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Biological Rhythms
Neural Mechanisms
c. Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae:Microtus)
Deer Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae:Peromyscus)
House Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae:Mus)
Towson State University
Biological Sciences
Towson, MD 21204
CHAIR: Richard Hilton (410) 830-2385
FAX: (410) 830-2505
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 6
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 6-8 TAs
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: aviary, greenhouses, cold rooms, model shop, electronics shop, planetarium, natural areas
CONTACT: Don C. Forester, Graduate Coordinator
Don C. Forester, PhD Prof.
(410) 830-2385
E-mail: Forester_D@TOE.TOWSON.EDU
North Carolina State Univ., 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. kin recognition by nesting salamanders; role of egg signals in kin recognition;sexual selection and mating systems in frogs
c. Mountain Dusky Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Plethodontidae)
Marble Salamander (Amphibia:Urodela:Ambystomatidae)
Mountain Chorus Frog (Amphibia:Salientia:Hylidae)
American Toad (Amphibia:Anura:Bufonidae)
Gray Treefrog (Amphibia:Anura:Hylidae)
L. Scott Johnson, PhD Assist. Prof.
(410) 830-2587
E-mail: JOHNSON-S@toe.towson.edu
Univ. of Calgary, 1992
a. Social Behavior-Sex-Reproduction
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. reproductive behavior including mating systems, extra-pair mating, parental care; function of bird song; effect of ectoparasites on behavior; interspecific brood parasitism
c. House Wren (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
Tree Swallow (Aves:Passeriformes:Hirundinidae)
Brian S. Masters, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(410) 830-2035
E-mail: E7B2MAS@toe.towson.edu
Univ. of Florida, 1985
a. Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. kin recognition in salamanders; DNA fingerprinting; RAPD analysis; extra-pair paternity and mating systems in birds
c. Mountain Dusky Salamander (Amphibia:Urodela:Plethodontidae)
House Wren (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
A.G. Scarbrough, PhD Prof.
(410) 830-2394
E-mail: E7B2SCA@toe.towson.edu
Univ. of Illinois, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Biosystematics
b. reproductive and predatory behavior of robberflies; role of aquatic insects in freshwater communities
c. Robber Flies (Insecta:Diptera:Asilidae)
various (Insecta:Odonata)
Erik P. Scully, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(410) 830-3012
E-mail: E7B2SCU@toe.towson.edu
Univ. Rhode Island, 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. patterns of growth and molting in intertidal hermit crabs; response of isopods to soil contamination; evolution of neural networks
c. Terrestrial Isopods (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Isopoda:Oniscidea)
Hermit Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Anomura:Paguridae)
Towson State University
Psychology
Towson, MD 21204
CHAIR: Roger Fink (410) 830-3080
FAX: (410) 830-3800
DEGREES: MA, Exp. Psych. / ENROLLMENT: 8
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Aquatic and terrestrial animal labs; physiology, histology, and surgery facilities; computer facilities
CONTACT: Michael H. Figler, PhD
Michael H. Figler, PhD Prof.
(410) 830-3217
E-mail: E7P4FIG@toe.towson.edu
Michigan State Univ., 1970
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Aggression
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
b. maternal aggression; territoriality; evolution of parental care; ethological emphasis
c. Red Swamp Crayfish (Crustacea:Decapoda:Cambaridae)
American Lobster (Crustacea:Decapoda:Homaridae)
Thomas G. Kruggel, PhD Assist. Prof.
(301) 830-3064
Wayne State Univ., 1974
a. Drug Studies
Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Learning-Memory
b. effect of caffeine on learning and memory
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Herbert L. Petri, PhD Prof.
E-mail: E7P4PET@toe.towson.edu
Johns Hopkins Univ., 1972
a. Motivation/Emotion
Learning-Memory
b. neuropsychology and physiology of memory and learning
c. Hooded Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Joan S. Rabin, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(410) 830-3261
State Univ. of New York, 1971
a. Social Behavior
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavior Ecology-Habitat Selection
c. Fish (Pisces)
Margaret L. Walker, PhD Assist. Prof.
(301) 830-3215
Tulane University, 1980
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. fertility regulation; nutrition/diet; pregnancy; aging; seasonality
c. Rhesus monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of Maryland
Animal Sciences
College Park, MD 20742
CHAIR: D.C. Westhoff (301) 454-3926
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 4
CONTACT: John Vandersall
William Ray Stricklin, PhD Assoc. Prof.
Pennsylvania State Univ., 1975
a. Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Social Behavior-Dominance
Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
b. individual distance and spacing patterns; farm animal housing design using principles from ethology
c. Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Swine (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Suidae)
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies
Appalachian Environmental Center
Frostburg, MD 21532
CHAIR: Kent B. Fuller (301) 689-3115
FAX: (301) 689-8518
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 35
CONTACT: Kent B. Fuller
John L. Hoogland, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(301) 689-3115
University of Michigan, 1977
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Aggression
b. coloniality, infanticide, communal nursing, mating systems, kin selection
c. Prairie Dogs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Kenneth Robert McKaye, PhD Prof.
(301) 689-3115
FAX: (301) 689-8515
Univ. of California-Berkley, 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. evolution of behavior, hypothesis testing via field experiments, particularly mating systems, parental care, mate choice, ongoing projects: Nicaragua and Malawi (Africa)
c. Fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
University of Maryland
Marine-Estuare-Environmental Sciences
Princess Anne, MD 21853
CHAIR: Steve Rebach (410) 651-6028
FAX: (410) 651-7739 / E-MAIL: mwilber@ume-bird.umd.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Melanie Wilber (410-651-6028) or
Becky Palmer (410-651-6029)
Charles H. Hocutt, PhD Prof., Dir. Of CERL
(410) 651-6029
E-mail: chochutt@umes-bird.umd.edu
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1974
a. Applied Ethology
Behavioral Ecology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. cheetah movement in Namibia
c. Fish (Pisces)
Crocodiles (Reptilia:Crocodilia)
Cheetah (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Nutri-other (Myocastoridae )
Fox Squirrel (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Roman Jesien, PhD Assist. Prof.
(410) 651-6050
E-mail: rjesien@umes-bird.umd.edu
Univ. of Maryland, 1989
a. Behavioral Ecology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. migrations and homing behavior in coastal and tidal waters
c. American Shad (Pisces:Teleosteri:Clupuidae)
Striped Bass (Pisces:Teleosteri:Percichthydae)
Largemouth Bass (Pisces:Teleosteri:Centrarchidae)
Steve Rebach, PhD Prof.
(410) 651-6013
Fax: (410) 651-7739
E-mail: srebach@umes.umd.edu
University of Rhode Island, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Biological Rhythms
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
b. foraging behavior, sensory perception and molting in Crustacea; effects of diflubenzuron (Dimilin) on molt; orientation andmigration of marine organisms; biological rhythms
c. Rock crab (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Cancridae)
Jonah Crab (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Cancridae)
Blue Crab (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Portunidae)
Douglas E. Ruby, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(410) 651-6021
Fax: (410) 651-7739
E-mail: druby@umes.umd.edu
Univ. of Michegan, 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Communication-Visual
b. display behavior and territoriality in lizards; biogeography; foraging behavior in amphibians and reptiles; mating systems in lizards
c. Mountain Spiny Lizard (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Desert Tortoise (Reptilia:Chelonia:Testudinidae)
Red-Backed Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata:Plethodontidae)
Eastern Fence lizard (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
University of Maryland
Zoology
College Park, MD 20742
CHAIR: Arthur Popper (301) 405-6905
FAX: (301) 314-9358 / E-MAIL: gradoffice@zool.umd.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: national zoo; wildlife refuge; Smithsonian Lab of Molecular Systematics; NIH; USDA; Chesapeake Biological Lab
CONTACT: Sidney K. Pierce, Director of Graduate Studies
Gerald Borgia, PhD Prof.
(301) 405-6943
E-mail: borgia@zool.umd.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1978
a. Social behavior
Evolution/survival value
b. sexual selection
c. Bowerbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Ptilonorhynchidae)
Dungflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Scatophagidae)
Catherine E. Carr, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(301) 405-6915
E-mail: carr@zool.umd.edu
Univ. of California, 1984
a. Neurobiology
b. processing of temporally ordered information in the CNS
c. Owls (Aves:Strigiformes:Tytonidae)
C. Sue Carter, PhD Prof.
(301) 405-6940
E-mail: carter@zool.umd.edu
Univ. of Arkansas, 1969
a. Behavioral Endocrinology
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. hormones and behavior in small mammals and humans
c. Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Golden Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Avis H. Cohen, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(301) 405-0069
E-mail: ac16@umail.umd.edu / cohen@zool.umd.edu
Cornell Univ., 1977
a. Neurobiology
b. motor control and computational neuroscience
c. Lamprey (Pisces:Agnatha:Petromyzonitiformes:Petromyzonidae)
David W. Inouye, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(301) 405-6946
Univ. of North Carolina, 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
b. plant-animal interactions; hummingbird ecology; pollination biology
c. Hummingbird (Aves:Apodiformes:Trochilidae)
Butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Wayne J. Kuenzel, PhD Prof. (Poultry Science)
(301) 405-5778
E-mail: wk16@umail.umd.edu
Univ. of Georgia, 1969
a. Feeding/ingestion
Neural Mechanisms-Brain Lesions
Drug studies
b. neural control of food and water intake and the neural control of precocious puberty; the approach is a comparative one with an emphasis on birds
c. Domestic fowl (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Turkeys (Aves:Galliformes:Meleagrididae)
White-throated Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Mary Ann Ottinger, PhD Prof.
(301) 405-5780
E-mail: mo20@umail.umd.edu
Univ. of Maryland, 1977
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
b. behavioral endocrinology in context of embryonic differentiation, maturation of the system and aging as pertinent to reproduction
c. Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Arthur N. Popper, PhD Prof.
(301) 405-6884
City Univ. of New York, 1969
a. Neurobiology
b. vertebrate auditory mechanisms
c. Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Gerald Wilkinson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(301) 405-6942
E-mail: wilkinson@zool.umd.edu
Univ. of California, San Diego, 1984
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Communication-Acoustic
b. social behavior and communication in bats; sexual selection and morphological evolution in stalk0eyed flies; social learning in macaques
c. Greater Spear-Nosed Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera:Phyllostomatidae)
Stalk-eyed Flies (Insecta:Diptera:Diopsidae)
Celebes Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
David D. Yager, PhD Assist. Prof.
(301) 405-7228
E-mail: dy5@umail.umd.edu
Cornell Univ., 1989
a. Neurobiology
b. sensory biology
c. Praying Mantis (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Mantidae)
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston University
Biology
Boston, MA 02215
CHAIR: Robert H. Tamarin (617) 353-2474
FAX: (617) 353-6340
DEGREES: BA, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 2-3/yr @ $1200/month
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Field stations in New Hampshire and Equador
CONTACT: Thomas H. Kunz or Ruth Greene
Jelle Atema, PhD Prof.
(508) 289-7585
Fax:(508) 548-7295
E-mail: atema@bio.bu.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1969
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Learning
Communication-Chemical
b. behavioral and neurophysiological analysis of chemical signal processing used for chemotaxis in turbulence; urine peromones in dominance and courtship; individual recognition and spatial learning
c. Lobsters (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Nephropidae)
Michael Baum, PhD Prof.
(617) 353-3009
E-mail: baum@biology.bu.edu
McGill Univ., 1970
a. Neural Mechanisms
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Social Behavior
b. hormonal control of brain and behavioral sexual differentiation
c. Ferret
Rat
Mary S. Erskin, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(617) 353-2093
E-mail: erskin@bio.bu.edu
Univ. of Conneticut, 1978
a. Neural Mechanisms
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Social Behavior
b. neural and endocrine mechanisms by which the behavior of animals influences their physiology
c. Rats
Leslie Kaufman, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(617) 353-5560
E-mail: lesk@bio.bu.edu
Johns Hopkins Univ., 1974
a. Evolution/Survival Value
b. evolutionary and conservation biology of cichlid fishes
c. Cichlid Fishes (Pisces)
Thomas H. Kunz, PhD Prof.
(617) 353-2474
E-mail: kunz@bio.bu.edu
Uniiv. of Kansas, 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. behavioral ecology and social behavior of new world and old world tent-making bats; reproductive ecology of bats
c. Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera)
Philli[p S. Lobel, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(508) 289-7519
E-mail: plobel@bio.bu.edu
Harvard Univ., 1979
a. Communication-Acoustic
Behavioral Ecology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. bioacoustics; phylogeny; ecology; behavior; biogeography (all in fishes)
c. Coral Reef Fishes
Robert H. Tamarin, PhD Prof.
(617) 353-2432
Fax: (617) 353-6340
E-mail: tamarin@bio.bu.edu
Indiana Univ., 1968
a. Behavioral Genetics
Behavioral Ecoogy-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Aggression
b. behavior-genetic studies of mechanisms that cause the vole cycle
c. Meadow Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Beach Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
White-footed Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
James Traniello, PhD Prof.
(617) 353-2832
E-mail: jft@bio.bu.edu
Harvard Univ., 1980
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Communication-Chemical
b. caste evolution and ecology; disease and social evolution; cooperative group organization; search behavior; chemical communication
c. Ants (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Termites (Insecta:Isoptera:Termitidae)
Fred E. Wasserman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(617) 353-2476
E-mail: few@bio.bu.edu
Univ. of Maryland, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Communication-Acoustic
b. behavioral ecology in birds; bird song; territorial behavior
c. White-throated Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Clark University
Biology, Psychology
Worcester, MA 01610
CHAIR: Todd Livdahl (Biol) (508) 793-7173
James Wertsch (Psych) (508) 793-7273
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Nicholas Thompson
Nicholas S. Thompson, PhD Prof.
(508) 793-7261
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1966
a. Communication
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. avian communication; dog/human interaction; philosophy of evolution
c. Crows (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Bluejays (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Bobolinks (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Harvard University
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Cambridge, MA 02138
CHAIR: R.M. Woollacott (617) 495-1755
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: M. Reynolds
Bruce Waldman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(617) 495-1000
Cornell University, 1983
a. Social Behavior-Kin Recognition
Behavioral Ecology
Communication-Acoustic
b. ontogenetic and sensory bases of kin recognition; ecological correlates of social organization; reproductive strategies; chemical communication
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia)
Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Birds (Aves:Galliformes)
Edward O. Wilson, PhD Prof.
(617) 495-2315
Harvard Univ., 1955
a. Social Behavior
Communication
Evolution/Survival Value
b. kin recognition and social organization in cold-blooded vertebrates; social behavior in insects, especially ants.
c. Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Mount Holyoke College
Program in Neuroscience and Behavior
South Hadley, MA 01075
CHAIR: Karen L. Hollis (413) 538-2296
E-MAIL: khollis@mtholyoke.edu
DEGREES: MA / ENROLLMENT: 4
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 4 TA's w/ tuition waiver and $8000 stipend
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Janet Crosby (413) 538-2338
Karen L. Hollis, PhD Prof.
(413) 538-2296
Fax: (413) 538-2456
E-mail: khollis@mtholyoke.edu
Univ. of Minnesota, 1979
a. Learning-Conditioning
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. interaction of species-speicific and learned behavior; role of conditioning in aggression and reproduction
c. Fish (Pisces:Ostechthyes)
Smith College
Biology
Northampton, MA 01063
CHAIR: R. Briggs (413) 585-3823
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: L. Tyrrell
V. Hayssen, PhD Assist. Prof.
(413) 585-3856
Cornell University, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. evolution of reproductive patterns in mammals
c. Mammals (Mammalia)
Tufts University
Biology
Medford, MA 02155
CHAIR: Dr. Susan Ernst (617) 627-3539
FAX: (617) 627-3805
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10 PhD's
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Graduate Program Advisor
Sara M. Lewis, PhD Assist. Prof.
(617) 627-3548
E-mail: SLEWIS1@ emerald.tufts. edu
Duke Univ., 1984
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Genetics
b. sexual selection, behavioral ecology, psperm precdence, quatitative genetics
c. Fireflies (Insecta:Coleoptera:Lampyridae)
Flour Beetles (Insecta:Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)
Seahorses (Chordata:Osteichthyes:Syngnathidae)
University of Massachusetts
Entomology
Amherst, MA 01003
CHAIR: John Edman (413) 545-2283
FAX: (413) 545-2115
DEGREES: MS PhD / ENROLLMENT: 30
CONTACT: Graduate Program Director
Ring T. Carde', PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0533
FAX: (413) 545-2115
Cornell University, 1971
a. Communication-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Learning
b. mate-finding behavior and orientation behavior mediated by phermones in moths; host finding and learned responses of parasitoid wasps
c. Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Parasitoid Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
University of Massachusetts
Forestry and Wildlife Management
Amherst, MA 01003
CHAIR: Donald Mader (413) 545-2257
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Michael Ross
Joseph S. Larson, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-2842
VPI, 1966
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Social Behavior
b. social behavior and activity patterns of beaver
c. Beavers (Mammalia:Rodentia:Castoridae)
University of Massachusetts
Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior Division
Amherst, MA 01003
CHAIR: Melinda Novak (413) 545-2387
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
CONTACT: John Donahoe, Division Head of Biopsychology
John B. Ayres, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0348
Univ. of Kentucky, 1965
a. Learning
Learning-Pavlovian/Classical Conditioning
b. pavlovian control procedures; conditioned inhibition; backward conditioning; blocking
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Jeffrey D. Blaustein, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-1524
Univ. of Massachusetts, 1977
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Motivation/Emotion
b. cellular mechanisms of neural hormone action; neuroendocrinology; hormone-neurotransmitter interactions
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Guinea Pigs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Caviidae)
Neil R. Carlson, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0166
Univ. of Illinois, 1966
a. Neural Mechanisms
b. limbic system mechanisms of species-typical behavior; neural mechanisms of kindling
c. House Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Domestic Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Geert DeVries, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0663
Univ. of Amsterdam, 1985
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroendocrinology
Anatomy
b. steriod interactions with peptidergic systems; mole sexual behavior
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
John W. Donahoe, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-2183
Univ. of Kentucky, 1958
a. Learning-Reinforcement
Learning-Discrimination
Evolution/Survival Value
b. principle of reinforcement; neural mechanisms of learning
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Katherine V. Fite, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0351
Brown Univ., 1969
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Neural Mechanisms
Comparative Neurobiology
b. neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, neurobehavioral analyses of non-mammalian visual systems and visuomotor behaviors, retinal specializations, etc
c. Leopard Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Domestic Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Anolis Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Jerrold S. Meyer, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-2168
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1974
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Drug Studies
Development/Ontogeny
b. neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry of adrenal steroids
c. Albino Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Rhesus Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
John W. Moore, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0569
Indiana Univ., 1962
a. Learning-Pavlovian/Classical Conditioning
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. neurobiology of learning and memory; learning theory
c. Rabbits (Mammalia:Lagomorpha:Leporidae)
Melinda Novak, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-2387/5958
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1973
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Development/Ontogeny
b. parental behavior, pup development, social organization in microtine rodents; social development and social organization in rhesus monkeys
c. Rhesus Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Meadow Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Pine Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Montane Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
George N. Wade, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0772
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1970
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Feeding/Ingestion
Biological Rhythms
b. hormones and behavior; animal models of obesity
c. Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
University of Massachusetts
Zoology
Amherst, MA 01003
CHAIR: M.S. Kaulenas (413) 545-2602
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: M.S. Kaulenas, Dept. Chairman
Donald E. Kroodsma, PhD Assoc.Prof.
(413) 545-0068
Oregon State Univ., 1972
a. Communication-Acoustic
Development/Ontogeny
b. development, function, evolution of vocal signals in birds
c. Warblers (Aves:Passeriformes:Parulidae)
Wrens (Aves:Passeriformes:Troglodytidae)
Flycatchers (Aves:Passeriformes:Tyrannidae)
Birds (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Theodore D. Sargent, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0847
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1963
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Evolution/Survival Value
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. anti-predator adaptations (crypsis, startle) of insects
c. Catocala Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)
Alastair M. Stuart, PhD Prof.
(413) 545-0975
Harvard Univ., 1961
a. Communication-Chemical
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Behavioral Ecology
b. communication (chemical and acoustic) in Isoptera; behavioral psychology of caste determination; orientation; sensory mechanisms; development
c. Termites (Arthropoda:Insecta:Isoptera)
University of Massachusetts/Boston Campus
Biology
Boston, MA 02125
CHAIR: K.S. Bawa (617) 287-6600
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: M. Shiaris
John E. Ebersole, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(617) 287-6681
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. territoriality; competition; foraging strategies
c. Damselfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
Deer Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Hermit Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Paguridae)
Jeremy J. Hatch, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(617) 287-6615
Duke Univ., 1967
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Locomotion
b. foraging; habitat selection; colonial breeding
c. Terns (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Cormorants (Aves:Pelecaniformes:Phalacrocoracidae)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Biology
Woods Hole, MA 02543
CHAIR: Peter H. Wiebe (508) 457-2000
FAX: (508) 457-2195
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Jake Peirson
Francis G. Carey, PhD Senior Scientist
(508) 457-2000 x2308
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1960
a.
b.
c. Large Pelagic Fish (Pisces)
Squid (Mollusca:Cephalopoda)
G.R. Harbison, PhD Senior Scientist
(508) 548-1400 x2396
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
Evolution/Survival Value
b. the behavior and life histories of open ocean zooplankton, particularly gelatinoues forms; interested in the behavior of their parasites and symbients
c. Ctenophones (Ctenphora)
Salps (Urochordata:Thaliacea:Salpidae)
Hyperiid Amphipods (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Amphipoda)
Cardinals (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Syphenophores (Cnidaria:Hydrozoa:Syphenophora)
Pteropods (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Pteropoda)
Phillip Lobel, PhD Assoc. Scientist
(508) 548-1400 x2634
FAX: (508) 457-2176
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Social Behavior
b. research covers a broad range of fishes including freshwater, tropical marine and deep sea species
c. Fish (Pisces)
Rodolf S. Scheltema, PhD
(508) 548-1400
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1960
a.
b. settlement responses of larvae of benthic invertebrates (ie, cues which ellicit settlement)
c. Ilyanassa obsoleta (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
Hydroides dianthes (Annelida:Polychaeta)
Peter L. Tyack, PhD Assoc. Scientist
(508) 457-2000 x2818
Rockefeller Univ., 1982
a. Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior
Learning
b.
c. Bottlenose Dolphn (Mammalia:Cetacea:Delphinidae)
Humpback Whale (Mammalia:Cetacea:Balaenopteridae)
Sperm Whale (Mammalia:Cetacea:Physeteridae)
James Robert Weinberg, PhD Assist. Scientist
(508) 548-1400 x2598
FAX: (508) 457-2195
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1983
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Communication-Chemical
Evolution/Survival Value
b. premating sexual isolation through divergence in sex pheromones
c. Sandworms (Annelida:Polychaeta)
MICHIGAN
Central Michigan University
Biology
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
CHAIR: Dr. Burlington (517) 774-3227
DEGREES: BS, MS / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Dr. Burlington
James C. Gillingham, PhD Prof.
(517) 774-3173
Univ. of Oklahoma, 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Communication
b. foraging behavior of snakes; social behavior of reptiles; communication (chemical) in reptiles
c. Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Tuataras (Reptilia:Rynchocephalia:Sphenodontidae)
Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Emydidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Michael J. Hamas, PhD Prof.
