Behavioral Biology
Current faculty research interests in animal behavior and behavioral ecology focus on animals ranging from insects to birds, in laboratory studies and in natural habitats ranging from streams to golf courses. The research encompasses a variety of processes, such as responses to chemical gradients, adaptation to environmental stress, hormonal responses to infection, and sexual selection in bird populations.
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Faculty Research Interests in Animal Behavior/Behavioral Ecology |
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Faculty member |
Research Interest |
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Gregory M. Capelli |
Behavior and ecology of freshwater benthic invertebrates; stream biomonitoring; response of benthos to chemical gradients |
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Daniel A.
Cristol |
Animal behavior; behavioral ecology and neuroethology of bird migration and foraging; conservation biology. |
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Norman J.
Fashing |
Behavior and ecology of insects and arachnids; systematics of astigmatid mites. |
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George W. Gichrist |
Evolutionary genetics of physiological and behavioral adaptations of insects to environmental change and ecological stress. Biostatistics. |
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Paul
Heideman |
Ecological and evolutionary physiology; variation of neuroendocrine pathways; environmental regulation of reproduction in mammals; seasonal rhythms. |
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Matthias
Leu Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Washington |
Endangered species monitoring and management; conservation biology |
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S. Laurie
Sanderson |
Vertebrate functional morphology; fish ecology and feeding behavior; functional ecology of filter-feeding vertebrates. |
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John P. Swaddle |
Behavioral ecology of birds; sexual selection; influence of developmental variation on evolutionary processes; functional morphology; body mass regulation. |
