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Novel Mechanism for sound production in birds.

January 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention this very nice study by a fellow IB grad student and associate of the MVZ published this month in the Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. It represents the bulk of the dissertation research of Chris Clark, who has studied sound production in The Anna’s Hummingbird.
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Tags: Behavioral Ecology · biology · birds · evolution · sexual selection

Why are models tall anyway???

January 1st, 2008 · 31 Comments

Although its practice has been questioned, partly because of its abuse in the EvoPsych world- the analysis of human behavior in an evolutionary framework is super interesting and is one of my favorite things to think about. Within the realm of human behavior, particularly interesting are the selective pressures surrounding human mate choice and [...]

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Tags: Behavioral Ecology · biology · evolution · mate choice · sexual selection