(517) 774-3185
Univ. of MInnesota, 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Development/Ontogeny
b. nest-site selection; behavioral thermoregulation in young birds; thermoregulator development
c. Belted Kingfishers (Aves:Coraciiformes:Alcedinidae)
Eastern Kingbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Tyrannidae)
Spotted Sandpipers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Scolopacidae)
Mountain Plovers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Charadriidae)
Social Behavior-Aggression
Michigan State University
Zoology Department
East Lansing, MI 48824
CHAIR: Donald O. Straney (517) 355-4640
FAX: (517) 432-2789
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Kellogg Biological Station
CONTACT: Admissions Officer
James W. Atkinson, PhD Prof. (Zoology)
(517) 353-2269
E-mail: atkinso9@pilot.msu.edu
Emory Univ., 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Development/Ontogeny
Evolution/Survival Value
b. comparative study of the relationship between behavior and central nervous system organization in carnviorous and herbivorous land snails
c. Land Snails (Gastropoda:Pulmonata:Stylommatophora)
Martin Balaban, PhD Prof. (Zoology)
(517) 353-9473
Univ. of Chicago, 1959
a. Development/Ontogeny
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
c. Land Snails (Gastropoda:Pulmonata:Stylommatophora)
Donald L. Beaver, PhD Assoc. Prof. (Zoology)
Univ. of California, 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. population biology of birds
c. Birds (Aves)
Lynwood G. Clemens, PhD Prof. (Zoology)
(517) 353-1727
E-mail: clemens@pilot.msu.edu
Univ. of California, 1966
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
b. female control of sexual behavior via opportunities to pace copulatory bouts
c. Lab Rats
Kay E. Holekamp, PhD Assoc. Prof. (Zoology)
(517) 432-3691
E-mail: holekamp@pilot.msu.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1983
a. Social Behavior
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Behavioral Ecology
b. behavioral development; rank effects on reproduction; physiological and ecological variables influencing dispersal behavior by male mammals
c. Spotted Hyena (Mammalia:Carnivora)
Nile Grass Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Belding's Ground Squirrel (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
John I. Johnson, PhD Prof. (Anatomy)
(517) 353-3852
Purdue Univ.
a. Development/Ontogeny
Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms
b. mammalian brain evolution
c. Mammals (Mammalia)
James R. Miller, PhD Prof. (Entomology)
(517) 335-6619
E-mail: 22620jrm@msu.edu
Penn. State Univ., 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
b. interactions of cues governing insect host finding and acceptance including hormonal-like
factors (sex peptides) that alter behavioral states by neurohormonal action
Antonio Nunez, PhD Assoc. Prof. (Psychology)
(517) 353-9066
Florida State Univ., 1977
a. Neural Mechanisms
Biological Rhythms
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
c. Hamster (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Gail Richmond, PhD Research Assist. Prof.
(517) 353-9676
Univ. of Connecticut, 1982
a. Neural Mechanisms
Social Behavior
Development/Ontogeny
b. neurobiology and behavior
c. Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Titmice (Aves:Passeriformes:Paridae)
Chipmunks (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Mark E. Rilling, PhD Prof. (Psychology)
(517) 353-6425
Univ. of Texas, 1964
a. Learning
Learning-Memory
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbidae)
Cheryl Sisk, PhD Prof. (Psychology)
(517) 355-5253
Florida State Univ., 1980
a. Neural Mechanisms
Endocrine/ Hormonal Interactions
Development/Ontogeny
b. neuroendocrine events mediating behavioral and reproductive changes at puberty in mammals
c. Hamster (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Ferret (Mammalia:Rodentia:Mustelidae)
Laura Smale, PhD Assist. Prof. (Psychology)
(517) 432-1632
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1987
a. Biological Rhythms
Neural Mechanisms
Develoment/Ontogeny
b. neural substrate differneces between diurnal and nocturnal mammals; development of behavioral sex differences
c. Nile Grass Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Hamster (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Juli Wade, PhD Assist. Prof. (Psychology)
(517) 432-8301
E-mail: juli.wade@ssc.msu.edu
Univ. of Texas, 1992
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. endocrine regulation of sex differences in brain and behavior
c. Zebra Finch (Aves:Passeriformes)
Green Anole Lizard (Reptilia:Sauria)
Michigan State University
Kellogg Biological Station
Zoology Department
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
CHAIR:
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
CONTACT: Department of Zoology, MSU
Thomas Getty, PhD Assoc. Professor
(616) 671-2229
E-mail: getty@kbs.msu.edu
University of Michigan, 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Social Behavior
b. how uncertainty resulting from the probablistic relationship between proximate signals or cues and ultimate quality or payoffs influences choices
c. Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Darters (Pisces:Percidae)
Pirate Spiders (Myriapoda:Mimetidae)
Plantago (Angiospermae:Plantaginaeles:Plantaginaceae)
Northern Michegan University
Biology
Marquette, MI 49855
CHAIR: Thomas Froiland (906) 227-2310
E-MAIL: bgraves@nmu.edu
DEGREES: BS, MS / ENROLLMENT: 3
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Vast land in Michegan's upper peninsula
OTHER FACULTY: D.J. Prior
CONTACT: Ron Pareijko, Chairman of Graduate Committee
Brent M. Graves, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(906) 227-2218
E-mail: bgraves@nmv.edu
Univ. of Wyoming, 1988
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migr/Homing
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. chemical ecology of amphibians and reptiles
c. Red-Backed Salamanders (Amphibia:Urodela:Plethodontidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Anura:Bufonidae)
Crayfish (Malacostraca:Decapoda:Cambaridae)
Wood Turtle (Reptilia:Testudines:Emydidae)
University of Michigan
Biological Sciences
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
CHAIR: Wesley M. Brown
FAX: (313) 747-0884
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Graduate Secretary
Richard D. Alexander, PhD Prof.
(313) 764-9520
Ohio State Univ., 1956
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
Human Ethology
b. acoustical communication and systematics of Orthoptera; Darwinism and human behavior
c. Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Katydids (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Tettigoniidae)
Cicadas (Arthropoda:Insecta:Homoptera:Cicadidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Naked Mole Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Bathyurgidae)
Brian A. Hazlett, PhD Prof.
(313) 764-1462
Harvard Univ., 1964
a. Communication
Social Behavior-Aggression
Development/Ontogeny
c. Hermit Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Paguridae)
Crayfish (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Astacidae)
Robert B. Payne, PhD Prof.
(313) 747-2208
Fax: (313) 763-4080
E-mail: rbpayne@umich.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1965
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. bird song development and social function; brood parasitism; mimicry; parental care; popullation biology; speciation
c. Buntings (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Finches (Aves:Passeriformes:Estildidae)
Cuckoos (Aves:Cuculiformes:Cuculidae)
University of Michigan
Psychology
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
CHAIR: Pat Gurin (313) 764-6316
FAX: (313) 764-3520
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Univ. of Mich. Biological Station
CONTACT: Alfred Onimo (313) 747-0932
Kent C. Berridge, PhD Prof.
(313) 763-4365
E-mail: berridge@umich.edu
University of Pennsylvania, 1983
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Feeding/Ingestion
Learning
b. mammalian neuroethology, neural, evolutionary, and developmental controls of action patterns; sensory influences on motor programming;brain mechanisms of maturation and emotion
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Warren Holmes, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(313) 764-6392
E-mail: wholmes@umich.edu
Univ. of Washington, 1979
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. function and development of kin recognition and nepotism; environmental control and timing of reproductive development
c. Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Theresa M. Lee, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(313) 936-1495
Fax: (313) 936-2690
E-mail: terrilee@umich.edu
University of Chicago, 1982
a. Development/Ontogeny
Biological Rhythms
Social Behavior
b. environmental control of annual rhythms of reproduction, hibernation, molt, etc particularly by photoperiod, temperature and diet; environmental and maternal control of seasonal differences in development
c. Meadow Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Jill M. Mateo, PhD
(313) 662-4921
E-mail: jmmateo@umich.edu
Univ. of Michegan, 1995
a. Development/Ontogeny
Communication-Acoustic
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
c. Belding's Ground Squirrel (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Barbara Smuts, PhD Prof.
(313) 747-3931
E-mail: bsmuts@umich.edu
Stanford University, 1982
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. evolution of social relationships; cooperation and reciprocal altruism; sex differences in social relationships; intimate, long-term relationships in comparative perspective, including humans
c. Olive Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Bottlenose Dolphins (Mammalia:Cetacea:Delphinidae)
MINNESOTA
Mankato State University
Biological Sciences
Mankato, MN 56001
CHAIR: Dr. William Bessler (507) 389-2786
FAX: (507) 389-2788
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 5
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 25 TA's
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: basic lab and field ecology; behavioral typed equipment
CONTACT: Dr. William Bessler, Box 34
Merrill J. Frydendall, PhD Prof.
(507) 389-5735
E-mail: Frydendall@MSI.Mankato.edu
Utah Sate Univ., 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Communication-Acoustics
c. Eastern Bluebirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Turdidae)
Tree Swallow (Aves:Passeriformes:Hirundinidae)
Loggerhead Shrike (Aves:Passeriformes:Lanivdae)
White-tailed Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Various (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
University of Minnesota
Ecology and Behavioral Biology
Minneapolis, MN 55455
CHAIR: Patrice Morrow (612) 625-5700
FAX: (612) 624-6777
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 11
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: animal observation rooms; molecular genetics lab; aquatic facilities
CONTACT: Director of Graduate Studies, EEB, or Zoology
Franklin Barnwell, PhD Prof.
(612) 625-4466
Northwestern Univ., 1965
a. Biological Rhythms
b. biological rhythms; tidal rhythms
c. Fiddler Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Ocypodidae)
Frank McKinney, PhD Prof.
(612) 624-6737
Univ. of Bristol, 1953
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Evolution/Survival Value
Communication
b. evolution of mating systems and communication methods
c. Waterfowl (Aves:Anseriformes)
Karen S. Oberhauser, PhD Research Assoc./Adj. Assist. Prof.
(612) 624-6790
E-mail: kober@ecology.umn.edu
Univ. of Minnesota, 1989
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
b. sperm competition and male reproductive investment; transmission and effects of protozoan disease in monarchs; male-male competition and forced copulation in monarchs
c. Monarch Butterfly (Insecta:Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae)
Craig Packer, PhD Prof.
(612) 625-5729
E-mail: IQC6137@vx.cis.umn.edu
Univ. of Sussex, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. evolution of cooperative behavior, sexual selection, territoriality, parental investment
c. Lions (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Richard E. Phillips, PhD Prof.
(612) 624-7238
E-mail: phill001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Cornell Univ., 1959
a. Communication-Acoustic
Endrocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Descriptive Studies/ Natural History
c. DomesticTurkeyl (Aves:Galliformes:Melagrididae)
Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Grasshopper Mouse (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Anne E. Pusey, PhD Prof.
(612) 625-5727
E-mail: pusey001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Stanford Univ., 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. analysis of longterm data and new data collection on Gombe chimps; determinants of social structure; social development
c. Lions (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Peter Sorensen, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(612) 624-4997
E-mail: pws@finsandfur.fw.umn.edu
Univ. of Rhode Island, 1984
a. Communication-Chemical
Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. origins and functions of hormonally derived sex pheromones in fishes; origins of roles of chemical metabolite in guiding the orientation in migrating fishes
c. Goldfish (Pisces:Cypriniformes:Cyprinidae)
Sea Lamprey (Agnatha:Petromyzoniformes:Petromyzontidae)
Raffe (Pisces:Perciformes:Percidae)
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi State University
Biological Sciences
Mississippi State, MS 39762
CHAIR: H. Wayne Dorough (601) 325-7587
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Graduate School Admissions
Jerome A. Jackson, PhD Prof.
(601) 325-3120
Univ. of Kansas, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior
b. foraging, habitat selection, cooperative breeding
c. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Snowy Plovers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Charadriidae)
Red Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Mississippi State University
Wildlife and Fisheries
Mississippi State, MS 39762
CHAIR: Robert D. Brown (601) 325-3133
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: R.D. Brown
George Hurst, PhD Prof.
(601) 325-3133
Mississippi State Univ., 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology-Wildlife
b. wild turkey, quail, deer biology
c. Wild Turkey (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Bobwhite Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
White-tailed deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Harry A. Jacobson, PhD Prof.
(601) 325-3133
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. habitate selection; social behavior
c. White-tailed deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Richard M. Kaminski, PhD Prof.
(601) 325-3133
Michigan State University, 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Social Behavior
b. habitate selection; social behavior of waterfowl
c. Mallard ducks (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Bruce D. Leopold, PhD Prof.
(601) 325-3133
Arizona State University, 1987
a. Behavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. predator-prey interactions
c. Bobcats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
University of Southern Mississippi
Biological Sciences
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5018
CHAIR: B. J. Martin (601) 266-4748
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: B. J. Martin or F. R. Moore
Frank R. Moore, PhD Prof.
(601) 266-4929
Clemson Univ., 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Sensory Mechanisms
Social Behavior
b. orientation/navigation; homing behavior; en route behavioral ecology of migrants
c. Migratory Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Migratory Warblers (Aves:Passeriformes:Parulidae)
Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Terns (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Stephen T. Ross, PhD Prof.
(601) 266-4748
Univ. of South Florida, 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. community ecology; competition
c. Darters (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Percidae)
Minnows (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cypriniformes:Cyprinidae)
MISSOURI
Southwest Missouri State University
Biology
Springfield, MO 65804-0095
CHAIR: Robert Wilkinson (417) 836-5126
FAX: (417) 836-5126
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 5
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: TA's, $5250 OR $7250
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Computer lab
CONTACT: Thomas E. Tomasi
Alicia Matthews, PhD Assist. Prof.
(417) 836-5699
E-mail: SAM477F@vma.smsu.edu
Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, 1989
a. Communication-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
b. behavioral ecology of lower vertebrates, including factors affecting agonistic contests, mating decisions, and predator/prey behavior; role of chemical communication in these interactions
c. Red-Backed Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata:Pethodontidae)
Central Newt (Amphibia:Caudata:Salamandridae)
Ringed Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
Minnows (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinidae)
Sculpins (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cottidae)
University of Missouri at Columbia
Biological Sciences
Columbia, MO 65211
CHAIR: Louis A. Sherman (314) 882-6659
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
CONTACT: John David, Graduate Admissions 314-882-3315
Felix Breden, PhD Assst. Prof.
(314) 882-2688
Univ. of Chicago, 1982
a. Methodology-Theoretical Models
Social Behavior
b. empirical and theoretical studies of group and kin selection
c. Trinidad Guppies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cypriniformes:Poeciliidae)
Chrysomelid Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)
James E. Carrel, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(314) 882-3037
Cornell Univ., 1971
a. Communication-Chemical
b. biosynthesis and defensive use of cantharidins; insect behavior; spider behavior
c. Wolf Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida:Lycosidae)
Blister Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Meloidae)
John Faaborg, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(314) 882-7541
Princeton Univ., 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. behavioral aspects of avian community structure; polyandry
c. Galapagos Hawks (Aves:Falconiformes)
West Indian Birds (Aves)
H. Carl Gerhardt, PhD Prof.
(314) 882-7219
Univ. of Texas, 1970
a. Communication-Auditory
Social Behavior
b. neural and ecological constraints on auditory communication in anurans
c. Tree Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Phillip H.S. Jen, PhD Prof.
(314) 882-7479
Washington Univ., 1974
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
b. neurophysiological and behavioral studies of bat echolocation
c. Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera)
Joel A. Maruniak, PhD Assist. Prof.
(314) 882-2725
Univ. of Texas, 1976
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
b. Neurophysiological and behavioral studies of the mammalian olfactory system
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
William S. Stark, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(314) 882-7473
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1973
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
b. neural and genetic studies of the invertebrate eye utilizing visual system mutations in Drosophila
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
John W. Twente, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(314) 882-2663
Univ. of Michigan, 1954
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Sleep
b. physiological ecology; hibernation; circadian rhythms
c. Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera)
Frederick S. Von Saal, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(314) 882-4367
Rutgers Univ., 1976
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms-Development
b. hormones and behavior; intrauterine position effects on behavior and neural development; infanticide
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of Missouri at Columbia
Psychology
Columbia, MO 65211
CHAIR: Sam C. Brown (314) 882-3675
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Dennis C. Wright or Charles H. Brown
Dennis Wright, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(314) 882-3675
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1970
a. Learning
Neural Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. learning and memory; psychopharmacology; recovery of function
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Todd R. Schachtman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(314) 882-3154
State Univ. of New York at Binghamton, 1985
a. Learning-Memory
Stress
b. context effects on learning; retrieval processes; pavlovian-operant interactions; stress effects on conditions and health
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
University of MIssouri at Columbia
School of Natural Resources, Fisheries and Wildlife Program
Columbia, MO 65211
CHAIR: Erik K. Fritzell (314) 882-3436
FAX: (314) 882-1977
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 35
CONTACT: David L. Galat
Douglas B. Noltie, PhD Assist. Prof.
(314) 882-9421
FAX: (314) 882-1977
University of Western Ontario, 1988
a: Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. reproductive ecology and behavior of freshwater fishes
c. Sunfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes)
Salmon (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes)
Gar (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Lepisosteiformes)
Suckers (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cypriniformes)
Cavefish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Percopsiformes)
University of Missouri at St. Louis
Biology
St.Louis, MO 63121
CHAIR: Lon Wilkens (314) 516-6200
FAX: (314) 516-6233
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 9
CONTACT: Zuleyma Tang-Martinez
Zuleyma Tang-Martinez, PhD Prof.
(314) 516-6498
Fax: (314) 553-6233
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1974
a. Communication-Chemical
Social Behavior-Kin Recognition
Behavioral Ecology-Dispersal
b. chemical communication among vertebrates; kin recognition in vertebrates, including sib and parent offspring; relationships among social behavior, dispersal and population regulation
c. Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Golden Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Mongolian Gerbils (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Prairie Dogs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Garter Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
James H. Hunt, PhD Prof.
(314) 516-6209
University of California, Berkeley, 1973
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. role of nourishment in ontogeny and evolution of insect societies; evolutionary biology of aculeate hymenoptera
c. Social wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Solitary wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Sphecidae)
Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Bette A. Loiselle, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(314) 516-6224
FAX: (314) 553-6233
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987
a. Behavioral Ecology-Plant/Animal Interactions
b. bird-fruit dispersal systems; foraging in fruit-eating birds; altitudinal bird migrations in tropics; bird and tropical forest interactions
c. Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
University of Missouri at St. Louis
Psychology
St.Louis, MO 63121
CHAIR: Gary Burger (314) 516-5391
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Ed Howe
George T. Taylor, PhD Prof.
University of New Mexico, 1971
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior
Drug studies
b. hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular (HPT) axis and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and interactions between HPT and HPA, and effects on social behavior
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
MONTANA
University of Montana
Zoology
Missoula, MT 59812
CHAIR: (406) 243-5122
DEGREES: / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Chairman, Graduate Admissions
Richard L. Hutto, PhD Prof.
(406) 243-4292
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. competition and coexistence; resource partitioning
c. Song Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Wood Warblers (Aves:Passeriformes:Parulidae)
Hummingbirds (Aves:Apodiformes:Trochilidae)
Vireos (Aves:Passeriformes:Vireonidae)
Donald A. Jenni, PhD Prof. Emeritus
(406) 243-5823
Univ. of Florida, 1961
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior
b. evolution and adaptiveness of non-monogamous mating systems; descriptive and experimental field work
c. Jacanas (Aves:Charadriiformes:Jacanidae)
Curlews (Aves:Charadriiformes:Numeniedae)
Big Horn Sheep (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Grouse (Aves:Galliformes:Tetraonidae)
Lee H. Metzger, PhD Research Prof.
(406) 243-2535
Univ. of Michigan, 1968
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Methodology-Theoretical Models
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. behavioral ecology
c. Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Bears (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
NEBRASKA
Creighton University
Biology
Omaha, NE 68178
CHAIR: Theodore Burk (402) 280-2156
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: John Schalles
Theodore Burk, PhD Prof.
(402) 280-2156
Univ. of Oxford, 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. behavioral ecology of communication; sexual selection; orientation
c. Monarch Butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Danaidae)
Fireflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Lampyridae)
Cone-headed Katydids (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Tettigoniidae)
Field Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Psychology
Lincoln, NE 68588-0308
CHAIR: John Berman (402) 472-3721
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPRT AVAILABLE: Yes
OTHER FACULTY: A. Kamil
CONTACT: Daniel W. Leger
Donald D. Jensen, PhD Prof.
(402) 472-3144
Yale Univ., 1958
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Methodology
Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
b. evolution of behavior in lower organisms
c. Ribbon Worms (Nemertina)
Daniel W. Leger, PhD Prof.
(402) 472-3154
Fax: (402) 472-3154
E-mail: dleger@unl.edu
Univ. of California, Davis, 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Communication-Acoustic
Methodology
b. processes of animal communication
c. Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Psychology
Omaha, NE 68182
CHAIR: Kenneth Deffendasher (402) 554-2419
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Jeffrey A. French
Jeffrey A. French, PhD Prof.
(402) 554-2592
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madision, 1982
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Communication-Acoustic
b. sexual communication, reproductive suppression, maintenance of monogamy, referential communication
c. Golden Lion Tamarins (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
Gerbils (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
NEVADA
University of Nevada at Reno
Psychology, Biology
Reno, NV 89557
CHAIR: G.P. Ginsburg (Psych), P. Brussard (Bio) (702) 784-6828
E-MAIL: gardner@unv. edu
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
CONTACT: R. Allen Gardner, Psychology
Joel Berger, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(702) 784-6763
Univ. of Colorado, 1978
a. Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
b. reproductive strategies, sexual selection, interactions of behavior and demography
c. Odd-toed Ungulates (Mammalia:Perissodactyla:Equidae)
Even-toed Ungulates (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
B.T. Gardner, D.Phil. Prof.
(702) 784-6685
Oxford Univ.
a. Communication
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
b. sign language studies of chimpanzees
c. Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Human Children (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
R.A. Gardner, PhD Prof.
(702) 784-6685
E-mail: gardner@unv.edu
Northwestern Univ., 1954
a. Communication
Development/Ontogeny
Learning
b. sign language studies of chimpanzees
c. Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Gary Haynes, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(702) 784-4691
Catholic University of America, 1981
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive studies
Evolution/Survival Value
b. influence of environmental change on large mammals; mortality processes affecting large mammals in arid or semi-arid regions
c. African Elephants (Mammalia:Proboscidea:Elephantidae)
Mammoth/mastodont (Mammalia:Proboscidea:Elephantidae)
Bison (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Wolves (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Stephen H. Jenkins, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(702) 784-6188
Harvard Univ, 1975
a. Behavioral ecology
Evolution/survival value
Feeding/ingestion
b. food selection, hoarding behavior of rodents
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Castoridae)
(Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
(Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
(Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Richard W. Rust, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(702) 784-6188
Univ. of California, Davis, 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. pollination ecology, parental investment, sexual selection in solitary bees
c. Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Gary L. Vinyard, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(702) 784-6188
Univ. of Kansas, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Sensory Mechanisms
Feeding/Ingestion
b. feeding behavior, community ecology of fish and aquatic insects
c. Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dartmouth College
Biological Sciences
Hanover, NH 03755
CHAIR: Richard T. Holmes (603) 646-2078
FAX: (603) 646-1347
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Richard T. Holmes
Carol L. Folt, PhD Assist. Prof.
(603) 646-3107
Univ. of California, Davis, 1982
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Learning
b. aquatic ecology, behavior of zooplankton and fish
c. Cladocerans (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Cladocera)
Copepods (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Copepoda)
Chaoborus (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Chaoboridae)
Bluegill Sunfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
Pumpkinseeds (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
Richard T. Holmes, PhD Prof.
(603) 646-2078
Fax: (603) 646-1347
Univ of California-Berkeley, 1964
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. ecology and behavior of migratory passerine birds in temperate breeding grounds and neotropical winter quarters
c. Migratory passerine birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Dartmouth College
Psychology
Honover, NH 03755
CHAIR: Rogers Elliott (603) 646-3181
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
Catherine P. Cramer, PhD Assist. Prof.
(603) 646-3459
Johns Hopkins Univ., 1982
a. Development/Ontogeny
Feeding/Ingestion
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
b. developmental psychobiology of ingestion, and suckling; mother-offspring interaction; weaning
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of New Hampshire
Psychology
Durham, NH 03824
CHAIR: E. Hagstrom (603) 862-2360
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: William Baum
William Baum, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(603) 862-2360
Harvard Univ., 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Learning-Complex
Learning-Reinforcement
b. foraging; choice; signal detection
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
J.A. Nevin, PhD Prof.
(603) 862-2360
Columbia Univ., 1963
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Learning-Complex
Learning-Reinforcement
b. foraging; choice; signal detection
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of New Hampshire
Zoology Department
Durham, NH 03824
CHAIR: John Sasner (603) 862-2100
FAX: (603) 862-3784
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Shoals Marine Laboratory, Jasckson Estuarine Laboratory, Coastal Marine Laboratory
CONTACT: Michelle Scott
Edwin Grosholtz, PhD Assist. Prof.
(603) 862-4803
E-mail: endwing@hopper.unh.edu
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1990
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Behavioral Ecology
b. alternation of invertebrate host-behavior by parasites; cannibalism, dispersal behavior, and disease transmission; autogenetically variable, intraguide predator-prey interactions
c. Green Crab (Crustacea:Decapoda:Portunidae)
Dungeness Crab (Crustacea:Decapodae:Cancridae)
Horn Snail (Prosobranchia:Megastropoda:Potamididae)
Sowbug (Crustacea:Isopoda:Porcellionidae)
Isopod Iridescent Virus (Iridoviridae)
James F. Haney, PhD Prof.
(603) 862-2105
Univ. of Toronto, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. ideal behaviors of aquatic invertebrates; zooplankton/cyanobacteria interactions and the effects of toxins on zooplankton behavior
c. Daphnia (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
Chaoborus (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera)
Mayfly (Arthropoda:Insecta:Ephemeroptera)
Larry G. Harris, PhD Prof.
(603) 862-3897
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. analysis of invertebrate associations; behavior of marine benthic organisms
c. Nudibranches (Mollusca:Opisthobranchia)
Hydroids (Coelenterata)
Thomas Kocher, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(603) 862-2115
E-mail: tdk@christa.unh.edu
Univ. of Colorado, 1986
a. Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. genetic basis of sexual selection as it relates to rapid speciation in East African Cichlid fish
c. Chichlids (Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
Michelle P. Scott, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(603) 862-4749
E-mail: mps@christa.unh.edu
Harvard Univ., 1984
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. reproductive ecology; the evolution of parental care, sexual selection and parental investment, intra-sexual cooperation in brood care
c. Burying beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Silphidae)
Winsor H. Watson, III, PhD Prof.
(603) 862-2100
Univ. of Massachusetts, 1978
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. modulation of central pattern generators; behavior of horseshoe crabs, lobsters, and nudobranches; biorhythms in marine invertebrates; mechanisms of action of neuropeptides
c. Horseshoe Crabs (Merostomata:Xiphosura:Xiphosuridae)
Nudibranches (Mollusca)
Lobsters (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
NEW JERSEY
Princeton University
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton, NJ 08544-1003
CHAIR: Peter Grant (609) 258-5156
FAX: (609) 258-1334
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 25
CONTACT: Andrew Dobson, Dir. Grad. Studies
Andrew Dobson, PhD Assist. Prof.
(609) 258-2913
Oxford, 1982
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology-Host/Parasite Relations
b. population dynamic consequences of social organization in primates; parasite induced changes in host behavior
c. Birds (Aves:Tetraonidae)
Lemurs (Mammalia:Primates:Lemuridae)
James L. Gould, PhD Prof.
(609) 258-3872
Rockefeller University, 1975
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Learning
b. programming of behavior; sexual selection; innate recognition and innate guidance of learning
c. Honey bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Gulls (Aves)
Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Peter Grant, PhD Prof.
(609) 258-5156
University of British Columbia, 1964
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. ecology, evolution, and behavior of Darwin's Finches
c. Birds (Aves)
Mammals (Mammalia)
Rosemary Grant, PhD Res. Scholar
(609) 258-6290
Uppsala University Sweden, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. ecology, evolution, and behavior of Darwin's Finches
c. Birds (Aves)
Henry S. Horn, PhD Prof.
(609) 258-3835
University of Washington, 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. adaptive patterns of structure, spatial dispersion, movement, and choice
c. Birds (Aves)
Butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera)
Leslia Johnson, PhD Lecturer
(609) 258-3864 (6794)
Univ. of California Berkeley, 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. foraging by eusocial insects; sexual behavior of weevils
c. Stingless bees (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Brentid weevils (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Alison Jolly, PhD Visiting Lecturer
(609) 258-5281
Yale, 1962
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior
b. conservation policy; evolution of primate behavior and intelligence
c. Lemurs (Mammalia:Primates:Lemuridae)
Naomi Pierce, PhD Assist Prof.
(609) 258-6732
Harvard University, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. mutualistic symbioses; costs and benefits for aphids, ants, and caterpillars
c. Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Daniel I. Rubenstein, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(609) 258-5698
Bitnet: DIR@PUCC
Duke University, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Communication
b. ecological determinants of social organization; alternative strategies; modelling of feeding, fighting and sexual behavior
c. Horses (Mammalia:Perissodactyla)
Zebras (Mammalia:Perissodactyla)
Ungulates (Mammalia:Artiodactyla)
Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Spiders (Chelicerata:Arachnidae)
Fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
W. Edward Sullivan, PhD Assist. Prof.
(609) 258-3985
Bitnet: WESULLIV@PUCC
Washington University St. Louis, 1981
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
Communication-Acoustic
b. acoustic information processing in the avian brainstem; processing of species-specific song in zebrafinch forebrain; biophysical modelling of cellular computations
c. Birds (Aves)
Rutgers University
Biological Sciences
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
CHAIR: J.W.C. Bird (201) 932-3970
DEGREES: MS,PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
CONTACT: Ecol: J. Burger, Physiol/Neuro:C. Page
Ronald J. Barfield, PhD Prof.
(201) 932-4270
Univ. of Calif., LA, 1965
a. Communication-Acoustic
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior
b. neuroendocrine regulation of sexual behavior/ aggression; ultrasonic vocalization in rat social behavior
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Joanna Burger, PhD Prof.
(201) 932-4318
Univ. of Minnesota, 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. territoriality; habitat selection; parental; dominance; birds
c. Gulls/Terns (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Shorebirds (Aves:Charadriiformes)
Herons (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ardeidae)
Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes)
Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia)
Rutgers-State University of New Jersey at Newark
Biological Sciences
Newark, NJ 07102
CHAIR: Harvey Feder (201) 648-5347
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Daniel Wilhoft
Harvey H. Feder, PhD Prof. II
(201) 648-5858
Univ. of Oregon, Med. Sch., 1966
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Development/Ontogeny
b. role of steroid hormone-monoamine interactions in organization and activation of sexual behavior
c. Guinea Pigs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Caviidae)
Douglas W. Morrison, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(201) 648-5347
Cornell Univ., 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Evolution/Survival Value
b. social aspects of roosting and foraging behavior in starlings and tropical fruit bats
c. Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera)
Starlings (Aves:Passeriformes:Sturnidae)
Rutgers-State University of New Jersey at Newark
Institute of Animal Behavior, Department of Psychology
Newark, NJ 07102
INSTITUTE DIR.: J.S. Rosenblatt (201) 648-5850
DEPT.CHAIR: H.I. Siegel (201) 648-5440
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT:
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Behavioral measurement facility (event recording, sound analysis, video); computer facilities; animal care
CONTACT: Jay S. Rosenblatt
Colin G. Beer, PhD Prof. II
(201) 648-5854
Oxford Univ., 1960
a. Communication-Acoustic
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Development/Ontogeny
b. communication and social development of gulls
c. Black-headed Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Black-billed Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Laughing Gullss (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Martha Leah Chaiken, PhD Assist. Prof.
(201) 648-5856
E-mail: chaiken@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Rutgers Univ., 1986
a. Communication-Acoustic
Development/Ontogeny
Evolution/Survival Value
b. roles of social and acoustic experience in the development of song in European starlings; neuroethology of song learning; perceptual issues
c. Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Birds (Aves:Columbiformes)
Mei-Fang Cheng, PhD Prof.
(201) 648-5850
Bryn Mawr College, 1965
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Communication
b. neural and endocrine bases of reproductive behavior in birds
c. Ring Doves (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Barry R. Komisaruk, PhD Prof. II
(201) 648-5853/5772
Rutgers Univ., 1965
a. Neural Mechanisms
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. neuroendocrine basis of reproductive behavior and pain modulation
c. Laboratory Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Jay S. Rosenblatt, PhD Prof.
(201) 648-1287 / 5862
Fax: (201) 648-1102
E-mail: jsr@andromeda.rutgers.edu
New York Univ., 1953
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Development/Ontogeny
b. parental care in rats and rabbits; ontogeny of parental care; ontogeny of feeding and home orientation
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Rabbits (Mammalia:Lagomorphia)
Harold I. Siegel, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(201) 648-5399/5440
Rutgers Univ., 1974
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. hormonal basis of maternal, sexual, and aggressive behavior
c. Albino Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Golden Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School
Department of Environmental and Community Medicine
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Michael Gochfeld, MD, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(201) 463-4771
City Univ. of New York, 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Learning
b. behavioral development and behavioral toxicology; habitat selection; sociality
c. Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Terns (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Black Skimmers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Rynchopidae)
Pine Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico State University
Biology
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001
CHAIR: Marvin Bernstein (505) 646-3611
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Marvin Bernstein
Patricia C. Arrowood, PhD Adj. Assist. Prof.
(505) 646-3611
Univ. of California-Davis, 1986
a. Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Aggression
Social Behavior-Sociality
b. duetting in birds; intrapair social interactions; social behavior in flocking birds
c. Canary-Winged Parakeets (Aves:Psittaciformes:Psittacidae)
Budgerigars (Aves:Psittaciformes:Psittacidae)
Chacma Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Anne E. Houde, PhD Assist. Prof.
(505) 646-3611
University of Maryland, 1987
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Genetics
b. evolution of mating preferences; geographic variation in behaivor; genetic basis for variation in behavior
c. Guppies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Poeciliidae)
Birds (Aves)
Daniel J. Howard, PhD Assist. Prof.
(505) 646-4324
Yale University, 1982
a. Behavioral Genetics
Communication-Acoustic
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. speciation; the dynamics of hybrid zones; the evolution of species recognition signals; population structure; the evolution of mating systems; genetics of behavior
c. Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Soldier Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Cantharidae)
Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Tephritidae)
Owls (Aves:Strigiformes:Strigidae)
Naida Zucker, PhD Prof.
(505) 646-1200
Univ. of Illinois, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Dominance
b. environmental influences on social behavior; evolution of mating systems; territoriality; field observations/experimental manipulation of lizards
c. Tree Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Fiddler Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
New Mexico State University
Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
Las Cruces, NM 88003
CHAIR: Charles Davis
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 0
CONTACT: Charles Davis
Raul Valdez, PhD Prof.
(505) 646-1544
Texas A & M, 1970
a. Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Aggression
b. managemant implication of social behavior; mother-offspring relationships
c. Wild Sheep (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Wild Goats (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
University of New Mexico
Biology
Albuquerque, NM 87131
CHAIR: Dr. Terry Yates (505) 277-3411
FAX: (505) 277-0304
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: animal observation rooms; aquarium rooms
CONTACT: Ms. Vivian Kent
Astrid Kodric-Brown, PhD Prof.
(505) 277-9336
E-mail: kodric@unm.edu
Univ. of Southern California, 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. use of videoimaging and animation techniques to study suites of sexually-selected traits in fishes; mating systems; territoriality; evolution of premating isolating mechanisms
c. Pupfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Atheriniformes:Cyprinodontidae)
Guppies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Atheriniformes:Poeciliidae)
NEW YORK
Binghamton University
Biological Sciences
Binghamton, NY 13902
CHAIR: Dr. Sandra D. Michael (607) 777-6211
FAX: (607) 777-6521
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 13
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: fenced field research facility; aviaries; indoor animal rooms; video analysis/playback equipment
CONTACT: Dr. David Murrish, Dir. Graduate Studies (607-777-2151)
Anne B. Clark, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(607) 777-6228
E-mail: aclark@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu
Univ. of Chicago, 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology
Seocial Behavior-Parent/Filial Interactions
Development/Ontogeny
b. parent-offspring interactions and allocation of resources in birds; individual differences (esp. Shy-bold) in behavior; behavioral development, pre- and post-natal
c. Red-Wigned Blackbird (Aves:Passeriformes)
Budgerigar (Aves:Psittaciformes)
Dale M. Madison, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(607) 777-2397
Univ. of Maryland, 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Communication-Chemical
b. behavioral ecology and social behavior of terrestrial vertebrates with an emphasis on caudate amphibia and chemical basis of interactions
c. Spotted Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomidae)
Red-Backed Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata:Plethodontidae)
Garter Snake (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Hellbender (Amphibia:Caudata:Cryptobranchidae)
Green Frog (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Julian Shepherd, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(607) 777-6538
E-mail: jsheper@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu
Harvard Univ., 1972
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
c. Various insects (Insecta:Depidoptera)
Nancy Stamp, PhD Prof.
(607) 777-6533
E-mail: fac223@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu
Univ. of Maryland, 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology
Feeding/Ingestion
b. effects of hostplant chemistry, insect predators, and temperature on foraging behavior of caterpillars
c. Caterpillars (Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Insect Predators (Insecta:Hemiptera)
Insect Predaotrs (Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Stim Wilcox, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(607) 777-2423
E-mail: fac 273@bingvmb.cc.binghamton.edu
Univ. of Michegan, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Communication
Social Behavior-Mating Strategies
c. Water Striders (Insecta:Gettidae)
Jumping Spiders (Chelicarata:Arachnida)
Stoneflies (Insecta:Plecoptera:Ephemeroptera)
Mayflies (Insecta:Plecoptera:Ephemeroptera)
Largemouth Bass (Pisces)
David Sloan Wilson, PhD Prof.
(607) 777-4393
E-mail: dwilson@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu
Michegan State Univ., 1975
a. Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Pisces:Centrarchidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
City University of New York/City College
Biology
New York, NY 10031
CHAIR: Linda Mantel (212) 650-6801
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: J.J. Lee
Joseph G. Griswold, PhD Prof.
(212) 650-8461
Pennsylvania State Univ., 1971
a. Applied Ethology-Companion Animals
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
b. Behavior development, especially social behavior and communication in dogs; social behavior in birds and mammals
c. Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Wild Pigs (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Suidae)
Sally Hoskins, PhD Assist. Prof.
(212) 650-8573
Univ. of Chicago, 1982
a. Development/Ontogeny
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. hormonal control of cellular and molecular development of the frog visual system associated with metamorphosis
c. South African Clawed Frog (Amphibia:Salientia)
Olivia McKenna, PhD Prof.
(212) 650-8496
Boston Univ., 1968
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Neural Mechanisms
b. neuroanatomical techniques; light and electron microscopy; 2 DG metabolic mapping; anterograde and retrograde tracing techniques
c. Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Carol A. Simon, PhD Prof.
(212) 650-8461
Univ. of Calif., Riverside, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Communication
b. territoriality; resource usage; chemical communication; social spacing
c. Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria)
Sanya A. Springfield, PhD Assist. Prof.
(212) 650-8449
Howard Univ., 1982
a. Neural Mechanisms
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. neuro-electrophysiology/neuropharmacology
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Josh Wallman, PhD Prof.
(212) 650-8459
Tufts Univ., 1972
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Development/Ontogeny
Motor Systems
b. development of optokinetic eye movements; evolution of saccadic eye movements
c. Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Frogmouths (Aves:Caprimulgiformes:Podargidae)
Raptors (Aves:Falconiformes)
Rhesus Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
City University of New York/Hunter College
Doctoral Subprogram in Biopsychology
New York, NY 10021
CHAIR: Peter Moller (212) 772-5621
FAX: (212) 769-5620
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 39
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Graduate center (computing facilities); field station of the American Museum of Natural History (Portal Arizona)
OTHER FACULTY: M. Chodorow, R. Fried, V. Valian
CONTACT:
Gordon Bazz, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(212) 772-5610
Carnegie-Mellon Univ., 1975
a. Development/Ontogeny
Drug Studies
Neural Mechanisms
b. neurochemical basis of behavioral changes that occur during development and how these neural systems differ or remain the same
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Sheila Chase, PhD Prof.
(212) 772-5617
Brooklyn College, 1967
a. Learning-Cognition
b. animal cognition; pattern perception
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
James Gordon, PhD Prof.
(212) 772-5569
Brown Univ., 1969
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
b. color and pattern vision in adult humans, neonate humans, turtles and frogs
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Emydidae)
Cheryl F. Harding, PhD Prof.
(212) 772-5047
Rutgers Univ., 1975
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroendocrinology
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. role of androgen metabolism in regulation male social behavior; social behavior in the zebra finch
c. Zebra Finches (Aves:Passeriformes:Estrilidae)
Redwinged Blackbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Myron Hofer, PhD Adj Prof.
(212) 960-5692
Harvard Medical School, 1958
a. Development/Ontogeny
b. biospsychology of develop
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Victoria Luine, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(212) 772-4223
SUNY at Buffalo, 1971
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurochemistry
b. neurochemistry of reproduction memory and aging
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Susan Karp Manning, PhD Prof.
(212) 772-5560
Univ. of Calif., Riverdale, 1971
a. Learning-Cognition
Learning-Memory
b. short-term memory suffix effects
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Peter Moller, PhD Prof.
(212) 769-5841
Fax: (212) 769-5642
E-mail: pemo@amnh.org
Freie Universitat, Berlin, 1967
a. Communication
Behavioral Ecology
Endrocrine/Hormonal Interactions
b. multisensory contorl of communication and spatial organization in electric fish; effects of hormones on morphology and behavior (weakly electric fish); orientation in spiders
c. Baby Whales (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Mormyriformes:Mormyridae)
Electric Catfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Siluriformes:Malapteruridae)
Elephant-nose Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Osteoglossiformes:Mormyridae)
Funnel Web Spiders (Chelicerata:Arachnida:Agenlinidae)
Stanley Novak, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(212) 772-5625
Columbia Univ., 1962
a. Sensory Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Psychophysiology
b. border contrast; simultaneous contrast; visual illusions
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
John Oats, PhD Prof.
(212) 772-5473
University of London, 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. field studies of primate ecology
c. Black and White colobus monkey (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Rain-forest monkeys (Mammalia:Primates)
Karyl Brotton Swartz, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(212) 960-8478
Brown Univ., 1977
a. Learning-Cognition
b. perceptual, cognitive, and socialexperiential factors that underlie the development of social perception in primates
c. Macaque monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Ethel Tobach, PhD Curator Emerita
(212) 787-4867
New York University, 1957
a. Social Behavior
b. social, emotional behavior in primates and other species in zoos and natural habitats
c. Precocial desert rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Rattus)
Robert L. Thompson, PhD Prof. Emeritus
(212) 772-5533
Columbia Univ., 1959
a. Learning-Conditioning
Learning-Cognition
b. self-recognition in primates; experimental analysis of behavior
c. Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Chinchillas (Mammalia:Rodentia:Chinchillidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Howard Topoff, PhD Prof.
(212) 772-5677
City Univ. of New York, 1968
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
b. social insect behavior
c. Slave-making Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Army Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Gerald Turkewitz, PhD Prof.
(212) 772-5616
New York University, 1967
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Development/Ontogeny
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. early development; effects of malnutrition; sensory and inter-sensory function
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
H.P. Zeigler, PhD Prof.
(212) 873-5363
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1958
a. Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms-Somatosensory
Feeding/Ingestion
b. motor control; motivation; feeding
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
New York, NY 10027
CHAIR: Robert Krauss (212) 280-3949
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Nori Geary / Herbert Terrace
Peter Balsam, PhD Prof.
(212) 280-2196
Univ. NC 1975
a. Learning
Development/Ontogeny
b. conditioning, development of feeding
c. Ring Doves (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Nori Geary, PhD Assist. Prof.
(212) 280-2196
Brown Univ., 1978
a. Feeding/Ingestion
Neural Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. endocrine/metabolic relations of feeding/neuropharmacology of cocaine addiction
c. Albino Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
John Gibbon, PhD Prof.
(212) 280-3302
Columbia Univ., 1965
a. Learning
Behavioral Etiology
b. animal cognition-- timing and time perception
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Warren H. Meck, PhD Assist. Prof.
(212) 280-3057
Brown Univ., 1982
a. Learning
Development/Ontogeny
Neural Mechanisms
b. animal cognition: timing, time perception, spatial abilities
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Rue Silver, PhD Prof.
(212) 280-3930
1972
a. Biological Rhythms
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms-Brain Transplants
c. Ring Doves (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Herbert S. Terrace, PhD Prof.
(212) 280-4545
Harvard Univ., 1961
a. Learning
Behavioral Ecology
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rhesus Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Christina L. Williams, PhD Assist. Prof.
(212) 280-2329
Rutgers Univ., 1980
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Neural Mechanisms
b. developmental psychobiology of motivated behavior
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Cornell University
Entomology
Ithaca, NY 14853
CHAIR: Maurice Tauber (607) 255-7723
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 17
CONTACT: E. W. Cupp
Roger A. Morse, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-5443
Cornell Univ., 1955
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Swarming
Social Behavior-Kin Recognition
b. social behavior of honey bees
c. Honey Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Cornell University
Neurobiology and Behavior
Ithaca, NY 14853
CHAIR: Andrew H. Bass
FAX: (607) 254-4308
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Thomas D. Seeley
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-6305
University of Pennsylvania, 1971
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. hormones and sexual behavior in birds; sexual differentiation; comparative studies of hormones and behavior
c. Zebra finches (Aves:Passeriformes:Estrilidae)
Japanese quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Kraig Adler, PhD Prof.
(607) 254-4392
E-mail: kka4@cornell.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology
Sensory Mechanisms
Evolution/Survival Value
c. Amphibians (Amphibia)
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Andrew H. Bass, PhD Prof.
(607) 254-4340
Univ. of Michigan, 1979
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Communication-Acoustic
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
b. functional morphology of the vertebrate nervous system; hormonal influences on the development of sexual dimorphisms in brain and behavior
c. Midshipman (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Batrachoidiformes:Batrachoididae)
Wrasses (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Labridae)
Robert R. Capranica, ScD Prof.
(607) 255-3594
Cornell University, 1964
a. Communication-Acoustic
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
b. neural basis of animal sound communication; species-specific vocal communication
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia)
Thomas Eisner, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-4464
Fax: (607) 255-8088
Harvard Univ., 1955
a. Communication-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Evolution/Survival Value
b. studies behavioral, chemical and biochemical aspects of the chemical interactions of insects and of insects with plants
c. Bombardier Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Carabidae)
Stephen T. Emlen, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-4751
Univ. of Michigan, 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Social Behavior
c. White-fronted Bee-eaters (Aves:Passeriformes:Meropidae)
Wattled Jacanas (Aves:Passeriformes:Jacanidae)
Indigo Buntings (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Bruce P. Halpern, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-6433
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Communication-Chemical
b. taste-dependent behavior; neural mechanisms of taste; taste-dependent decision
c. Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Army Worms (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Carl D. Hopkins, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-2259
FAX: (607) 255-8088
Rockefeller Univ., 1972
a. Communication
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Sensory Mechanisms-Electrical
b. mechanisms of electrical communication and orientation in fish; species recognition; information processing by sensory systems
c. Electric Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Mormyriformes:Mormyridae)
Electric Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Mormyriformes:Gymnarchidae)
Electric Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinifrmes:Gymnotidae)
Howard C. Howland, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-4716
FAX: (607) 255-8088
Cornell Univ., 1968
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
b. photorefractive methods of determining focusing ability in children; corneal topography in humans; physiological optics in various species, particularly myopia and eye growth in chickens
c. Human Infants (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Humboldt Penguins (Aves:Sphenisciformes:Spheniscidae)
Crocodiles (Reptilia:Crocodilia)
Flashlight Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Beryciformes:Anomalopidae)
Ron Hoy, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-7473
FAX: (607) 255-8088
Stanford Univ., 1968
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Communication-Acoustic
Neural Mechanisms
b. neural basis of acoustic behavior in crickets
c. Field Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Katydids (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Tettigoniidae)
Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Med-Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Tephritidae)
Anne M. Schneiderman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(607) 255-3848
Fax: (607) 255-8088
Bitnet: AMSY@CORNELLA
Harvard University, 1984
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Development/Ontogeny
Behavioral Genetics
b. mechanisms of action of genes necessary for development of identified neural synapses and muscles during insect metamorphosis; development of flight neuromuscular system
c. Drosophila (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera)
Tobacco Hornworms Manduca sexta (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Sphingidae)
Thomas D. Seeley, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-6574
FAX: (607) 255-8088
Harvard Univ., 1978
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Communication
b. insect social life, cooperation and conflict, communication, division of labor, social organization especially of honey bees
c. Honey Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymeroptera:Apidae)
Dwarf Honeybees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Eastern Hive Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Giant Honeybees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Paul W. Sherman, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(607) 255-4333
Univ. of Michigan, 1976
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sociality
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. animal social behavior; mating systems; kinship; cooperation & conflict
c. Belding's Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Idaho Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Naked Mole-Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Bathyurgidae)
Bank Swallows (Aves:Passeriformes:Hirundinidae)
Wood Ducks (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Charles Walcott, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-4382
Cornell Univ., 1959
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Communication-Acoustic
b. sensory basis of animal orientation;
c. Homing Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Cornell University
Physiology - NYS College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
CHAIR: David Robertshaw (607) 253-3854
FAX: (607) 253-3851
DEGREES: PhD, MS / ENROLLMENT: 3
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Linda Griswold, Field Secretary
Katherine A. Houpt, PhD Prof.
(607) 253-3450
Fax: (607) 253-38469
E-mail: kah3@cornell.edu
Univ. of Penn., 1972
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial Interactions
Animal Welfare
b. welfare aspects of estrogen-producing mares (PMU); improvement of housing for laboratory dogs
c. Horses (Mammalia:Perissodactyla)
Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Cornell University
Psychology
Ithaca, NY 14853
CHAIR: Dr. Bruce Halpern (607) 255-5607
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT:13
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: animal housing facilites. Compter systems, sound analysis, chemical analysis
OTHER FACULTY: A. Bass, E. Bass, T. DeVoogd, B. Finlay, D. Levitsky, B. Strupp
CONTACT: Tom Gilovich, Graduate Faculty Representative
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-6304
Fax: (607) 255-8433
E-mail: er12@cornell.edu
Univ. of Penn., 1971
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
b. hormonal influences on the develoment of sexually dimorphic behavior, including mate choice
c. Zebra Finch (Aves:Passeriformes:Estrildidae)
Japanese Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Robert E. Johnston, PhD Prof.
(607) 255-6436
Fax: (607) 255-3488
E-mail: rej1@cornell.edu
Rockefeller Univ., 1970
a. Communication-Chemical
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Social Behavior
b. pheromones and olfactory communication; social recognition processes-species, kin, individual, sex, reproductive state; neural mechanisms of social recognition; evolution of social communication
c. Golden Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Djungarian Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Meadow Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Turkish Hamster (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve & Biological Research Station
Rensselaer, NY 12147
CHAIR: (518) 797-3440
DEGREES: / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: Richard L. Wyman
Richard L. Wyman, PhD Exec. Director (518) 797-3440
Illinois State University, 1973
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. factors influencing ontogeny of social behavior and behavioral ecology of fish and amphibians
c. Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Plethodontidae)
Cichlid Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
Rockefeller University
Animal Behavior Laboratory
New York, NY 10021
CHAIR: (212) 570-8657
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT:
C.A. Ristau, PhD Res. Assoc.
(212) 570-8657
Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1974
a. Learning-Cognition
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Communication-Acoustic
b. cognitive ethology; injury feigning; behavior of birds; critiques of ape cognition and language studies; communication of fireflies; chem. comm.
c. Fireflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Lampyridae)
Piping Plovers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Charadriidae)
Apes (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Rockefeller University
Field Research Center for Ethology and Ecology
Millbrook, NY 12545
CHAIR: Fernando Nottebohm
FAX: (914) 677-6491
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Field Research Center; neuroethology and neurophysiology labs, endocrine lab, acoustic lab
CONTACT: P. Tellerday, Secretary
Scott Creel, PhD Assist. Prof.
(914) 677-5356
E-mail: sccreel@vassar.edu
Purdue Univ., 1991
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
b. evolution of social behavior, particularly cooperative breeding and reproductive suppression of social subordinates; group size and cooperative hunting; conservation and ecology of wild dogs
c. African Wild Dog (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Dwarf Mongoose (Mammalia:Carnivora:Herpestidae)
Lion (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Spotted Hyena (Mammalia:Carnivora:Hyaenidae)
State University of New York at Albany
Biological Sciences
Albany, NY 12222
CHAIR: Jon Jacklet (518) 442-4300
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: Jon Jacklet; Ken Able
Kenneth P. Able, PhD Prof.
(518) 442-4330
Univ. of Georgia, 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Biological Rhythms
Evolution/Survival Value
c. Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Jerram L. Brown, PhD Prof.
(518) 442-4349
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1960
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Sociobiology
Social Behavior
b. animal social systems; ecology of helping; mating systems; spacing
c. Birds (Aves)
Thomas Caraco, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(518) 442-4343
Syracuse Univ., 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Methodology-Theoretical Models
c. Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Douglas F. Fraser, PhD Prof.- Siena College
(518) 783-4144
Univ. of Maryland, 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. effect of predators on habitat-use patterns; response of prey to predation risk
c. Minnows (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cypriniformes:Cyprinidae)
Sticklebacks (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Gasterosteiformes:Gasterosteidae)
Guppies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Poeciliidae)
Jon Jacklett, PhD Prof.
(518) 442-4300
Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, 1967
a. Biological Rhythms
Neural Mechanisms
Learning
b. neurobiology of circadian pacemakers; neurobiology of adaptive behavior
c. Sea Hares (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Anaspidea)
Larry G. Mason, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(518) 442-4333
Univ. of Kansas, 1964
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior
b. sexual selection; behavioral sexual dimorphism
c. Ambush Bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera:Phymatidae)
Soldier Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Cantharidae)
Margaret M. Stewart, PhD Dist.Teach.Prof
(518) 442-4348
Cornell Univ., 1956
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. population ecology and behavior of tropical and temperate anurans
c. Puerto Rican Coquis (Amphibia:Salientia:Leptodactylidae)
Green Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Mink Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Suzannah Bliss Tieman, PhD Adj. Assoc. Prof.
(518) 457-4911
Stanford Univ., 1974
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Development/Ontogeny
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. development of visual abilities in mammals and effects thereon of early experience
c. Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
State University of New York at Albany
Psychology
Albany, NY 12222
CHAIR: Robert Rosellini (518) 442-4820
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: Bruce Dudek
Bruce C. Dudek, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(518) 442-4824
SUNY,Binghamton, 1978
a. Behavioral Genetics
Drug Studies
Neural Mechanisms-Neurochemistry
b. individual differences in response to alcohol, their genetic bases, and neurochemical mechanisms for their expression.
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Gordon G. Gallup, Jr., PhD Prof.
(518) 442-4852
Washington State Univ., 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Social Behavior
b. self-recognition; open field behav; tonic immobility
c. Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Rhesus Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
N. Bruce McCutcheon, PhD Assist. Prof.
(518) 442-4836
Brown Univ., 1968
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Neural Mechanisms-Brain Stimulation
b. taste quality recognition; brain mechanisms of stress reductions
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Robert A. Rosellini, PhD Prof.
(518) 442-4821
DePaul Univ., 1974
a. Learning-Complex
Learning-Reinforcement
Learning-Helplessness
b. learned helplessness
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Bruce B. Svare, PhD Prof.
(518) 442-4848
Rutgers Univ., 1976
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Aggression
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
b. hormones and aggressive behavior
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
State University of New York at Brockport
Biological Sciences
Brockport, NY 14420
CHAIR: D.C. Smith (716) 395-2193
DEGREES: M.S. / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: D.C. Smith
James M. Haynes, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(716) 395-5750
Univ. of Minnesota, 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. habitat selection; orientation
c. Salmon (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes:Salmonidae)
Trout (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes:Salmonidae)
Black Basses (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
Sturgeon (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Acipenseriformes:Acipenseridae)
Edward E. Southwick, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(716) 395-2193
Washington State Univ., 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Genetics
Communication
b. biology of honey bees; comparative physiology; heat transfer (physical, physiological, and behavioral aspects)
c. Honey Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
State University of New York at Buffalo
Anthropology
Amherst, NY 14261
CHAIR: A.T. Steegmann (716) 636-2414
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Mrs. Jean Grela
C.M. Berman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(716) 636-2087
Univ. of Cambridge, UK, 1979
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Evolution/Survival Value
b. social and demographic factors influencing maternal behavior and social development among free-ranging monkeys
c. Rhesus Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
State University of New York at Buffalo
Psychology
Buffalo, NY 14226
CHAIR: S> Shrauger (716) 636-3650
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: E.M. Hull, Director of Biopsychology Program
M.A. Bozarth, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(716) 636-3005
Concordia Univ., 1982
a. Neural Mechanisms-Brain Chemical Stimulation
b. chemical brain stimulation and reward and addiction
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Elaine M. Hull, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(716) 636-3692
Indiana Univ., 1967
a. Neural Mechanisms-Brain Chemical Stimulation
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. chemical brain stimulation and male sex behavior
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Mark B. Kristal, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(716) 636-3691
Kansas State Univ., 1971
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Social Behavior
b. physiological bases of maternal behavior; placentophagia; ingestion; learning
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
C.J. Smith, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(716) 636-3692
McGill Univ., 1954
a. Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms-Brain Lesions
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Environmental and Forest Biology
Syracuse, NY 13210
CHAIR: Robert L. Burgess (315) 470-6749
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 16
CONTACT: Robert Burgess or R. Frey
Frank E. Kurczewski, PhD Prof., Curator
(315) 470-6753
Cornell Univ., 1964
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Evolution/Survival Value
b. coevolution of solitary wasps and satellite-flies; cleptoparasitism of solitary wasps by miltogrammine flies; comparative behav. of solitary wasps
c. Digger Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Sphecidae)
Satellite Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Sarcophagidae)
Solitary Wasp (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Pompilidae)
Dietland Muller-Schwarze, PhD Prof.
(315) 470-6801
Max-Planck Inst., 1963
a. Communication-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology
Play
b. foraging; wildlife; bioassay of mammalian pheromones (chemical ecology); mammal-plant interaction
c. Beavers (Mammalia:Rodentia:Castoridae)
Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Roy A. Norton, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(315) 470-6752
SUNY, Coll. Env. Sci. For., 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. ecology, systematics and behavior of soil arachnids, particularly mites
c. Mites (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Acarina)
Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida)
Neil H. Ringler, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(315) 470-6770
Univ. of Michigan, 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Applied Ethology-Fisheries
b. behav aspects of foraging; ind. variation; contribution to population/community dynamics; role of vert. predators in structuring invert. populations
c. Trout and Salmon (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes:Salmonidae)
Burbot (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Gadiformes:Gadidae)
Bullhead (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Siluriformes:Ictaluridae)
Sunfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
William M. Shields, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(315) 470-6771
Ohio State Univ., 1979
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Communication
Social Behavior
b. evolution of dispersal mating patterns; communication; social behavior in general; social behavior and ecology of the barn swallow
c. Swallows (Aves:Passeriformes:Hirundinidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia)
Butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Psychology Department, Biopsychology Program
Stony Brook, NY 11794
CHAIR: John Neale, Acting Head (516) 246-6185
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: William Morrison, Director of Graduate Training
Emil W. Menzel, Jr., PhD Prof.
(516) 246-6828
Vanderbilt Univ., 1958
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Communication
Learning
b. primate behavior
c. Marmosets (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
Heywood M. Petry, PhD Assist. Prof.
(516) 246-6181
Brown Univ., 1981
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Neural Mechanisms
Development/Ontogeny
b. color vision in mammals; neuroanatomy and physiology of visual pathways; development and plasticity of visual mechanisms
c. Tree Shrews (Mammalia:Primates:Tupaiidae)
Everett J. Wyers, PhD Prof.
(516) 246-4096
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1955
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Learning
Social Behavior
b. learning/cognitive behav/adaptation; aggression: assessment & behav strategies; behav variation: individual & circadian effects; habituation/extinction
c. Anabantoid Fishes(Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Belontiidae)
Zebra Finches (Aves:Ploceidae:Estrilidae)
Earthworms (Annelida:Oligochaeta:Lumbricidae)
Syracuse University
Biology Department
Syracuse, NY 13210
CHAIR: H.R. Levy
FAX: (315) 443-2156
DEGREES: PhD, MS / ENROLLMENT: 6
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Larry L. Wolf
F. Reed Hainsworth, PhD Prof.
(315) 423-2155
Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. optimal foraging; sex allocation; control of feeding
c. Hummingbirds (Aves:Apodiformes:Trochilidae)
Geese (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Plants (Dicots)
W.T. Starmer, PhD Prof.
(315) 423-2154
Univ. of Arizona, 1972
a. Behavioral Genetics
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
b. larval substrate foraging preferences in Fruit Flies using cactus ad yeasts
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Larry L. Wolf, PhD Prof.
(315) 423-3956
E-mail: wolf@mailbox.syr.edu
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. sexual selection; experience and aggression; information and behavioral choices; mating and oviposition behavior; life histories
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Langur (Mammalia:
Willow Leaf Beetle (Insecta)
Live-Bearer Fish (Pisces)
Hermaphroditic Fish (Pisces)
NORTH CAROLINA
Duke University
Biological Anthtopology and Anatomy
Durham, NC 27706
CHAIR: Richard Kay (919) 490-6286
FAX: (919) 490-5394
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 22
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 4 fellowships/yr
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: access to worldwide field sites
CONTACT: Director of Graduate study
Kenneth Glander, PhD Prof. / Dir. Duke Univ. Primate Center
(919) 489-3364
E-mail: glander@acpub.duke.edu
Univ. of Chicago, 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Feeding/Ingestion
c. Mantled Howling Monkey (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Sifaka (Mammalia:Primates:Indridae)
Hapalemur (Mammalia:Primates:Lemuridae)
Frances White, PhD Assist. Prof.
(919) 490-6286
E-mail: fjwhite@acpub.duke.edu
State Univ. of New York, 1986
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Sociality
Social Behavior
b. primate behavior and ecology
c. Pygmy Chimpanzee (Mammalia:Primate:Hominidae)
Ruffled Lemur (Mammalia:Primates:Lemuridae)
Ringtailed Lemur (Mammalia:Primates:Lemuridae)
Brown Lemur (Mammalia:Primates:Lemuridae)
Duke University
Psychology
Durham, NC 27706
CHAIR: Warren G. Hall (919) 684-4321
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Carl J. Erickson
Carl J. Erickson, PhD Prof.
(919) 684-8837
Rutgers Univ., 1965
a. Social Behavior
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Evolution/Survival Value
b. social induction of hormone secretion as it pertains to species-specific patterns of adaption
c. Ring Doves (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Damselflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Odonata:Zygoptera)
John Staddon, PhD Prof.
(919) 684-3449
1964
a. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Learning
b. operant conditioning
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Duke University
Department of Zoology
Durham, NC 27706
CHAIR: M. Rausher (919) 684-3991
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Primate Center
CONTACT: Any faculty
Peter Klopfer, PhD Prof.
(919) 684-3991
Fax: (919) 684-6168
E-mail: phk@acpub.duke.edu
Yale Univ., 1957
a. Communication
Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
b. maternal and aggressive behavior; communication; plant-animal interaction; behavioral ecology
c. Prosimians (Mammalia:Primates)
Fishes (Pisces)
Birds (Aves)
Lizards (Reptilia)
Various Terrestrial and Marine Invertebrates
Stephen Nowicki, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(919) 684-6950
E-mail: snowicki@acpub.duke.edu
Cornell Univ., 1984
a. Communication
Social Behavior
Neural Mechanisms
b. function, perception, and development of complex signals; mechanisms of signal production
c. Song Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes)
Swamp Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes)
Black-Capped Chickadee (Aves:Passeriformes)
White-Throated Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes)
Mark D. Rausher, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(919) 684-2295
Cornell University, 1978
a. Behavioral Genetics
Learning
b. plant herbivore interactions; foraging behavior
c. Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
North Carolina State University
Zoology
Raleigh, NC 27695-7614
CHAIR: Harold Heatwole (919) 737-2741
FAX: (919) 515-5327
WEBSITE: http://www2.nscu.edu/nscu/cals/zoology
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 25
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: variable; $10,500-$12,000/yr
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Animal building under construction, finished 1996
CONTACT: Melanie Hassler, Graduate Secretary (melanie_hassler@ncsu.edu or 919-515-3273)
James F. Gilliam, Dir. of Graduate Programs
(james_gilliam@ncsu.edu or 919-515-2589)
George Barthalamus, PhD Prof.
(919) 516-2614
E-mail: george_barthalamus@ncsu.edu
Pennsylvania State Univ., 1970
a. Neural Mechanisms
Behavioral Ecology
Drug Studies
b. neurochemical correlates and chemical ecology of antipredation in the Pipidae (Xenopus laevis and Pipa pipa)
c. African Clawed frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Pipidae)
Surinam Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Pipidae)
Northern Water Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Black Water Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Common/Brown Water Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Phillip D. Doerr, PhD Prof.
(919) 515-2065
E-mail: phil_doerr@ncsu.edu
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Evolution/Survival Value
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. foraging habitat requirements; homerange and territory use by Redcockded Woodpeckers; integration of environmental models with spatially explicit demographic models
c. Redcockaded Woodpecker (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Bobwhite Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
James F. Gilliam, PhD Prof.
(919) 515-2589
E-mail: james_gilliam@ncsu.edu)
Michegan State University, 1982
a. Behavioral Eology-Predator/Prey Interaction
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Methodology-Theoretical Models
b. behavioral decisions when under predation hazard (feeding, habitat selection, reproduction dispersal); movement among fragmented populations
c. Hart's Rivulus (Osteichtyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Rivulidae)
Guppy (Osteichtyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Poeciliidae)
Creek Chub (Osteichtyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Cyprinidae)
Harold Heatwole, PhD, DSc Prof.
(919) 515-2741
E-mail: harold_heatwole@ncsu.edu
Univ. of Michegan, 1960
Univ. of New England, 1981
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. community ecology (desert, island, and Antarctica); ecology of ants; herpetology
c. Cottonmouth (Reptilia:Squamota:Viperidae)
Copperhead (Reptilia:Squamota:Viperidae)
Brown Booby (Aves:Sulidae)
Masked Booby (Aves:Sulidae)
Roger A. Powell, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(919) 515-4561
E-mail: newf@nscu.edu
Univ. of Chicago, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. effects of limiting resources on behavior
c. Weasels (Mammalia:Carnivora:Mustelidae)
Black Bears (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
James A. Rice, PhD
(919) 515-4592
E-mail: jim_rice@ncsu.edu
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
c. Spot (Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Sciaenidae)
Southern Flounder (Osteichthyes:Pleuronectiformes:Bothidae)
Largemouth Bass (Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
Bluegill (Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cantrarchidae)
Atlantic Menhaden (Ostheichthyes:Cluperiformes:Cluperdae)
Theodore R. Simons, PhD Assist. Prof.
(919) 515-5327
E-mail: tsimons@ncsu.edu
Univ. of Washington, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Evolution/Survival Value
b. avian ecology; conservation biology; wildlife biology
c. Migratory Songbirds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Dark-rumped Petrel (Aves:Passeriformes:Procellariidae)
Wood Thrush (Aves:Passeriformes:Muscicapidae)
John G. Vandenbergh, PhD Prof.
(919) 515-5174
(919) 515-2698
E-mail: vandenbergh@ncsu.edu
Pennsylvania State Univ., 1965
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Communication-Chemical
b. examining the role of interactive position on reproduction in mice; influence of primary pheromones on reproduction; methods for control of pest rodents
c. House Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pine Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Jeffrey R. Walters, PhD Assist. Prof.
(919) 737-2741
Univ. of Chicago, 1980
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Evolution/Survival Value
b. cooperative breeding in birds; reproductive biology of precocial birds; primate intragroup social behavior
c. Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Yellow Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Lapwings (Aves:Charadriiformes:Charadriidae)
Plovers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Charadriidae)
Sanderlings (Aves:Charadriiformes:Scolopacidae)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Biology
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
CHAIR:
FAX: (919) 962-1625
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: facilities for bioacoustic and biomagnetic research; OTS membership
CONTACT: Director of Graduate Studies
Helmut C. Mueller, PhD Prof.
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1962
a. Behavioral Ecology
Development/Ontogeny
b. predator/prey interactions; migration/orientation; evolution
c. Birds (Aves)
Birds of Prey (Aves:Falconiformes)
Owls (Aves:Strigiformes)
Leslie A. Real, PhD Prof.
(919) 962-1350
Univ. of Michigan, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Learning-Cognition
Learning-Memory
b. descision-making under uncertainty; pollinator-plant interactions; evolutionary ecology of learning and memory; sexual selection and mote choice
c. Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Bumble bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Apidae)
Carpenter bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Anthophoridae)
Honeybees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Apidae)
R. Haven Wiley, PhD Prof.
(919) 962-1340
Rockefeller Univ., 1970
a. Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
b. adaptations in communication; mate choice and mating systems; cooperative breeding
c. Birds (Aves)
Frogs (Amphibia)
Primates (Mammalia:Primates)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Psychology
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
CHAIR: David Galinski (919) 962-2053
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Vicki Fuller
Robert B. Cairnes, PhD Prof.
(919) 962-5081
Stanford Univ., 1960
a. Behavioral Genetics
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Aggression
b. development and micro-evolution of social patterns with a focus on aggression and its functions
c. House Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Biology
Greensboro, NC 27412
CHAIR: Robert E. Gatten, Jr. (919) 334-5391
DEGREES: BA, MA, / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Paul Lutz
Robert E. Gatten, Jr., PhD Prof.
(919) 334-5391
University of Michigan, 1973
a. Locomotion
b. aerobic and anaerobic support for locomotion; correlation between behavioral, physiological, and biochemical aspects of locomotion
c. Grass Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
American Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Marine Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Alligators (Reptilia:Crocodilia:Alligatoridae)
John J. Lepri, PhD Assist. Prof.
(919) 334-5391
North Carolina State University, 1985
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Neural Mechanisms
b. chemosensory coordination of rodent reproduction, especially via the vomeronasal organ and accessory olfactory system
c. Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Psychology
Greensboro, NC 27412
CHAIR: Walter Salinger (919) 334-5013
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Cheryl Logan
Gilbert Gottlieb, PhD Prof.
(919) 379-5013
Duke Univ., 1960
a. Development/Ontogeny
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
b. development of species identification; theoretical aspects of behavioral and psychological evolution
c. Mallard Ducks (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Wood Ducks (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Timothy D. Johnston, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(919) 379-5013
Univ. of Connecticut, 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Development/Ontogeny
Learning
b. role of early experience in the development of foraging behavior (spatial strategies, choice, food handling)
c. Golden Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Cheryl A. Logan, PhD Prof.
(919) 379-5013
Univ. of Calif., San Diego, 1974
a. Communication-Acoustic
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. reproductive and territorial functions of mockingbird song
c. Mockingbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Mimidae)
T. Philip Hicks, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(919) 379-5013
Univ. of British Colimbia, 1979
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuropharmacology
Development/Ontogeny
b. sensory sysyems; vision; somatic sensation
c. Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Walter Salinger, PhD Prof.
(919) 379-5013
Univ. of Calif., LA, 1970
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Development/Ontogeny
Neural Mechanisms
c. Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Richard L. Shull, PhD Prof.
(919) 379-5013
Arizona State Univ., 1969
a. Learning
Learning-Reinforcement
Learning-Discrimination
b. choice; delay of reinforcement and conditioned reinforcement value; response strength
c. Domestic Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Domestic Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Psychology
Wilmington, NC 28403
CHAIR: Dr. L.A. Jackson (910) 395-3370
FAX: (910) 350-7010
DEGREES: MA / ENROLLMENT: 3
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Dr. K.E. Bruce, Graduate Coordinator
Kate Bruce, PhD Prof.
(910) 395-3374
E-mail: bruce@uncwil,edu
Univ. of Georgia, 1984
a. Social Behavior
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. mate choice; variable influencing mate choice
b. Eastern Mosquitofish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Poeciliidae)
Guppy (Pisces:Osteichtyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Poeciliidae)
Montane Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Mark Galizio, PhD Prof.
(910) 395-3813
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1976
a. Drug Studies
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Social Behavior-Avoidance
b. behavioral pharmacology; ethopharmacology; defensive behavior in passerine birds
c. Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Carolina Chickadee (Aves:Passeriformes)
D. Kim Sawrey, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(910) 395-3091
E-mail: sawrey@uncwil.edu
Univ. of Florida, 1989
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Learning-Complex
b. social and reproductive behavior of rodents; sex differences
c. Montane Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Prairie Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Wake Forest University
Biology
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
CHAIR: Gerald W. Esch (919) 759-5323
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: William E. Conner
William E. Conner, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(919) 759-5315
Cornell Univ., 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Sensory Mechanisms
b. chemical ecology; phermones; chemoreception; acoustic communication, sound reception; orientation; mating behavior; sexual selection
c. Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Arctiidae)
Mosquitoes (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Culicidae)
Ronald V. Dimock, Jr., PhD Prof.
(919) 759-5567
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication
Sensory Mechanisms
b. chemical ecology; chemically mediated behavior; chemoreception; behavioral aspects of symbiosis; territoriality; marine/freshwater invert. behavior
c. Mud Snails (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Neogastropoda:Nassariidae)
Mussels (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Bivalvia:Unionidae)
Water Mites (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Acari:Unionicolidae)
Worms (Annelida:Oligochaeta:Branchiobdellidae)
Peter D. Weigl, PhD Prof.
(919) 759-5314
Duke Univ., 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
b. behavioral energetics; home range; social spacing; resource utilization; habitat selection; foraging
c. Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Birds (Aves)
Snapping Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Chelydridae)
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota State University
Zoology
Fargo, ND 58105
CHAIR: W.J. Bleier (701) 231-7087
FAX: (701) 231-7050
DEGREES: BS, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: Mark Sheridan
Deborah Buitron, PhD Adj. Prof.
(701) 231-8436
E-mail: neuchter@badlands.nodak.edu
University of Minnesota, 1982
a. Social Behavior
Communication
Behavioral Ecology
b. mate choice, vocal communications and parent-offspring interactions in grebes and corvids
c. Western Grebes (Aves:Podicipediformes:Podicipedidae)
Clark's Grebes (Aves:Podicipediformes:Podicipedidae)
Eared Grebes (Aves:Podicipediformes:Podicipedidae)
Hooded Grebes (Aves:Podicipediformes:Podicipedidae)
Black-billed Magpies (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
James W. Grier, PhD Prof.
(701) 231-8444
E-mail: grier@prairie.nodak.edu
Cornell University, 1975
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. reproduction and survival in eagles and other birds of prey
c. Birds of prey (Aves:Falconiformes)
Snakes (Reptilia:Squamata:Viperidae)
Gary Nuechterlein, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(701) 231-8436
E-mail: neuchter@badlands.nodak.edu
University of Minnesota, 1980
a. Social Behavior
Communication
Behavioral Ecology
b. courtship, mate choice and vocal communications in grebes and other waterbirds
c. Western Grebes (Aves:Podicipediformes:Podicipedidae)
Clark's Grebes (Aves:Podicipediformes:Podicipedidae)
Eared Grebes (Aves:Podicipediformes:Podicipedidae)
Hooded Grebes (Aves:Podicipediformes:Podicipedidae)
Black-billed Magpies (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
University of North Dakota
Biology
Grand Forks, ND 58202
CHAIR: Richard D. Crawford (701) 777-2621
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Omer R. Larson, Director of Graduate Studies
Margaret Gould Burke, PhD Assist. Prof.
(701) 777-2207
Duke Univ., 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Applied Ethology
b. influences of ecological parameters on social organization and behavior; dominance hierarchies;
c. Feral Goats (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Fallow Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Franklin's Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Wolves (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Richard D. Crawford, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(701) 777-4673
Iowa State Univ., 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. asynchronous hatching in rails; egg size in waterfowl
c. Waterfowl (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Rails (Aves:Gruiformes:Rallidae)
Blackbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
Albert J. Fivizzani, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(701) 777-4671
Louisiana State Univ., 1977
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Biological Rhythms
b. endocrine regulation of seasonal conditions, esp. reproduction, behavior, etc., in vertebrates
c. Gulf Killifish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Cyprinodontidae)
Banded Killifish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Cyprinodontiformes:Cyprinodontidae)
Spotted Sandpipers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Scolopacidae)
White-tailed Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Paul B. Kannowski, PhD Prof., Chairman
(701) 777-2621
Univ. of Michigan, 1957
a. Communication-Chemical
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. role of pheromones in courtship and mating behavior in insects, esp. ants
c. Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Tenebrionid Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)
Springtails (Arthropoda:Insecta:Collembola)
Jeffrey W. Lang, PhD Assist. Prof.
(701) 777-4564
Univ. of Minnesota, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. energetics and thermoregulation of reptiles; development and growth of ectotherms; sex determination
c. Crocodilians (Reptilia:Crocodilia)
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Amphibians (Amphibia)
Lewis W. Oring, PhD Prof.
(701) 777-2492
Univ. of Oklahoma, 1966
a. Behavioral Ecology
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior
b. mating systems especially in sex-role reversed birds; interactions among social behavior, space use, reproductive physiology and lifetime reproductive strategies
c. Spotted Sandpipers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Scolopacidae)
Wilson's Phalaropes (Aves:Charadriiformes:Scolopacidae)
Piping Plovers (Aves:Charadriiformes:Charadriidae)
Chipping Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Aves:Galliformes:Tetraonidae)
Robert W. Seabloom, PhD Prof.
(701) 777-4676
Univ. of Minnesota, 1963
a. Behavioral Ecology
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. habitat selection; predator/prey interactions; territoriality; hormones and reproduction; mammalia natural history
c. Mule Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Deer Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Meadow Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Cottontails (Mammalia:Lagomorpha:Leporidae)
Prairie Dogs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
OHIO
Bowling Green State University
Biological Sciences
Bowling Green, OH 43403
CHAIR: Ronny Woodruff (419) 372-2332
FAX: (419) 372-2024
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Lorraine DeVenney
Mark H. Gromko, PhD Prof.
(419) 372-8206
E-mail: mgromko@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Indiana University, 1978
a. Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Evolution/survival value
b. genetic basis of courtship, receptivity and and reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster. Sperm competition and the evolution of mating systems.
c. Fruit flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Elizabeth M. Jakob, PhD Assist. Prof.
(419) 372-6873
E-mail: ejakob@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Univ. of California, Davis, 1989
a. Social Behavior-Sociality
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Theoretical Models
b. evolution of social behavior; using a combination of field work and modeling with a focus on spiders
c. Spiders (Chelicerata:Arachnida:Pholcidae)
Paul Moore, PhD Assist. Prof.
(419) 372-8556
E-mail: pmoore@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Boston Univ., 1990
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Communication-Chemical
Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
b. chemical ecology of marine organisms
c. Crayfish (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
Maine Lobster (Arthropoda:Crustacea)
Forbes Seastar (Echinodermata:Asteriodae)
Tobacco Moth (Insecta)
Stephen H. Vessey, PhD Prof.
(419) 372-2434
E-mail: svessey@ bgnet. bgsu.edu
Penn State, 1965
a. Social Behavior-Aggression
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
c. White-Footed Mouse (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Bowling Green State University
Psychology
Bowling Green, OH 43403
CHAIR: Joe Cranny (419) 372-2301
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Eric Dubow; Vern Bingman
Verner P. Bingman, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(419) 372-2301
E-mail: vbingma@trapper.bgsu.edu
SUNY - Albany, 1981
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Learning-Memory
b. neuroethology of spatial navigation in birds; relationship between the hippocampus and spatial cognition
c. Homing pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Migrant Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Z. Michael Nagy, PhD Prof.
(419) 372-8105
Princeton University, 1965
a. Development/Ontogeny
Learning
b. underlying biochemical mechanisms of instrumental learning in developing mice
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Jaak Panksepp, PhD Prof.
(419) 372-2819
University of Massachusetts, 1969
a. Social Behavior
Neural Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. social play, separation distress, fear, aggression & expectory mechanisms; emotions and instinctual behaviors
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Guinea pigs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Caviidae)
Domestic chicks (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Case Western University
Biology
Cleveland, OH 44106
CHAIR: Norman B. Rushforth (216) 368-3556
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Roy Ritzmann
Hillel J. Chiel, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(216) 358-3846
Mass. Inst. of Technology, 1980
a. Neurobiology
b. cellular dynamics of neuronal computation using Aplysia as a model
c.
Roy E. Ritzmann, PhD Prof.
(216) 368-3554
E-mail: rer3@p0.cwru.edu
Univ. of Virginia, 1974
a. Comparative Neurophysiology
Learning-Decision Making
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. cellular analysis of the escape system of the cockroach
c. American Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
Giant Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
House Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Norman B. Rushforth, PhD Prof.
(216) 368-3556
Cornell Univ., 1961
a. Methodology-Data Collection/Analysis
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Human Ethology
b. behavioral and electrophysiological studies of pacemaker interactions in hydroids; theoretical models
c. Freshwater Hydra (Cnidaria:Hydroidea:Hydra)
Marine Hydroids (Cnidaria:Hydroidea:Tubularia)
Marine Hydroids (Cnidaria:Hydroidea:Clava)
Joanne Westin, PhD Sr. Instructor
(216) 368-3566
Cornell Univ., 1974
a. Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms
b. neurophysiology of insects
c. Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
Miami University
Zoology
Oxford, OH 45056
CHAIR: Douglas Taylor (513) 529-3100
FAX: (513) 529-6900
DEGREES: MA, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Energy Research Center with small mammal pens
CONTACT: Jim Oris or Joni Robinson
Nancy G. Solomon, PhD Assist. Prof.
(513) 529-5454
E-mail: solomon@msmail.muohio.edu
Univ. of Illinois, 1991
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Communication-Chemical
b. evolution of social organization, epcifically social and ecological effects on dispersal and reproduction in cooperatively breeding rodents
c. Pine Vole (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Prairie Vole (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Meadow Vole (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
House Mouse (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Ohio State University
Anthropology
Columbus, OH 43210
CHAIR: Chung-min Chen (614) 292-4149
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Frank E. Poirier
Frank E. Poirier, PhD Prof.
(614) 292-4117
Univ. of Oregon, 1966
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
Conservation
b. primate socialization; evolution of behavior
c. Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Langurs (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Snub-nosed Golden Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Gibbons (Mammalia:Primates:Hylobatidae)
Ohio State University
Entomology
Columbus, OH 43210
CHAIR: D. J. Horn (614) 422-8209
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: D. L. Denlinger
Woodbridge A. Foster, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(614) 422-2204
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1967
a. Motivation/Emotion
Feeding/Ingestion
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. physiological control, reprod. consequences of decision-making; effect of resource conditions on time budgets, foraging patterns; courtship
c. Mosquitoes (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Culicidae)
Dung Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Anthomyiidae)
Ohio State University
Psychology
Columbus, OH 43210
CHAIR: James C. Naylor (614) 292-3038
FAX: (614) 292-4537
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Sally T. Boysen
Sally T. Boysen, PhD Assist. Prof.
(614) 292-7795
E-mail: BOYSEN-S@OSU-20.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.EDU
Ohio State Univ., 1984
a. Learning-Cognition
Learning-Memory
Communication
Social Behavior
b. complex problem-solving in chimpanzees, e.g. numerical competence; cardic reactivity indices of vocal perception in apes; event-related potentials in apes; social cognition in non-human primates; primate cognitive development
c. Chimpanzees (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Gorillas (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Organutans (Mammalia:Primates:Pongidae)
Alexis C. Collier, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(614) 292-9227
E-mail: collier.l@osu.edu
Univ. of Washinton, 1976
a. Learning-Memory
Development/Ontogeny
Motivation/Emotion
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. behavioral and neuroendocrine immune physiological correlates of age-dependent motivational variables (e.g. mother-infant separation) during early development; ontogeny of learning and memory (e.g. infantile amnesia); early experience
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Ohio State University
Zoology
Columbus, OH 43210
CHAIR: John L. Crites (614) 422-8088
DEGREES: M.S.,PhD / ENROLLMENT: 21
CONTACT: Roy A. Stein
Thomas C. Grubb, PhD Prof.
(614) 422-0329
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior-Dominance
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. behavior ecology of mixed-species foraging flocks of wintering birds
c. Passerines (Aves:Passeriformes)
Woodpeckers (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Kestrels (Aves:Falconiformes:Falconidae)
Laysan Teals (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Geoffroy's Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Roy A. Stein, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(614) 422-8088
University of Wisconsin, 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. behavioral ecology of fishes
c. Sunfishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
Pike (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Esocidae)
University of Akron
Biology
Akron, OH 44325-3908
CHAIR: Norman Paradise (216) 972-7155
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 4
CONTACT: F. Scott Orcutt, Jr.
Dan Ely, PhD Prof.
(216) 972-7159
Univ. of California, 1971
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior
b. neuroendocrine mechanisms of social position; aggression and dominance
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Dale Jackson, PhD Prof.
(216) 972-7156
Univ. of Kentucky, Durham, 1959
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
c. Parasitic Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Walter Macior, PhD Prof.
(216) 972-7162
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1959
a. Behavioral Ecology-Pollination Systems
Evolution/Survival Value
c. Bumble Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Bombidae)
F. Scott Orcutt, Jr., PhD Assoc. Prof.
(216) 972-7154
Cornell Univ., 1969
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Communication-Acoustic
Evolution/Survival Value
b. species-specific vocalizations and reproductive isolating mechanisms in Paridae (chickadees and titmice)
c. Chickadees (Aves:Passeriformes:Paridae)
Titmice (Aves:Passeriformes:Paridae)
Warren Stoutamire, PhD Prof.
(216) 972-7163
Indiana Univ., 1954
a. Behavioral Ecology-Pollination Systems
Evolution/Survival Value
c. Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Monte Turner, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(216) 972-7154
Univ. of Georgia, 1982
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. mating behavior and fitness in fruit flies; formation and maintenance of reproductive isolation
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
University of Cincinnati
Biological Sciences
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006
CHAIR: Anthony Mukkada (513) 556-9700
FAX: (513) 556-5299
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: GA (teaching) $10,000
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: high speed video; video imaging; emg
CONTACT: Dr. Rebecca German, Chaiman of Graduate Admissions
Bruce C. Jayne, PhD Assist. Prof.
(513) 556-7012
E-mail: bruce.jayne@uc.edu
Michegan State Univ., 1985
a. Locomotion
Endocrine/Hormonal Interactions
Evolution/Survival Value
b. evolution of complex systems involving behavior, physiology, and morphology; integrating functional morphology with natural history using acomparative approaches to gain evolutionary insights
c. Lizards and Snakes (Reptilia:Squamata)
George W. Uetz, PhD Prof.
(513) 556-9752
E-mail: george.uetz@uc.edu
Univ. of Illinois, 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Communication
b. ecological costs and benefits of group living in colonial web-builders; communication and sexual selection in wolf spiders; foraging and sensory modalities
c. Orb-weaving Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida:Araneidae)
Wolf Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida:Lycosidae)
University of Dayton
Biology
Dayton, OH 45469
CHAIR: John Rowe (513) 229-2521
FAX: (513) 229-2021
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 7
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: TA's $9,000
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: molecular biology lab; protected reserves; greenhouse
CONTACT: Driector of Graduate Program in Biology
Randall Breitwisch, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(513) 229-2504
E-mail: breitwis@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu
University of Miami, 1987
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial Interactions
Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. parental care in monogamous birds; sexual selection in monogamous species; interspecies communication; information content in birdsong
c. Northern Mockingbirds (Aves:Passeriformes:Sturnidae)
Northern Cardinal (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Albert J Burky, PhD Prof.
(513) 229-3637
Syracuse University, 1969
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Feeding/Ingestion
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. ecological energetics of natural populations; feeding, reproductive, metabolic adaptations to habitate and season; evolutionary interpretations
c. Fingernail clam (Pelecypoda:Pisididae:Coriculidae:Dreissenidae)
Stream Limpet (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Pulmonata)
Apple Snail (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Ampullaridae)
Hawaiian Midge (Insecta:Diptera:Chironomidae)
Hawaiian Freshwater Gobies (Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Gobiidae)
Carl F. Friese, PhD Assist. Prof.
(513) 229-3011
Utah State Univ., 1991
a. Feeding/Ingestion
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior
b. foraging behavior of animals as related to community structure; species interactions
c. Harvester Ants (Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Pocket Gophers (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
Jayne B. Robinson, PhD Assist. Prof.
(513) 229-2580
Ohio State Univ., 1991
a. Sensory Mechanims-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. environmental control of gene esxpression related to sensory mechanisms of habitat selection
c. Bacteria
Roy M Ventullo, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(513) 229-3630
University of Georgia, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Communication-Chemical
b. adaptation of individual bacterial species and communities to environmental perturbation
c. Bacteria (Bacteria)
P. Kelly Williams, PhD Prof.
(513) 229-2011
E-mail: williamk@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu
Indiana University, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. evolutionary population dynamis and behavior in unisexual population of Mole Salamanders in Ohio
c. Mole Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma State University
Zoology
Stillwater, OK 74078
CHAIR: Dave Duvall (405) 744-5555
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 90
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
OTHER FACULTY: S. Fox; T. Carter; J. Shaw; G. Ostrander; C. Abramson
CONTACT: Graduate Secretary, Dept. Of Zoology
David Duvall, PhD Prof.
(405) 744-5555
Univ. of Colorado, 1980
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Descriptive Studies/Natural History
b. pattern and variation in mating systems, sex and reproduction, sexual selection, and social structure in free-ranging snakes; microevolution and local environmental selction forces; migration and dispersal
c. Rattle Snakes and Pit Vipers (Reptilia:Squamata:Viparidae)
Snakes and Lizards (Reptilia:Squamata)
University of Oklahoma
Psychology
Norman, OK 73019
CHAIR: A. Nicewander (405) 325-4512
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 1
CONTACT: Chair, Admissions Committee
Lynn D. Devenport, PhD Prof.
(405) 325-4576
Univ. of Chicago
a. Behavioral Ecology
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Learning-Memory
b. foraging; estimating value; memory; energy maximizing; uncertainity; environmental variability; corticosteriods
c. Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Golden mantled ground squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Chipmunks (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of Oklahoma
Zoology
Norman, OK 73019
CHAIR: James N. Thompson, Jr. (405) 325-4821
FAX: (4052) 325-7560
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 13
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Dawna Nelson, Zoology Dept., Richards Hall, 730 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK,
73019
Ola Fincke, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(405) 325-5514
E-mail: fincke@oukmvsa
University of Iowa, 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. interplay between larval and adult ecology and behavior; sexual selection in insects
c. Dragonflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Odonata:Zygoptera)
Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida)
Michael Kaspari, PhD Assist. Prof.
(405) 325-3371
E-mail: kaspari@uoknor.edu
Univ. of Arizona, 1992
a. Social Behavior-Sociality
Evolution/Survival Value
b. evolution and organization of insect societies; origin of diversity
c. Ants (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Michael A. Mares, PhD Prof.
(405) 325-4711
Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1973
a. Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. desert mammal ecology; South American mammals; biogeography
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Marsupials (Mammalia:Marsupialia)
Douglas W. Mock, PhD Prof.
(405) 325-4821
Fax: (405) 323-7560
E-mail: dmock@uoknor.edu
Univ. of Minnesota, 1976
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial Interactions
Social Behavior-Mating Systems
b. behavioral resolution of evolutionary conflict between close genetic relatives
c. House Sparrow (Aves:Passeriformes:Passeridae)
Cattle Egrets (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ardeidae)
Gary D. Schnell, PhD Prof.
(405) 325-4034
E-mail: gschnell@uoknor.edu
Univ. of Kansas, 1969
a. Methodology-Data Collection/Analysis
Locomotion
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. statistical techniques in data analysis; flight of birds; foraging of hawks; kleptoparasitism of gulls on pelicans
c. Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Hawks (Aves:Falconiformes:Accipitridae)
Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Kangaroo Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Dipodidae)
Patricia L. Schwagmeyer, PhD Prof.
(405) 325-6204
E-mail: plsch@uoknor.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1979
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
b. sexual selection; sperm competition; sexual conflict
c. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
House Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes)
Regina Sullivan, PhD Assoc. Prof.
Fax: (405) 325-7560
E-mail: rsullivan@obsnsrv1.bio.uoknor.edu
City Univ. of New York
a. Sensory Chemicals-Chemical
Development/Ontogeny
Neural Mechanisms
b. neurobiology of olfactory memory during ontogeny; olfactory modulation of mother-infant interactions in humans
c. Human (Mammalia:Primate:Hominidae)
Rat (Mammalia:Rodentia:Murridae)
Bedford M. Vestal, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(405) 325-3082, -1061, -4521
E-mail: bvestal@uoknor.edu
Michigan State Univ., 1970
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. evolution of social behavior in mammals, including humans; human social behavior; behavior of teaching and learning in classrooms
c. Ground Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Human (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Laurie Vitt, PhD Prof. / Curator
(405) 325-5002
Fax: (405) 325-7771
Arizona State Univ., 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Descriptive Studies/Natural Studies
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. ecology of tropical lizards
c. South American Lizards (Reptilia)
Donald A. Wilson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(405) 325-5027
E-mail: dwilson@uoknor.edu
McMaster Univ., 1983
a. Learning-Memory
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Sensory Mechanisms-Olfaction
b. neurobiology of olfactory memory during ontogeny of the rat; effect of experience on olfactory system development
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Murridae)
OREGON
Oregon Graduate Institute
Chemistry, Biochemistry, & Molecular Biology
Beaverton, OR 97006
PHONE: (503) 690-1263 / FAX: (503) 690-1464
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 1
L.E.L. Rasmussen, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(503) 690-1263
Fax: (503) 690-1669
E-mail: betsr@admin.ogi.edu
a. Communication-Chemical
c. Mammals (Mammalia:Proboscidae)
Oregon State University
Zoology
Corvallis, OR 97331-2914
CHAIR: Jane Lubchenco (503) 754-3705
FAX: (503) 737-0501
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
CONTACT: Andrew R. Blaustein
Andrew R. Blaustein, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(503) 754-3705
Oregon State Univ., 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Communication
b. behavioral ecology and the evolution of social behavior; kin recognition and kin selection; ontogeny of behavior
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Birds (Aves)
Water bugs (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hemiptera:Belostomatidae)
Mark Hixon, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(503) 737-3705
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior
b. behavioral ecology of reef fishes and hummingbirds; theory of foraging and territoriality
c. Coral-reel fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes)
Hummingbirds (Aves:Apodiformes:Trochilidae)
Robert T. Mason, PhD Assist. Prof.
(503) 737-3705
Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1987
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Communication-Chemical
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. chemical communication (pheromones) and its mediation of reproductive behavior in vertebrates (currently, reptiles)
c. Garter Snake (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Brown Snake (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia)
Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta:Homoptera)
Portland State University
Biology
Portland, OR 97207
CHAIR: Richard Peterson (503) 229-3191
DEGREES: MS, MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT:
Larry I. Crawshaw, PhD Prof.
(503) 229-4209
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, 1970
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological correlates
Sensory Mechanisms-Temperature
b. the behavioral and physiological mechanisms of temperature regulation and thermal ecology of vertebrates
c. Interested in all vertebrate species (Chordata)
Richard Forbes, PhD Prof.
(503) 229-3851
Univ. of Minnesota, 1964
a. Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. ecological life histories of terrestrial vertebrates, especially small mammals
c. Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae)
Birds (Aves)
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Randy Zelick, PhD Assist. Prof.
(503) 229-3086
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1984
a. Learning-Habituation/Extinction
Sensory mechanisms-Audition
Communication-Acoustic
b. novelty detection & habituation behavior in weakly electric fish; correlates with neural mechanisms; acoustic behavior & auditory system physiology in anuran amphibians
c. Carapo Knife Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Gymnotiformes:Gymnotidae)
Tree Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Leptodactylidae)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia:Bufonidae)
University of Oregon
Psychology
Eugene, OR 97403
CHAIR: Daniel Kimble (503) 686-4916
DEGREES: / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Daniel Kimble
Daniel P. Kimble, PhD Prof.
(503) 346-4947
Univ. of Michigan, 1961
a. Learning-Memory
b. role of mammal. hippocampus in behav; functional effect of fetal brain tissue transplant
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
University of Oregon
Institute of Neuroscience
Eugene, OR 97403
CHAIR: M. Westerfield (503) 346-4556
FAX: (503) 346-5458
E-Mail: WESTERFIELD@UONEURO.UOREGON.EDU
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
OTHER FACULTY: S. Lockery; P. DeVries
CONTACT:
Barbara Gordon-Lickey, PhD Prof. (Psychology)
(503) 346-4904
E-mail: bgl@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
Mass. Instit. of Tech., 1966
a. Development/Ontogeny
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
b. neurochemical mechanisms in the visual deprivation of the visual cortex
c. Domestic cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Marvin E. Gordon-Lickey, PhD Prof. (Psychology)
(503) 346-4580
E-mail: marvgl@uoneuro.uoregon.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1965
a. Biological Rhythms
Development/Ontogeny
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. neural basis of learning
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Emilia Martins, PhD Assist. Prof. (Biology)
(503) 346-4562
Fax: (503) 346-2364
E-mail: emartins@work.uoregon.edu
a. Communication
Evolution/Sruvival Value
Social Behavior
b. interaction of genetic and cultural factors in the ontogeny of individual animals; how interaction translates into patterns of behavioral evolution at the interspecific level
c. Sagebrush Lizards (Reptilia:Squamata:Phrynosomatidae)
Rock Iquanas (Reptilia:Squamata:Iguanidae)
Michael I. Posner, PhD Prof. (Psychology)
(503) 346-4939
E-mail: mposner@oregon.uoregon.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1962
a. Human Ethology
Learning-Complex
Neural Mechanisms-Brain Lesions
b. linking human attention and cognitive processes to the neural system by means of information processing studies in normal & patient populations
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Terry Takahashi, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(503) 346-4544
Fax: 503-686-4544
SUNY, 1982
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Communication-Auditory
c. Barn Owls (Aves:Strigiformes:Tytonidae)
N. Tublitz, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(503) 346-4510
Fax: 503-686-4548
University of Washington, Seattle, 1983
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. we are studying the role of neuropeptides in the modulation of behavior using a interdisciplinary approach from behavioral to molecular level analyses
c. Tobacco Hawkmoths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Sphingidae)
Janis C. Weeks, PhD Assoc. Prof. (Biology)
(503) 346-4517
E-mail: WEEKS@UONEURO.UOREGON.EDU
Univ. of California, San Diego, 1980
a. Neural Mechanisms
b. nervous system reorganization during metamorphosis; hormonal effects on the nervous system
c. Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Marjorie H. Woollacott, PhD Assoc. Prof. (Exc. & Mvmt. Sci.)
(503) 346-4144
E-mail: mwool@oregon.uoregon.edu
Univ. of Southern Calif., 1973
a. Development/Ontogeny
Human Ethology
Locomotion
b. motor learning and reflex modifiability in humans; neuronal mechanisms underlying balance and posture control during changing environmental conditions
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
PENNSYLVANIA
Bucknell University
Animal Behavior, Psychology
Lewisburg, PA 17837
CHAIR: Douglas Candland (Anim.Behav.) (717) 524-1200
Owen Floody (Psych) (717) 524-3357
DEGREES: MA, MS / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: D. Candland (Anim. Behav.)/O. Floody (Psych.)
Warren G. Abrahamson, PhD Prof.
(717) 524-1155
Harvard Univ., 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. insect gall-maker effects on plants and gall-maker natural enemies
c. Goldenrod Ball Gall-makers (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Tephritidae)
Gall Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Eurytomidae)
Gall Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Mordellidae)
Nancy G. Caine, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(717) 524-1200
Univ. of Calif., Davis, 1980
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Development/Ontogeny
b. vigilance and anti-predator adaptations in primates; peer relationships; social organization
c. Tamarins (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
Douglas K. Candland, PhD Prof.
(717) 524-1200
Princeton Univ. 1959
a. Sensory Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Social Perception
Conservation
Social Behavior
b. social perception among Macaca fuscata and Papio hamadryas
c. Japanese Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Hamadryas Baboons (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Squirrel Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
David J.C. Fletcher, PhD Prof.
(717) 524-1339
Univ. of Natal, 1966
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
b. regulation of reproduction in eusocial Hymenoptera; communication, especially pheromonal mechanisms; apiculture
c. Social insects (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Owen R. Floody, PhD Prof.
(717) 524-1200
Rockefeller Univ., 1974
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Dominance
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. neuroendocrine control of courtship and aggression
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Daniel L. Hoffman, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(717) 524-2873
Washington Univ., 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Social Behavior-Communication
b. competitive interactions between sessile animals, esp. the goose barnacle & sea mussel; escape responses in gastropod mollusks; chem. comm. in marine animals
c. Goose Barnacles (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Cirripedia:Thoracica)
Sea Mussels (Bivalvia:Mytiloida:Mytilidae)
Top Shells (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Prosobranchia:Trochidae)
Roger M. Tarpy, PhD Prof.
(717) 524-1200
Princeton Univ., 1967
a. Learning
Learning-Economics
Learning-Concept Formation
b. effects of signaling reward on learning; demand functions
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Lehigh University
Biology
Bethlehem, PA 18015
CHAIR: B. Bean (215) 861-3694
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 4
CONTACT: Murray Itzkowitz
Murray Itzkowitz, PhD Prof.
(215) 861-3694
Univ. of Maryland, 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior
b. sex and reproduction; aggression; male and female tactics in monogamous social systems; aggressive tactics and reproductive success
c. Texas Cichlids (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Cichlidae)
Damselfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
Pupfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Atheriniformes:Cyprinodontidae)
Snowy Egrets (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ardeidae)
Lehigh University
Psychology
Bethlehem, PA 18015
CHAIR: William Newman (215) 861-3624
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 4
CONTACT: John Nyby
John Nyby, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(215) 861-3625
Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1974
a. Communication-Chemical
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Behavioral Genetics
b. auditory and chemical communication in house mice
c. House Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308
CHAIR: Morley R. Kare (215) 898-6666
FAX: (215) 898-2084
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Russ Mason
Gary K. Beauchamp, PhD Assoc. Dir. & Member
(215) 898-5308
FAX: (215) 898-2084
University of Chicago, 1971
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Communication-Chemical
b. genetic basis for chemosensory recognition; comparative taste and olfaction
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Larry Clark, PhD Asst. Member
(215) 898-5665
University of Pennsylvania, 1983
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Applied Ethology-Wildlife
b. comparative avian olfaction; structure function relationships of the olfactory system and physiological mediation of olfactory acuity in birds
c. European Starlings (Aves:Passeriformes:Sturnidae)
Passerine Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Leach's Storm Petrels (Aves:Procellariiformes:Hydrobatidae)
Gisela Epple, PhD Member, Monell Center
(215) 898-5750
Fax: (215) 898-2084
Johan Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, 1966
a. Social Behavior-Aggression
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Communication-Chemical
b. interactions between gonadal hormones, sexual and social behavior and chemical communication
c. Saddle-back Tamarins (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
J. Russell Mason, PhD Assoc. Member
(215) 898-4999
FAX: (215) 898-2084
Clark University, 1980
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
b. animal damage control; wildlife management
c. Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Charles J. Wysocki, PhD Assoc. Member
(215) 898-4265
FAX: (215) 898-2084
Florida State Univ., 1978
a. Communication-Chemical
Sensory Mechanisms
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Behavioral Genetics
b. comparative sex, reproduction, aggression
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Voles (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Pennsylvania State University
Anthropology
University Park, PA 16802
CHAIR: K.M. Weiss (814) 865-2500
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Jeffrey A. Kurland, 416 Carpenter Bldg
Jeffrey A. Kurland, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(814) 865-9162
Harvard Univ., 1976
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. evolution of social behavior in human and nonhuman primates
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Japanese Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Rhesus Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Barbary Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Crab-eating Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Pennsylvania State University
Biology
University Park, PA 16802
CHAIR: Linda Maxson (814) 865-4562
DEGREES: MS PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: Ronald R. Keiper
Ronald R. Keiper, PhD Distinguished Prof.
(717) 749-3111
University of Massachuetts, 1968
a. Social Behavior-Dominance
Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Behavioral Ecology
b. reintroduction of endangered species, comparison of social systems of horses in different habitats, social structure of equine groups, reproduction and its control
c. Horses (Mammalia:Perisodactyla:Equidae)
White Tailed Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Red Fox (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Pennsylvania State University
Entomology Department, Insecticide Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
CHAIR: C.W. Pitts, Jr. (814) 865-1895
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: C.W. Pitts, Jr.
Jack C. Schultz, PhD Assist. Prof.
(814) 863-4438
Univ. of Washington, 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
b. plant-herbivore interactions; chemical ecology; caterpillar foraging and anti-predator behavior; plant defensive behavior
c. Gypsy Moth (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Lymantriidae)
Caterpillars (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Insectivorous Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Grasshoppers (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera)
Pennsylvania State University
Human Development and Family Studies
State College/Univ. Park, PA 16801/2
CHAIR: Charles M Super (814) 863-0241
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: N/A
CONTACT: Lynne Feagans
Robert L. Burgess, PhD Prof.
(814) 856-1447
Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1969
a. Social Behavior-Aggression
Evolution/Survival Value
Human Ethology
b. relevance of evolutionary theory for understanding child abuse and neglect; research conducted with colleagues from Dept. of Anthropology
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Kathryn E. Hood, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(814) 865-1447
Temple Univ., 1983
a. Social Behavior-Aggression
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Behavioral Genetics
b. esp. among female rodents and humans;developmental behav genetics of aggression in rodents
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Jacqueline V. Lerner, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(814) 863-0530
Pennsylvania State Univ., 1980
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
b. tempermental individuality and contextual demands: importance for psychosocial adjustment; role of maternal employment in child development
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Richard M. Lerner, PhD Prof.
(814) 863-0530
City Univ. of New York, 1971
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. organismic individuality: longitudinal studies of; role of temperment/physical attractiveness/pubertal change in personality/social development, child to young adult
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Gerald E. McClearn, PhD Prof.
(814) 865-1717
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1954
a. Behavioral Genetics
Development/Ontogeny
Evolution/Survival Value
b. genetic bases of indiv. diff. in behav. develop.; using human popul/animal models;content domains of alcohol-related behav., aggress./cog./biology of aging
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Anne C. Petersen, PhD Prof. and Dean
(814) 865-1428
Univ. of Chicago, 1973
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Development/Ontogeny
Motivation/Emotion
b. biopsychosocial influences on the development of motivation; sex differences in cognition, focus on longitudinal studies of high school students and their families
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Temple University
Biology
Philadelphia, PA 19122
CHAIR: Joel Sheffield (215) 787-8854
FAX: (215) 204-6646
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8-10
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: TA's ($15,000/yr)
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Dr. Laurie Tompkins
Sue Binkley, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-8827
Univ. of Texas, 1971
a. Biological Rhythms
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. pineal gland function in circadian rhythms of vertebrates
Edward Gruberg, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-1920
Univ. of Illinois, 1969
a. Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms
Locomotion
b. physiology, anatomy, neurochemistry and behavioral correlates of central visual systems
c. Leopard Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Michael Mote, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-8855
Univ. of Calif., LA, 1968
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
b. neurobiology
c. Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
Blue Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda)
Shepherd K. Roberts, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-8864
Princeton Univ., 1959
a. Biological Rhythms
b. circadian rhythms
c. Cockroaches (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Blattidae)
Laurie Tompkins, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-1611
E-mail: 72123.1662@compuserve.com
Princeton Univ., 1977
a. Behavioral Genetics
Communcation-Chemical
b. genetics of larval vision; sex pheromones in adult flies; genetic control of sexual behavior
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Temple University
Psychology
Philadelphia, PA 19122
CHAIR: John Lamberth (215) 787-7361
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
CONTACT: Ronald Baenninger
Ronald Baenninger, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-7314
Johns Hopkins Univ., 1966
a. Social Behavior-Aggression
Human Ethology
Applied Ethology-Domestic animals
b. displays and rituals; human-animal interactions
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Siamese Fighting Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Belontiidae)
Philip J. Bersh, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-7318
Columbia Univ., 1949
a. Learning-Pavlovian/Classical Conditioning
Experimental Psychopathology
b. interactions between Pavlovian and operant conditioning; avoidance conditioning; autoshaping; avoidance response prevention
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Philip N. Hineline, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-1579
Harvard University, 1967
a. Learning
b. relations between non-verbal and verbal behavior; foraging theory; time integration in behavioral processes; resonant patterns of behavior; language and philosophy of explanation
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Donald A. Overton, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-1534
McGill Univ., 1962
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuropharmacology
Behavioral Pharmacology
b. stimulus properties of drugs; state dependent learning; drug discriminations
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Diana S. Woddruff-Pak, PhD Prof.
(215) 787-1258
Univ. of Southern California, 1972
a. Learning-Neurophysiological Correlates
Development/Ontogeny
b. eyeblink classical conditioning; implicit and explicit memory
c. New Zealand White Rabbits (Mammalia:Lagomorpha)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
University of Pennsylvania
Biology
Philadelphia, PA 19065-6018
CHAIR: Sally Zigmond (215) 898-7121
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 1
CONTACT: Department of Biology Graduate Secretary
W. John Smith, PhD Prof.
(215) 898-7889
Harvard Univ., 1961
a. Communication-Acoustic
Communication-Visual
Methodology-Theoretical Models
Social Behavior
b. information communicated by animals with their specialized signaling behavior; current emphasis is on singing, using both observational and field experimental procedures
c. Tyrannid Flycatchers (Aves:Passeriformes:Tyrannidae)
Vireonids (Aves:Passeriformes:Vireonidae)
Other Passerines (Aves:Passeriformes)
Other Birds (Aves)
Villanova University
Psychology
Villanova, PA 19085
CHAIR: Gerald Long (215) 645-4722
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 7
CONTACT: Chair, Graduate Advisory Committee
Michael F. Brown, PhD Assist. Prof.
(215) 645-4748
Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1985
a. Learning-Complex
Learning-Memory
b. memory coding and representation, cognition, spatial memory in rats, visual memory for compound stimuli in pigeons, flavor aversion learning
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Norway Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Byron Ward, PhD Prof.
(215) 645-4756
Tulane Univ., 1968
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Drug studies
b. modulation of fetal hormonal environment by maternal drug exposure, subsequent effects on behaviors that show gender-related variation
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Ingeborg L. Ward, PhD Prof.
(215) 645-4743
Tulane Univ., 1967
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. sexual behavior differentiation - prenatal hormonal and prepubertal social factors underlying sexually dimorphic behaviors
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
RHODE ISLAND
Brown University
Psychology
Providence, RI 02912
CHAIR: Donald Blough (401) 863-2284
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Grad School (applications), Mrs. Pat Devine (info)
Donald Blough, PhD Prof.
(401) 863-2965
Harvard Univ., 1955
a. Learning-Discrimination
Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
b. animal psychophysics; perception, discrimination processes
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Patricia M. Blough, MS Assoc. Prof. (Res.)
(401) 863-2966
Tufts Univ., 1954
a. Sensory Mechanisms
Learning
Neural Mechanisms
b. vision; discrimination; memory; neurophysiological correlates
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Russell M. Church, PhD Prof.
(401) 863-2328
Harvard Univ., 1956
a. Drug Studies
Learning-Memory
Neural Mechanisms-Brain Lesions
b. timing and time perception; biological basis of temporal memory and temporal integration
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Andrea Megela Simmons, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(401) 863-2283
Harvard Univ., 1978
a. Communication-Acoustic
Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
b. hearing and vocal communication in anurans; neural processing of complex sounds in the auditory system
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Toads (Amphibia:Salientia)
James A. Simmons, PhD Prof.
(401) 863-1542
Princeton Univ., 1969
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
b. echolocation in bats; auditory neurethology
c. Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera)
Rosemary P. Sorrentino, PhD Prof.
(401) 863-2129
Brown University, 1953
a. Communication
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
Learning-Discrimination
b. auditory thresholds in chinchilla
c. Chinchillas (Mammalia:Rodentia:Chinchillidae)
J. Michael Walker, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(401) 863-2048
Ohio State Univ., 1979
a. Drug Studies
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
c. Albino Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Brown University
Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Providence, RI 02912
CHAIR: D.H. Morse (401) 863-3152
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 1
CONTACT: D.H. Morse (new program, currently expanding)
Douglass H. Morse, PhD Prof.
(401) 863-3152
Louisana State Univ., 1965
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. patch choice and diet choice and the mechanisms responsible for them; relationship between foraging decisions and fitness
c. Crab Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida:Thomisidae)
Bumble Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Jonathan K. Waage, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(401) 863-2435
Univ. of Michigan, 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology-Sexual Selection
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. sexual selection in the contexts of sperm competition, territoriality, pair forming, mate choice;
comparative and manipulative field studies
c. Damselflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Odonata)
University of Rhode Island
Biological Sciences
Kingston, RI 02881
CHAIR: J. Stanley Cobb (401) 792-2372
FAX: (401) 792-42586
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Marine Facilities
CONTACT: J. Stanley Cobb
J. Stanley Cobb, PhD Prof.
(401) 792-2683
E-mail: scobb@uriace.uri.edu
Univ. of Rhode Island, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
b. early life history; habitat and foraging behavior; predator/prey interactions
c. Lobsters (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Nephropidae)
Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Nephropidae)
Hermit Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Nephropidae)
Frank Heppner, PhD Prof.
(401) 792-2372
Univ. of Calif., Davis, 1967
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Social Behavior
b. mechanisms of avian flight formations
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Starlings (Aves:Passeriformes:Sturnidae)
W.H. Krueger, PhD Prof.
(401) 792-2372
Boston University, 1967
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
b. behavioral systematics
c. Sticklebacks (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
C. Robert Shoop, PhD Prof.
(401) 792-2372
Tulane, Univ., 1963
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. natural history of marine turtles; distributions, orientation, survial
c. Sea turtles (Reptilia:Cheloidae)
Howard Winn, PhD Prof.
(401) 792-2372
Univ. of Michigan, 1955
a. Social Behavior
Communication
Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
b. sound communication in marine animals; behavioral ecology of reef fishes
c. Brook Trout (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Humpback, Right Whales (Mammalia:Cetacea)
Squirrel Fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Tautog
Bottlenose Dolphin (Mammalia:Cetacea)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Clemson University
Archbold Tropical Research Center
Clemson, SC 29634-1019
CHAIR: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr. (803) 656-0457
FAX: (803) 656-0231
DEGREES: MS PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Thomas Lacher
Thomas E. Lacher, Jr., PhD Assoc. Prof.
(803) 656-0457
FAX: (803) 656-0231
Univ. of Pittsburgh
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior
b. effects of resource distribution and abundance on use of space; behavior and community structure in tropical mammals
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Caviidae)
Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Marsupials (Mammalia:Marsupialia:Didelphidae)
Clemson University
Biological Sciences
Clemson, SC 29631
CHAIR: Carl W. Helms (803) 656-2328
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
CONTACT: James Colacino
Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr., PhD Prof.
(803) 656-2328
Louisiana State Univ., 1968
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Social Behavior-Dominance
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. lab/field studies of orientation systems of migratory birds; ecological significance of dominance, relationship to differential dispersal, migration, habitat selection
c. Songbirds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Raptors (Aves:Falconiformes:Accipitridae)
Woodpeckers (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Waterfowl (Aves:Anseriformes:Anatidae)
Cranes (Aves:Gruiformes:Gruidae)
Robert J. Taylor, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(803) 656-2328
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara, 1972
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. predator-prey pursuit and evasion
c. Largemouth Bass (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
Clemson University
Entomology
Clemson, SC 29631
CHAIR: Sidney Hays (803) 656-3111
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 0
CONTACT: Sidney Hays
Peter H. Adler, PhD Assist. Prof.
(803) 656-3111
Pennsylvania State Univ., 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology
Feeding/Ingestion
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. nocturnal feeding behavior; prezygotic and postzygotic isolating mechanisms between closely related species
c. Black Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Simuliidae)
Cutworm Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)
Clemson University
Forestry
Clemson, SC 29678
CHAIR: Michael A. Taras (803) 656-3302
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: David C. Gwynn, Jr. or M.A. Taras
David C. Gwynn, Jr., PhD Prof.
(803) 656-3302
Virginia Tech., 1975
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Behavioral Ecology
b. territoriality of beaver; beaver scent mounds as territorial boundary markers
c. Beavers (Mammalia:Rodentia:Castoridae)
Michael R. Lennartz, PhD Adj. Prof.
(803) 656-3284
Clemson Univ., 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior-Sociobiology
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. habitat selection and population dynamics of species associated with old-growth forest communities
c. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Fox Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Flying Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
University of South Carolina
Biological Sciences
Columbia, SC 29208
CHAIR: Roger Sawyer (803) 777-4141
FAX: 803-777-3935
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: David Claybrook, Grad. Studies Dir., Biology Dept.
Patricia DeCoursey, PhD Prof.
(803) 777-3934
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1959
a. Biological Rhythms
Neural Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
c. Flying Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Antelope Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
White-footed Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Kangaroo Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Heteromyidae)
TENNESSEE
Memphis State University
Biology
Memphis, TN 38152
CHAIR: James F. Payne (901) 678-2955
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: Melvin L. Beck or Ronald L. Mumme
Mark A. Grassman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(901) 678-4187
Texas A&M University, 1984
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
b. reproduction/endocrinology; behavioral ecology and reproduction of reptiles; evolution of behavior; mechanistic bases of behavior; environmental physiology; development
c. Whiptail Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Teiidae)
Various Reptiles (Reptilia)
Various Amphibians (Amphibia)
William H.N. Gutzke, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(901) 678-2596
Colorado State University, 1984
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior
b. social behavior; sensory mechanisms (chemical); development/ontogeny; sexual recognition, chemoreception, environmental and physiological effects on behavioral development
c. Asian Leopard Geckos (Reptilia:Sauria:Gekkonidae)
American Alligators (Reptilia:Crocodilia:Alligatoridae)
Snapping Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Chelydridae)
Soft Shell Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia:Trionyxidae)
Japanese Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Ronald L. Mumme, PhD Assist. Prof.
(901) 678-2597
University of California, Berkeley, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. behavioral ecology and social systems of birds; evolution of behavior; population biology
c. Acorn Woodpeckers (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Scrub Jays (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Raymond D. Semlitsch, PhD Assist. Prof.
(901) 687-3322
University of Georgia, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. fitness of life history traits; ecology of complex life cycles; population biology
c. Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Mole Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllotaplidae)
Memphis State University
Psychology
Memphis, TN 38152
CHAIR: Frank Leeming (901) 678-2145
FAX: (901) 678-2579
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
CONTACT: Graduate Information (901) 678-4080
Guy Mittleman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(901) 678-2579
Univ. of Michigan, 1985
a. Drug Studies
Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
b. study of individual differences in behavior and neurochemistry; neural basis of laterality, behavioral stereotypy, schedule induced polydipsia
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Michael J. Renner, PhD Assist. Prof.
(901) 678-3529
University of California, Berkeley, 1984
a. Development/Ontogeny
Learning-Complex
Neural Mechanisms
b. biological basis of learning & memory; comparative cognition and evolution of cognition; behavioral development; spontaneous exploration and investigatory behavior; curiosity
c. Norway Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Various other rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Bushbabies (Mammalia:Primates:Lorisidae)
Galagos (Mammalia:Primates:Lorisidae)
Milton Trapold, PhD Prof.
(901) 678-2883
University of Iowa, 1961
a. Learning
b. animal learning and cognition; comparative cognition
c. Norway Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Jeanette P. Ward, PhD Prof.
(901) 678-2375
Vanderbilt University, 1969
a. Neural Mechanisms-Lateralization
Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Learning-Discrimination
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Bushbabies (Mammalia:Primates:Lorisidae)
Galagos (Mammalia:Primates:Lorisidae)
Lemurs (Mammalia:Primates:Lemuridae)
University of Tennessee
Life Sciences
Knoxville, TN 37996
CHAIR: Gordon M. Burghardt (423) 974-6843
FAX: (423) 974-3330
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: Gordon M. Burghardt
Christine R. Boake, PhD Assoc. Prof. (EEB)
(423) 974-1980
E-mail: cboake@utk.edu
Cornell University, 1982
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
Behavioral Genetics
b. sexual selection and speciation; inheritance of courtship behavior; evolution of female mating preferences; quantitative genetics
c. Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Field Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Gordon M. Burghardt, PhD Prof. (EEB)
(423) 974-6843
E-mail: gburghar@utk.edu
Univ. of Chicago, 1966
a. Communication-Chemical
Development/Ontogeny
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. ontogeny of feeding, antipredator and social behavior in squamate reptiles with special attention to chemoreception; also evolution of vertebrate behavior, ontogentic mechanisms, and play
c. Hognose Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Garter Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Green Iguana (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Water Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Arthur C. Echternacht, PhD Prof. (EEB)
(423) 974-2371
E-mail: echterna@utk.edu
University of Kansas, 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior
b. responses of native species of lizards to introduced congeners; habitat selection, interspecific and intraspecific aggression, and the possible role of interspecific and intraspecific predation
c. Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Green Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Brown/Cuban Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Grand Cayman Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
John L. Gittleman, PhD Assoc. Prof. (EEB)
(423) 974-2371
E-mail: jgittle@utk.edu
Unviversity of Sussex (England), 1984
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology
Methodology-Comparative Method
b. interrelationships of morphology, physiology, and behavior from a single species and comparative perspective; also theoretical analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the comparative method
c. Carnivores (Mammalia:Carnivora)
Mammals (Mammalia)
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Neil Greenberg, PhD Prof. (EEB)
(423) 974-2371
E-mail: hgreenbe@utk.edu
Rutgers Univ., 1973
a. Social Behavior
Neural Mechanisms
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. physiological ethology (neural/behavior/endocrine interactions) of social behavior, dominance, and behavioral ecology of adaptive suites including stress responses to social stimuli
c. Green Anoles (Reptilia:Sauria:Iguanidae)
Jim C. Hall, PhD Assoc. Prof. (Biochem)
(423) 974-3069
E-mail: jhall1@utk.edu
University of Illinois, 1984
a. Communication-Acoustic
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
c. Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia:Ranidae)
Fiddler Crabs (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Decapoda:Ocypodidae)
Crickets (Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera:Gryllidae)
Gary F. McCracken, PhD Prof. (EEB)
(423) 974-6041
E-mail: gmccrack@utk.edu
Cornell Univ., 1976
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Communication
Evolution/Survival Value
b. social behavior and population genetics in natural populations
c. Mexican Free-tailed Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera:Mollosidae)
Land Molluscs (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Pulmonata)
Trout (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes:Salmonidae)
John C. New, Jr., PhD, Assoc. Prof. (Comp. Med.)
(615) 546-5576
E-mail: jnew@utk.edu
Univ. of Minnesota, 1977
a. Applied Ethology-Companion Animals
b. public health aspects of companion animals; zoonoses & injuries as well as the therapeutic use of companion animals (human-animal bond)
c. Domestic Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Domestic Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Michael R. Pelton, PhD Prof. (Forestry)
(615) 974-7126
Univ. of Georgia, 1968
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology-Movement Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. activity patterns and movement ecology of large mammals; population dynamics; food habits; denning behavior; population regulation mechanisms
c. Black Bears (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
Raccoons (Mammalia:Carnivora:Procyonidae)
River Otters (Mammalia:Carnivora:Mustelidae)
Coyotes (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Susan E. Riechert, PhD Prof. (EEB)
(615) 974-6041
E-mail: sriecher@utk.edu
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Genetics
Social Behavior-Sociality
b. evolution of social structure and behaviors that adjust populations to local condition; competition, food levels, physical environments
c. Spiders (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Araneida)
Richard Saudargas, PhD Prof. (Psych)
(615) 974-4361
E-mail: rsaudarg@utk.edu
Florida State University, 1972
a. Human Ethology
Learning
Social Behavior
b. social interaction patterns of mildly handicapped children with teachers and peers
c. Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Vanderbilt University
Psychology and Human Development (Peabody College)
Nashville, TN 37203
CHAIR: Howard M. Sandler (615) 322-8141
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 2
CONTACT: Corrine Bickman
Richard H. Porter, PhD Prof.
(615) 322-8419
Wayne State Univ., 1970
a. Communication-Chemical
Development/Ontogeny
Human Ethology
b. development of kin interactions in spiny mice; mechanisms and functions of kin recognition; human social olfaction; social behavior-kin
c. Spiny Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
TEXAS
Rice University
Biology
Houston, TX 77251
CHAIR: Dr. Ron Sass (713) 527-4919
FAX: (713) 285-5232
DEGREES: BA, MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 4
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Microsatellite DNA Laboratory Subtropical Native Habitats
CONTACT: Joan Strassmann
Kristine Johnson, PhD Lecturer
(713) 285-5480
E-mail: kjohnson@rice.edu
Univ. of New Mexico, 1986
a. Social Behavior-Mating Systems
Social Behavior-Sexual Selection
b. social/genetic mating system in birds
c. Great-Tailed Grackle (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
David Queller, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(713) 285-5220
E-mail: queller@rice.edu
Univ. of Michigan, 1983
a. Social Behavior-Sociality
Evolution/Survival Value
Methodology-Theoretical Models
b. kin selection theory; extimation of relatedness; altruism and conflicts in social wasps
c. Swarm-founding wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Paper Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Joan Strassmann, PhD Prof.
(713) 527-4922
E-mail: strassm@rice.edu
Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1979
a. Social Behavior-Sociality
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial Interactions
b. use of DNA microsatellites for studies of parentage and genetic relatedness, combined with videotapes, to investigate conflicts of interest in highly social wasps
c. Paper Wasps (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Swarm-founding Wasps (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Texas A & M University
Animal Science
College Station, TX 77843
CHAIR: Brian Johnson (409) 845-1543
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Ted Friend
Ted Friend, PhD Prof.
(409) 845-5265
E-mail: t-friend@tamu.edu
VPI and SU, 1977
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Social Behavior-Dominance
b. stress/animal care; physiological and behavioral indices of stress; competition for resources; perception
c. Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Swine (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Suidae)
Horses (Mammalia:Perissodactyla:Equidae)
Sheep (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Goats (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Texas A & M University
Biology
College Station, TX 77843
CHAIR: Timothy C. Hall (409) 845-7728
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: Billy Foster
David W. Owens, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(409) 845-7783
Univ. of Arizona, 1976
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Communication-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology
b. imprinting; endocrine physiology of sexual behavior; chemical communication; effects of pollutants on chemosensory behavior
c. Sea Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia)
Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
S. Bradleign Vinson, PhD Prof.
(409) 845-7747
Mississippi State Univ., 1965
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Host/Oviposition Site Select
b. parasitoid-host relationships; insect chemical ecology; social insects
c. Insect Parasitoids (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae)
Insect Parasitoids (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Chalcidoidae)
Insect Parasitoids (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Proctotrupoidae)
Solitary Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Fire Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Paul J. Weldon, PhD Assist. Prof.
(409) 845-7766
Univ. of Tennessee, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Communication-Chemical
b. detection of predator and prey odors; chemical ecology
c. Rattlesnakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Crotalidae)
Kingsnakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Gastropod Molluscs (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Prosobranchia)
Texas A & M University
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
College Station, TX 77843-2258
CHAIR: Robert Brown (409) 845-5777
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
SPECIAL FACILITIES: laboratory of ethology; bioacoustical; telemetry and visual censoring/recording
CONTACT: Janice Crenshaw (409) 845-5768
Keith A. Arnold, PhD Prof.
(409) 845-5704
E-mail: kaarnold@tamu.edu
Louisiana State Univ., 1966
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. flocking and roosting in blackbirds; general behavior and the natural history of Texas birds
c. Great-tailed Grackles (Aves:Passeriformes:Icteridae)
William H. Neill, PhD Prof.
(409) 845-5759
E-mail: w-neill@tamu.edu
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971
a. Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Sensory Mechanisms-Temperature
b. behavioral and physiological bases of fish distribution; enviroregulatory models of fish behavior
c. Bluegills (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
Largemouth Bass (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Centrarchidae)
Tuna (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Scombridae)
Gilthead Seabream (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Sparidae)
Arctic Cisco (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes:Coregonidae)
Jane M. Packard, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(409) 845-1465
E-mail: j-packard@tamu.edu
Univ. of Minnesota, 1980
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Communication
b. behavioral phenotypes in captive breeding and reintroduction of endangered species; binational coordination; conflict resolution
c. Wolves (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Dolphin (Mammalia:Cetacea:Delphinidae)
Human (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Kenneth L. Risenhoover, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(409) 845-5777
E-mail: klr@orca.tamu.edu
Michegan Tech. Univ., 1987
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Methodology-Theoretical Models
b. factors influencing dispersion of vertebrates; searching behavior; feeding ecology of generalist herbivores; landscape ecology
c. Ungulates (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Raccoons (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Norther Bobwhite Quail (Aves:Galliformes)
Nova J. Silvy, PhD Prof.
(409) 845-5707
E-mail: n-silvy@tamu.edu
Southern Illinois Univ., 1975
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. upland game birds
c. Grouse (Aves:Galliformes:Tetraonidae)
Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Doves (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Turkeya (Aves:Galliformes:Meleagrididae)
R. Douglas Slack, PhD Prof.
(409) 845-5707
E-mail: d-slack@tamu.edu
Ohio State Univ., 1973
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. coastal wildlife (birds)
c. Whooping Cranes (Aves:Gruiformes:Gruidae)
Shorebirds (Aves:Charadriiformes:Charadriidae)
Terns (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Rails (Aves:Gruiformes:Rallidae)
Roseate Spoonbills (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Threskiornithidae)
Bernd Wursig, PhD Prof. / Dir. Mammal Research Prog.
(409) 740-4413
Fax: (409) 740-4717
E-mail: wursigb@tamug.tamu.edu
Stae Univ. of New York, 1978
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Learning-Avoidance
b. behavioral ecology of marine mammals; foraging; habitat use; influences of human activites and habitat degradation in dolphins and whales
c. Dusky Dolphins (Mammalia:Cetacean:Delphinid)
Bottlenose Dolphin (Mammalia:Cetacean:Delphinid)
Sperm Whale (Mammalia:Cetacean:Physeterid)
Humpback Whale (Mammalia:Cetacean:Balaenopterid)
Amazon River Dolphin (Mammalia:Cetacean:Platanistid)
Texas A & M University
Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
College Station, TX 77843
CHAIR: J.R. August (409) 845-9053
FAX: (409) 845-6978
DEGREES: MS, / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Bonnie V. Beaver
Bonnie Beaver, DVM Prof.
(409) 845-2351
Fax: (409) 845-6978
Univ. of Minnesota, 1968
a. Applied Ethology
Social Behavior
Environmental Enrichment
b. behavioral problems in domestic animals, environmental enrichment in laboratory animals
c. Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
Horses (Mammalia:Perissodactyla:Equidae)
Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Primates (Mammalia:Primates)
W.R. Klemm, PhD Prof.
(409) 845-4201
Univ. of Notre Dame, 1963
a. Neural Mechanisms
Communication
Drug Studies
b. neuropharmacology; neurophysiology
c. Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Texas Tech University
Animal Science, Biology
Lubbock, TX 79409-2141
CHAIR: John McGlone (806) 742-2533
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: John McGlone
John J. McGlone, PhD Assoc. Prof. (Animal Science)
(806) 742-2533
Univ. of Illinois, 1981
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Communication-Chemical
Social Behavior-Aggression
b. physiological mechanisms controlling pig aggression; pheromones; applied ethology
c. Domestic Pigs (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Suidae)
Michael K. Rylander, PhD Prof. (Biology)
(806) 742-2727
Tulane University
a. Social Behavior
b. comparative neuroanatomy
c. Birds (Aves)
Michael Willig, PhD Assoc. Prof. (Biology)
(806) 742-2590
Pittsburg
a. Behavioral Ecology
b. optimal foraging strategies
c. Bats (Mammalia:Chiroptera)
University of Texas at Arlington
Psychology, Biology
Arlington, TX 76019
CHAIR: Roger L. Mellgren (Psych) (817) 273-2281
Edmund D. Brodie, Jr. (Bio) (817) 273-2871
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 16
CONTACT:Graduate Advisor (Psychology or Biology)
Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., PhD Prof.
(817) 273-2871
Oregon State Univ., 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Learning-Avoidance
Evolution/Survival Value
b. antipredator adaptations of amphibians and reptiles including mimicy, toxins, crypsis and aggressive behaviors
c. Salamander (Amphibia:Caudata)
Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes)
Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Daniel R. Formanowicz, PhD Assist. Prof.
(817) 273-2520
State Univ. of New York, Albany, 1982
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Social Behavior
b. arthropod predator/prey interactions including search behavior, diet choice, predation risk, and antipredator behavior; social aspects of foraging
c. Centipedes (Chilopoda:Scolopendromorpha:Scolopendridae)
Scorpions (Arthropoda:Arachnida:Scorpiones:Buthidae)
Aquatic Beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Dytiscidae)
Turtles (Reptilia:Chelonia)
Frogs (Amphibia:Salientia)
Shrews (Mammalia:Insectivora:Soricidae)
James Kopp, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(817) 273-3237
Univ. of Michigan, 1967
a. Learning
Learning-Reinforcement
Learning-Choice Behavior
b. operant conditioning-concurrent schedules of reinforcement (positive)
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Tarsiers (Mammalia:Primates:Tarsiidae)
Martha A. Mann, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(817-273-3239
SUNY, Albany, 1983
a. Behavioral Endocrinology
Development/Ontogeny
Behavioral Genetics
b. genetic, developmental, hormonal influences on intraspecific aggression, parental care, reproductive physiology, sex ratio evolution; social behavior
c. Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
James V. Robinson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(817) 273-2419
Utah State Univ., 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
b. predator avoidance strategies in odonates
c. Damselflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Odonata:Coenagrionidae)
Dragonflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Odonata:Libellulidae)
Dragonflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Odonata:Aeschnidae)
Harold Zakon, PhD Prof.
(512) 471-0194
E-mail: h.zakon@mail.utexas.edu
Cornell Univ., 1981
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Communication-Electric
b. how sex steroids modify communication signals of electric fish to piophysical levels
c. Knifefish (Pisces:Gymnotiformes:Sternopygidae)
Brown Ghost (Pisces:Gymnotiformes:Apteronotidae)
Black Ghost (Pisces:Gymnotiformes:Apteronotidae)
UTAH
Utah State University
Biology
Logan, UT 84322-5305
CHAIR: Edmund D. Brodie, Jr. (801) 750-2485
FAX: (801) 750-1575
DEGREES: BS, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 100+
CONTACT: William Brindley
Edmund D. Brodie, PhD Prof.
(801) 797-0068
Fax: (801) 797-0532
E-mail: brodie@usu.edu
Utah State Univ., 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Evolution/Survival Value
Learning-Avoidance
b. antipredator mechanisms, skin toxins, and resistance of predators to toxins of prey
c. Salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata:Salamandridae)
Caecilians (Amphibia:Apoda:Caeciliidae)
Garter Snakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Horned Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Phrynosomatidae)
E.W. Evans, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(801) 797-2552
E-mail: ewevans@cc.usu.edu
Cornell Univ., 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Behavioral Ecology-Forgaging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
b. habitat selecion, prey choice, and reproductive strategies of insect natural enemies (Predators and parasitoids) in biological control programs
c. Ladybird Beetles (Insecgta:Coleoptera:Coccinellidae)
Parasitoids (Insecta:Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae)
James W. Haefner, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(801) 797-3553
E-mail: jim@anolis.bnr.usu.edu
Oregon State Univ., 1975
a. Methodology-Theoretical Models
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
b. (Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Frank J. Messina, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(801) 750-2528
E-mail: messina@cc.usu.edu
Cornell University, 1982
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Behavioral Genetics
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. genetic bases of variation in egg-laying behavior; effects of host plants on the foraging behavior of insect predators
c. Cowpea Weevil (Insecta:Coleoptera:Bruchidae)
Green Lacewing (Insecta:Neuroptera:Chrysopidae)
14-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Insecta:Coleoptera:Coccinellidae)
Russian Wheat Aphids (Insecta:Homoptera:Aphididae)
Kim Sullivan, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(801) 750-8713
E-mail: Yejunco@cc.usu.edu
Rutgers University, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Development/Ontogeny
b. behavioral and population ecology of birds; development of behavior in wild birds
c. Yellow-eyed Juncos (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Dark-eyed Juncos (Aves:Passeriformes)
Green-Tailed Towhee (Aves:Passeriformes)
American Dipper (Aves:Passeriformes)
Vincent J. Tepedino, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(801) 750-2559
University of Wyoming, 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. pollination biology; behavior and ecology of bees and wasps, especially non-social species
c. Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Sphecid Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Sphecidae)
Other Parasitic Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Parasitica)
Dana Vaughan, PhD Assist. Prof.
(801) 797-1579
E-mail: dvaughan@cc.usu.edu
Univ. of California, 1988
a. Sensory Mechanisms-Vision
Development/Ontogeny
Feeding/Ingestion
b. neurochemistry of leech feeding; cell biology of teleost retinal horizontal cells; electrical synapses
c. Medical Leech (Annelida:Hirudinea)
Hybrid Bass (Osteichthyes)
Common Goldfish (Osteichthyes)
Utah State University
Fisheries and Wildlife
Logan, UT 84322
CHAIR: Raymond Duesser (801) 750-2459
FAX: (810) 797-1871 / E-MAIL: in90fishwif@cc.usu.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Ecology Field Station; Coyote Behavior and Ecology Station (USDA)
CONTACT: R. Duesser
Martha H. Balph, PhD Research Assoc. Prof
Utah State Univ., 1974
a. Social Behavior-Dominance
b. Social behavior of birds
c. Juncos (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Pine Siskins (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Evening Grosbeaks (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Gary E. Belovsky, PhD Prof.
(801) 797-2597
Harvard Univ., 1980
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
c. Grasshoppers (Insecta:Orthoptera)
Brine Shrimp (Crustacea)
Kangaroo (Mammalia:Marsupalia)
Ungulates (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Michael Conover, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(801) 797-2436
Washington State Univ., 1978
a. Social Behavior
Applied Ethology
c. Gulls (Aves:Larus)
Deer (Mammalia:Odocoileus)
Pheasants (Aves:Pasianus)
Ducks (Aves:Anstidae)
Todd A. Crowl, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(801) 797-2498
E-mail: facrowl@cc.usu.edu
Univ. of Oklahoma, 1990
a. Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey Interactions
Communication-Chemical
Learning-Avoidance
c. Fish (Pisces)
Snails (Mollusca:Gastropoda)
Crayfish (Crustacea)
Barrie K. Gilbert, PhD Senior Scientist
(801) 750-2540
Duke Univ., 1970
a. Behavioral Ecology
Applied Ethology
Learning
b. field studies of individual behavior (habituation) in large mammals and birds; traditions, foraging behavior and risk (security) aspects of habitat choice
c. Brown Bears (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
Black Bears (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
Black Noddy (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Utah State University
Rangeland Resources
Logan, UT 84322-5230
CHAIR: John Malechek (801) 797-1604
FAX: (801) 797-3796
DEGREES: BS, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 5
NUMBER/ TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 1
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: School of Graduate Studies
Fred Provenza, PhD Prof.
(801) 797-1604
E-mail: stan@cc.usu.edu
Utah State Univ., 1992
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Development/Ontogeny
Feeding/Ingestion
b. origins of preference
c. Sheep and Goats (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
VERMONT
University of Vermont
Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Program
Burlington, VT 05405
CHAIR: David H. Hirth (802) 656-2684
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: David H. Hirth
David H. Hirth, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(802) 656-2684
Univ. of Michigan, 1973
a. Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
c. White-tailed Deer (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Cervidae)
Coyotes (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Black Bears (Mammalia:Carnivora:Ursidae)
University of Vermont
Zoology
Burlington, VT 05405
CHAIR: George M. Happ (802) 656-2922
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
CONTACT: George M. Happ
Bernd Heinrich, PhD Prof.
(802) 656-0443
Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Communication
b. foraging biology of bumblebees, thermoregulation
c. Bees and Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Butterflies and Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Ravens (Aves:Piciformes:Corvidae)
Joan M. Herbers, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(802) 656-2922
Northwestern Univ., 1978
a. Behavioral Genetics
Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
b. evolutionary ecology of eusocial insects
c. Ants (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Formicidae)
Timothy Otter, PhD Assist. Prof.
(802) 656-0460
Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1981
a. Locomotion
Sensory Mechanisms
Behavioral Genetics
b. control of flagellar and ciliary movement; spermatozoa of echinoderms
c. Chlamydomonas (Protozoa:Phytomastigophorea)
Paramecium (Protozoa:Ciliata)
Sea Urchins (Echinodermata:Echinoidea)
Sand Dollars (Echinodermata:Echinoidea)
Joseph J. Schall, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(802) 656-0448
Univ. of Texas, 1976
a. Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Learning-Memory
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. effect of parasites on social behavior; nesting behavior of seabirds; courtship
c. Western Fence Lizards (Reptilia:Squamata:Iguanidae)
Whiptail Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Teiidae)
Cormorants (Aves:Pelecaniformes:Phalacrocoracidae)
Judith Van Houten, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(802) 656-0452
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara, 1976
a. Sensory Mechanisms
Locomotion
Neural Mechanisms
b. genetic analysis of chemoreception from receptor to behavioral response levels; behavior of unicellular organisms
c. Paramecium (Protozoa:Ciliata)
VIRGINIA
College of William and Mary
Biology
Williamsburg, VA 23185
CHAIR: L.L. Wiseman
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 25
CONTACT: Chair, Graduate Committee
C. Richard Terman, PhD Prof.
Michigan State Univ., 1959
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Ecology-Population Dynamics
b. behavioral ecology of population growth control and reproductive strategy
c. White-footed Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Prairie deer mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
James Madison University
Psychology
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
CHAIR: Virginia Andreoli-Mathie
FAX: (540) 568-3322
DEGREES: MA / ENROLLMENT:
SPECIAL FACILITIES: Animal (rodent) lab; hend-held computers and Noldus Observer software for data collection; equipment for analysis of vocal communication signals; operant lab
CONTACT: Sue Rippy, Graduate Secretary (540-568-6439)
Suzanne C. Baker, PhD Assist. Prof.
(540) 568-7832
E-mail: fac.sbaker@vax1.acs.jmu.edu
Univ. of Georgia, 1987
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Communication
b. social behavior in dder mice; environmental effects on behavior; kinship effects on social behavior; communication in non-human primates, especially macaques
c. Deer Mouse (Mammlia:Rodentia:Cricitidae)
University of Virginia
Behavioral Neuroscience
Charlottesville, VA 22901
CHAIR: Menaker (Bio) (804) 924-7169
Scarr (Psychology) (804) 924-3374
DEGREES: MA, MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Phil Best
Philip J. Best, PhD Prof.
(804) 924-0686
Princeton Univ., 1965
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neurophysiological Correlates
Learning-Memory
Behavioral Ecology-Orient/Navig/Migra/Homing
b. brain processing of complex cognitive functions
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Peter C. Brunjes, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(804) 924-0687
Indiana Univ., 1979
a. Development/Ontogeny
Sensory Mechanisms-Chemical
Neural Mechanisms-Development
b. development of olfactory system, comparative studies of rodent brain growth
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Spiny Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
W. Otto Friesen, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(804) 924-7841
Univ. of Calif., San Diego, 1974
a. Neural Mechanisms
Locomotion
Drug Studies
b. neural control of locomotion in leeches
c. Leeches (Annelida:Hirudinea)
Medical Leeches (Annelida:Hirudinea)
Paul E. Gold, PhD Prof.
(804) 924-0685
Univ. of North Carolina, 1971
a. Learning-Memory
Neural Mechanisms
Drug Studies
b. neuroendocrine regulation of memory storage
c. Rats & Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Michael Menaker, PhD Prof.
(804) 924-7169
Princeton Univ., 1960
a. Biological Rhythms
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Sensory Mechanisms
b. circadian organization in vertebrates/photoperiodic control of reproduction
c. Sparrows (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Lizards(Reptilia:Sauria)
Trout (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes:Salmonidae)
Douglas G. Mook, PhD Prof.
(804) 924-0681
Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1962
a. Feeding/Ingestion
Motivation/Emotion
Sensory Mechanisms
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Emilie Rissman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(804) 924-6862
Cornell Univ., 1984
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Communication-Chemical
b. the roles of social and environmental cues on reproductive behavior; behavioral endocrinology
c. Musk Shrews (Mammalia:Insectivora:Soricidae)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Biology
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0406
CHAIR: Joe Cowles (703) 231-8928
FAX: (703) 231-9307
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15-17
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
OTHER FACULTY: R. Fell
CONTACT: Sue Rasmussen
Curtis S. Adkisson, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(703) 231-6347
Univ. of Michigan, 1973
a. Communication-Acoustic
Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
b. evolution of dialects and other vocal variation; habitat selection
c. Red Crossbills (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Pine Grosbeaks (Aves:Passeriformes:Fringillidae)
Bluejays (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
Jack A. Cranford, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(540) 231-5371
E-mail: cranford@vt.edu
Univ. of Utah, 1977
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior
b. ecological physiology and behavior of small squirrels through squirrels
c. Deer Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Meadow Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Punars (Mammalia:Rodentia:Echimyidae)
Marmots (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Jumping Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Zapodidae)
Thomas A. Jenssen, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(703) 231-6246
E-mail: tjenssen@vt.edu
Univ. of Oklahoma, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology
Communication-Visual
Social Behavior
c. Anoline Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Polychrotidae)
Jeffrey R. Walters, PhD Bailey Prof.
(540) 231-3847
E-mail: jrwalt@vt.edu
Univ. of Chicago, 1980
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation/Altruism/Helping
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial Interactions
b. evolution of cooperative breeding in birds; ecological basis of sensitivity to habitat fragmentation; kinship effects on behavior; parental behavior on precocial birds
c. Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Aves:Piciformes:Picidae)
Brown Treecreeper (Aves:Passeriformes:Climecteridae)
Piping Plover/Shorebirds (Aves:Charadriiformes:Charadriidae)
Yellow Baboons (Mammalia:Primtest:Cercopithidae)
Neotropical Migrants (Aves:Passeriformes)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Poultry Science
Blacksburg, VA 24061
W.B. Gross
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Applied Ethology-Husbandry
b. veterinary medicine; toxins; stress
c. Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Chickens (Aves:Galliformes)
P.B. Siegel
a. Applied Ethology-Domestic Animals
Applied Ethology-Husbandry
b. genetics; stress; appetite; sexual behavior; thermoregulation
c. Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Biology
Richmond, VA 23284-2012
CHAIR: Jackson E. Jeffrey (804) 257-1562
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: John F. Pagels
C.R. Blem, PhD Prof.
(804) 257-1562
Univ. of Illinois, 1969
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat selection
Behavioral Ecology-Energetics
c. Passerine Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Cottonmouths (Reptilia:Serpentes:Crotalidae)
Watersnakes (Reptilia:Serpentes:Colubridae)
Russell V. Brown, PhD Prof.
(804) 257-1562
Iowa State, 1962
a. Behavioral Genetics
b. learning, environmental effects on genetics and molecular pathology
c. Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Fruit Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera:Drosophilidae)
Michael L. Fine, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(804) 257-1562
Univ. of Rhode Island, 1976
a. Communication
Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. neuroethology of fish sound production
c. Toadfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Batrachoidiformes:Batrachoididae)
Croakers (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Sciaenidae)
Seatrout (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Sciaenidae)
Greg C. Garman, PhD Assist. Prof.
(804) 257-1562
Univ. of Maine, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/prey
b. fish feeding behavior
c. Boney Fishes (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
WASHINGTON
University of Washington
Psychology
Seattle, WA 98195
CHAIR: Stephen C. Woods (206) 543-2699
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 12
CONTACT: Martha Burns
David P. Barash, PhD Prof.
(206) 543-8784
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1970
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Aggression
Evolution/Survival Value
b. evolution of animal and human social behavior, with emphasis on vertebrate sociobiology
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Michael D. Beecher, PhD Prof.
(206) 543-6545
Boston Univ., 1970
a. Communication
Behavioral Ecology
Sensory Mechanisms-Audition
b. acoustic communication in birds; kin recognition
c. Song Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Robert C. Bolles, PhD Prof.
(206) 543-2631
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1956
a. Motivation/Emotion
Learning
b. functional approaches to animal motivation; fear conditioning; flavor preferences
c. Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Eliot A. Brenowitz, PhD Assist. Prof.
(206) 543-8534
Cornell Univ., 1982
a. Neural Mechanisms-Neuroethology
Communication
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. behavior and neuroethology of animal communication
c. Birds (Aves)
Frogs (Amphibia:Anura)
Joan S. Lockard, PhD Prof.
(206) 543-3494
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963
a. Neural Mechanisms
Human Ethology
b. human ethology; evolutionary and neural mechanisms of social behavior
c. Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Gene P. Sackett, PhD Prof.
(206) 543-2500
Claremont Graduate School, 1963
a. Development/Ontogeny
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Methodology-Data Collection/Analysis
b. behavioral development; observational methods in behavioral research; pregnancy outcome and later behavior
c. Macques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Humans (Mammalia:Primates:Hominidae)
Walla Walla College
Biological Science
College Place, WA 99324
CHAIR: Ronald L. Carter (509) 527-2603
DEGREES: MA / ENROLLMENT: 5
CONTACT: J. Galusha
Joseph G. Galusha, PhD Prof.
(509) 527-2551
Oxford Univ., 1975
a. Social Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Human Ethology
b. aggression and territoriality in gulls; mechanisms of parent-young recognition in gulls
c. Glaucous-winged Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Washington State University
Psychology
Pullman, WA 99164-4830
CHAIR: Frances K. McSweeney (509) 335-2631
DEGREES: M.A.,PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Frances K. McSweeney
John M. Hinson, PhD Assist. Prof.
(509) 335-1089
Duke Univ., 1981
a. Learning-Reinforcement
Learning-Discrimination
Sensory Mechanisms
b. operant mechanisms - concurrent and multiple schedules
c. Pigeons(Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Frances K. McSweeney, PhD Prof.
(509) 335-3049
Harvard Univ., 1974
a. Learning-Reinforcement
Learning-Discrimination
Drug Studies
b. operant and classical conditioning-concurrent and multiple schedules
c. Pigeons (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Washington State University
Zoology
Pullman, WA 99164-4236
CHAIR: Gary Thorgaard (509) 335-3553
FAX: (509) 335-3184 / E-MAIL: zoology@wsu.edu
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Chair of Grad. Studies Comm.
Don E. Miller, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(509) 335-5631
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966
a. Communication
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. functions of vocal communication in the reproduction and parent/offspring interactions of birds
c. Ring-billed Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
California Gulls (Aves:Charadriiformes:Laridae)
Black-billed Magpies (Aves:Passeriformes:Corvidae)
John N. Thompson, PhD Assoc. Prof. (509) 335-7466
Univ. of Illinois, 1977
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Behavioral Genetics
b. Evolution of interactions between species, including coevolution of behaviors
c. Insects (Arthropoda:Insecta)
Butterflies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera:Papilionidae)
Moths (Arthropoda:Insecta:Lepidoptera)
Parasitic Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Paul Verrell, PhD Assist. Prof.
(509) 335-4644
E-mail: verrell@wsu.edu
Open Univ. (England), 1983
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior
c. Tarantulas (Arachnida)
Salamanders (Amphibia)
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia University
Biology
Morgantown, WV 26506
CHAIR: M. W. Schein (304) 293-5394
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: M. W. Schein
M. W. Schein, ScD Prof.
(304) 293-5394
Johns Hopkins Univ., 1954
a. Social Behavior
Applied Ethology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. early experience, communication, social behavior; circadian rhythms
c. Japanese Quail (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Domestic Chickens (Aves:Galliformes:Phasianidae)
Domestic Cattle (Mammalia:Artiodactyla:Bovidae)
West Virgina University
Psychology
Morgantown, WV 26506-6040
CHAIR: Philip Chase (304) 293-2001
FAX: (304) 293-6606
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 16
NUMBER/TYPE FELLOWSHIPS/STIPEND: 4
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: access to pets with behavior problems
OTHER FACULTY: B.K. Parker, D. Schaal, M. Perine
CONTACT: Debra Swinney, Admissions Secretary
Kenneth A. Lattal, PhD Centennial Prof.
(304) 293-2001 ext. 608
E-mail: lattal@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
Univ. of Alabama, 1969
a. Learning-Reinforcement
Learning-Avoidance
Learning-Complex
b. reinforcement processes; behavioral theory; pet behavior therapy
c. Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Pigeons (Aves)
Siamese Fighting Fish (Pisces)
Dogs (Mammalia:Carnivora:Canidae)
Cats (Mammalia:Carnivora:Felidae)
WISCONSIN
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Anthropology
Madison, WI 53706
CHAIR: Don Thompson (608) 262-7395
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT:
CONTACT: Joan Jaremba
Karen B. Strier, PhD Assis. Prof.
(608) 262-0302
Harvard University, 1986
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. behavioral ecology of free-ranging primates; determinants of social behavior; conservation
c. Muriquis (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Entomology
Madison, WI 53706
CHAIR: Charles Koval (608) 262-1696
FAX: (608) 262-0123
BITNET: JEANNE@VMS3.MACC.WISC.EDU
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 7
CONTACT: Robert L. Jeanne
Wendell E. Burkholder, PhD Prof. (USDA Stored Product-Insects Res Unit)
(608) 262-3795
University of Wisconsin, 1967
a. Communication-Chemical
b. behavior of grain/food storage beetles; wasp parasitoid behavior
c. Grain beetles (Arthropoda:Insecta:Coleoptera:Dermestidae)
Robert L. Jeanne, PhD Prof.
(608) 262-0899
Fax: (608) 262-0123
Bitnet: JEANNE@WISCMACC.BITNET
Harvard Univ., 1971
a. Social Behavior-Eusocial Insects
Communication-Chemical
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. evolution/survival value; natural history; division of labor; organization of work; phermones; reproductive behavior; exocrine glands; defense; foraging; dominance
c. Social Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Vespidae)
Michael R. Strand, PhD Assist. Prof.
(608) 262-0814
Texas A&M University, 1985
a. Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Ecology-Host/Parasite Relations
b. progeny allocation strategies; clutch/sex ratio biology; reproductive biology; foraging; semiochemicals
c. Parasitic Wasps (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera)
Flies (Arthropoda:Insecta:Diptera)
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Psychology
Madison, WI 53706
CHAIR: Peter Spear (608) 262-1040
DEGREES: PhD / ENROLLMENT: 8
CONTACT: Admissions Secretary Jane Fox (608) 262-2079
Robert E. Bowman, PhD Prof. Emeritus
(608) 263-3550
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1962
a. Behavioral Toxicology
Drug Studies
Methodology
b. the development of methods to assess the subtle and long-term effects on behavior of various toxins--lead, halothane, PCB's, etc.
c. Rhesus Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
c. Rhesus Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Rats (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Christopher Coe, PhD Prof.
(608) 263-3550
SUNY, Downstate Med. Center, 1976
a. Development/Ontogeny
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Psychoimmunology
b. parental/filial; effects of social environment on coping behavior, stress hormones, immune system response; immune senescence
c. Squirrel Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Rhesus Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Robert W. Goy, PhD Prof. Emeritus
(608) 263-3500
Univ. of Kansas
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior
Development/Ontogeny
b. effects of early hormonal experience on neural organization and social behavior, esp. sexual, reproductive, aggressive, and parental behavior
c. Rhesus Macaques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Guinea Pigs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Caviidae)
Charles T. Snowdon, PhD Prof. (Psych & Zool)
(608) 262-3974
Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1968
a. Communication-Auditory
Communication-Chemical
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior
b. acoustic and chemical communication; breeding biology and behavior; social contraception; parental care; well-being of captive primates; behavioral aspects of conservation
c. Pygmy Marmoset (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
Cotton-top Tamarins (Mammalia:Primates:Callitrichidae)
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Zoology
Madison, WI 53706
CHAIR: Warren P. Porter (608) 262-1051
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 25
GRAUDATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
CONTACT: Faculty Member of Interest
Jeffrey R. Baylis, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(608) 263-5134
Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, 1974
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Communication
b. evolution of courtship behavior and parental care; evolution of communications
c. Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Bees (Arthropoda:Insecta:Hymenoptera:Apidae)
Domestic Animals (Mammalia)
Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria)
Theodore Garland, Jr., PhD Assist. Prof.
(608) 262-4437
University of California, Irvine, 1985
a. Evolution/Survival Value
Locomotion
b. evolution of behavior; locomotor performance and activity metabolism; physiological mechanisms and constraints on behavior
c. Lizards (Reptilia:Squamata:Iguanidae)
Rodenta (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Jack P. Hailman, PhD Prof.
(608) 262-2636
E-mail: jhailman@mauc.wisc.edu
Duke Univ., 1964
a. Communication-Acoustic
c. Birds (Aves)
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Biological Sciences
Milwaukee, WI 53201
CHAIR: C. Weise (414) 229-4214
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 15
CONTACT: C. Weise
John D. Buntin, PhD Prof.
(414) 229-5012
E-mail: BUNTIN@CSD4.CSD.UWM
Rutgers Univ. 1975
a. Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior-Parental/Filial
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. effects of prolactin on behavior and brain function, esp. in regulating parental behavior, physiological adaptations associated with care of young
c. Ring Doves (Aves:Columbiformes:Columbidae)
Golden Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Timothy Ehlinger, PhD Assist. Prof.
(414) 229-4358
E-mail: EHLINGER@CSD4.CSD.UWM
Michigan, 1986
a. Evolution/Survival Value
b. evolution of adaptive intraspecific behavior; foraging and reproductive behavior
c. Fish (Pisces:Osteichthyes)
Millicent S. Ficken, PhD Prof.
(414) 229-4363
Cornell Univ., 1960
a. Communication
Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
b. bird vocalizations and social behavior; acoustic and visual communication; dominance and aggression
c. Song birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Roslyn P. Warren, PhD Prof.
(414) 229-4889
New York Univ., 1954
a. Applied Ethology-Zoo Animals
Feeding/Ingestion
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
b. behavior of zoo animals; development of taste preferences; ingestive behavior
c. Hamsters (Mammalia:Rodentia:Cricetidae)
Mice (Mammalia:Rodentia:Muridae)
Guinea Pigs (Mammalia:Rodentia:Caviidae)
Ungulates (Mammalia:Artiodactyla)
Carnivores (Mammalia:Carnivora)
Charles M. Weise, PhD Prof.
(414) 229-4373
E-mail: WEISE@CSD4.CSD.UWM
Univ. of Illinois, 1956
a. Behavioral Ecology
Endocrine/Hormonal Mechanisms
Social Behavior
b. behavioral effects on population regulation; migration physiology and behavior
c. Black-capped Chickadees (Aves:Passeriformes:Paridae)
Dark-eyed Juncos (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
Water Fowl (Aves:Anseriformes)
Birds of Prey (Aves:Falconiformes)
Owls (Aves:Strigiformes)
WYOMING
University of Wyoming
Zoology and Physiology
Laramie, WY 82071
CHAIR: William A. Gern (307) 766-4207
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 10
CONTACT: Department Graduate Secretary
Stanley H. Anderson, PhD Prof.
(307) 766-5415
Oregon State Univ., 1970
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
b. habitat selection of birds and mammals; community interactions of wildlife
c. Birds (Aves:Falconiformes)
Birds (Aves:Passeriformes)
Mammals (Mammalia:Artiodactyla)
Carnivores (Mammalia:Carnivora)
Rodents (Mammalia:Rodentia)
Steven W. Buskirk, PhD Assist. Prof.
(307) 766-2357
Univ.of Alaska, 1983
a. Applied Ethology-Wildlife
Behavioral Ecology-Habitat Selection
Behavioral Ecology-Predator/Prey
b. life history correlates of habitat specialization in carnivora; spatial distribution; propagation of endangered species
c. American Marten (Mammalia:Carnivora:Mustelidae)
Black-footed Ferrets (Mammalia:Carnivora:Mustelidae)
Long-tailed Weasels (Mammalia:Carnivora:Mustelidae)
David B. McDonald, PhD Assist. Prof.
(307) 7662754
E-mail: dbmcd@uwyo.edu
Univ. of Arizona, 1987
a. Social Behavior-Cooperation
Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
b. Intersection of evolution of social behavior, sexual selection, genetic structure, and evolutionary demography (Science 226:1030; Behav. Ecol. 4:298).
c. Long tailed Manakin (Aves:Passeriformes:Pipridae)
Sage Grouse (Aves:Galliformes:Tetraonidae)
Longspurs (Aves:Passeriformes:Emberizidae)
PUERTO RICO
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Marine Sciences
Mayaguez, PR 00667
CHAIR: Manuel Hernandez-Avila (809) 834-4040
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 7
CONTACT: Douglas Y. Shapiro
Carlos A. DeLannoy, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(809) 834-4040
Univ. of Colorado, 1984
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. foraging; predator/prey interactions; habitat selection; sex and reproduction
c. Cattle Egrets (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ardeidae)
Sharp-shinned Hawks (Aves:Falconiformes:Accipitridae)
Elfin Woods Warblers (Aves:Passeriformes:Parulidae)
Allen R. Lewis, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(809) 834-4040
Univ. of Rochester, 1979
a. Behavioral Ecology
Evolution/Survival Value
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
b. behavioral ecology of vertebrates; foraging; predator/prey interactions; habitat selection
c. Lizards (Reptilia:Sauria:Teiidae)
Squirrels (Mammalia:Rodentia:Sciuridae)
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Biology
Mayaguez, PR 00708
CHAIR: (809) 265-3837
DEGREES: MS / ENROLLMENT: 3
CONTACT: Allen R. Lewis
Kathleen S. Cole, PhD Assist. Prof.
(809) 899-3140
Univ. of Alberta, 1982
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Development/Ontogeny
b. sex reversal and social behavior; endocrine mechanisms of spawning behavior and sex reversal; chemical communication
c. Gobies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Gobiidae)
Trout(Pisces:Osteichthyes:Salmoniformes:Salmonidae)
Wayne Hunt, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(809) 422-2087
University of the West Indies, 1976
a. Behavioral Ecology
Social Behavior
Evolution/Survival Value
b. effects of mate choice, habitat selection and social rank on fitness
c. Fish (Pisces)
Sea Urchins (Echinodermata:Echinoidea)
Polychaetes (Annelida:Polychaeta)
Amphipods (Arthropoda:Crustacea:Amphipoda)
Vervets (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Milbrey Leighton-Shapiro, PhD Res. Assoc.
(809) 899-3140
University of Cambridge, UK, 1985
a. Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Behavioral Ecology-Foraging
Evolution/Survival Value
b. individual differences vs. group patterns; evolution of grouping patterns, proximate mechanisms maintaining such patterns; inter-independent relationships
c. Macques (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Leaf Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
Coral Reef Fish(Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Serranidae)
Herons/Egrets (Aves:Ciconiiformes:Ardeidae)
Anis (Aves:Cuculiformes:Cuculidae)
Yvonne Sadovy, PhD Technician
Univ. of Manchester, 1985
a. Social Behavior-Aggression
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
b. sexual development; environmental influence on sexual expression; social structure and intraspecific aggression
c. Bi-color Damselfish (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Pomacentridae)
Red Hind (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Serranidae)
Douglas Y. Shapiro, PhD Assoc. Prof.
(809) 899-3140
Cambridge Univ., 1977
a. Social Behavior-Sex/Reproduction
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
Evolution/Survival Value
b. behavioral control of sex reversal; development and function of social groups; intergroup spacing; territoriality; endocrine/hormonal mechanisms
c. Anthias (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Serranidae)
Red Hind (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Serranidae)
Gobies (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Gobiidae)
Bluehead Wrasse (Pisces:Osteichthyes:Perciformes:Labridae)
Vervets (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
CANADA
ALBERTA
University of Alberta
Anthropology
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4
CHAIR: M. Lubell (403) 492-2368
FAX: (403) 492-5273
DEGREES: MA, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 6
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: access to field sites in Costa Rica and Japan
CONTACT: Linda Fedigan
Linda M. Fedigan, PhD Prof.
(403) 492-5899
E-mail: linda.fedigan@ualberta.ca
Univ. of Texas, 1974
a. Behavioral Ecology
Natural History/Descriptive Studies
Social Behavior
c. Japanese Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cercopithecidae)
White-faced Capuchins (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Red Spider Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
Mantled Howling Monkeys (Mammalia:Primates:Cebidae)
University of Alberta
Biological Sciences
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9
CHAIR: Susan Jensen (403) 492-0077
FAX 403-492-9234
DEGREES: MS, PhD / ENROLLMENT: 20
GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT AVAILABLE: Yes
SPECIAL FACILITIES: 3 field stations; computer support; insect rearing facilities; lab animal services; observation rooms; aquatic facilities
OTHER FACULTY: J. Spence, C. Paszowski
CONTACT: Associate Chairman, Graduate Studies
David A. Boag, PhD Prof.
(403) 492-1180
Washington State Univ., 1964
a. Behavioral Ecology-Territoriality
Social Behavior-Dominance
Social Behavior-Social Spacing
b. dispersal as a population attribute--its ca