Former thesis student(s) and lab worker(s):


Amanda Muir '01



Irvin Pan '99, Jill Brennan '01, Jedediah Horwitt '01
 
 



Alexei Kudla '04 and Robin Goldman '03
 
 



Jazmine Arroyo '04, Alexei Kudla '04, Silvana Marten-Rodriguez
 
 



Kate Shaw'05 and Sarah Sander '06
 
 



Carolyn Koulouris'06 and Sarah Sander '06



Katerina Byanova '09 and Jonathan Andicoechea '09



Geoffrey Giller'10 and Shaylon Stolk '10
 
 

Former Honors Students & Theses:

Generalization, specialization, and pollinator-mediated selection: A case study involving the hummingbird Eulampis jugularis and its food plant Heliconia caribaea. Jonathan Andicoechea 2009.

Pollinator-mediated selection in a specialist plant: female purple-throated carib, Eulampis jugularis, and Heliconia bihai. Katerina L. Byanova 2009.

Songbirds in winter: the adjustment of anti-predator behavior according to predator size. Alanna R. Darling 2009.

Evidence for ecological causation of sexual dimorphism in the hermit hummingbirds (Phaethornithinae). Joanna L. Rifkin 2009.

Feeding efficiencies and preferences of the Purple-throated Caribbean hummingbird, Eulampis jugularis, at Heliconia bihai and H. caribaea. Carolyn R. Koulouris 2006.

The effects of flower length and curvature on the feeding behavior of the Purple-throated Carib hummingbird, Eulampis jugularis. Sarah E. Sander 2006.

Trapline-foraging in Purple-throated Caribs Eulampis jugularis: Behavioral responses to competition and nectar availability. Kathryn C. Shaw 2005.

The effect of bill length and curvature of female Eulampis jugularis on feeding efficiency and cost at three St.Lucian heliconias. Jazmine E. Arroyo 2004.

The effect of increased nectar availability and competition on traplining behavior in female Eulampis jugularis. Alexei U. Kudla 2004.

The economics of territorial defense in the Purple-throated Carib hummingbird: A cost-benefit analysis. Robin S. Goldman 2003.

The economics of territorial defense in Purple-throated Carib hummingbirds. Lauren E. Peloquin 2002.

The relative importance of food and sex in the territorial behavior of male E. jugularis. Elon B. Slutsky 2002.

The effects of energy reward and intruder type on territorial responses in the Purple-throated Carib hummingbird Eulampis jugularis. Maren N. Vitousek-Bemis 2002.

The roles of food and sex in floral use by Eulampis jugularis. Amanda B. Muir 2001.

Pollinator-mediated selection on a floral trait: Spur variation in Impatiens capensis.  Irvin L. Pan 1999.

An investigation of mobility mechanisms in Monarda didyma: Countering the anther avoidance behavior of Archilochus colubris. Emily S. Barrett 1998.

    The effect of floral mobility on the pollination of Monarda didyma by Archilochus colubris. Susan E. Darling 1998.
     
    Do avian prey scale escape responses to the size of the predator? A new hypothesis for anti-predator behavior. Jessica L. Green 1997.
     
    The effect of floral morphology on the reproductive fitness of Monarda didyma and the foraging behavior of Archilochus colubris. Adam G. Rankin 1996.
     
    Finding the right shape: The effect of floral morphology on anther/stigma contact with a foraging hummingbird. Catherine E. Smith 1995.
     
    The effects of sexual dimorphism in bill length on the foraging behavior of Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). Rachel L. Bonkovsky 1995.
     
    The effect of floral morphology on hummingbird foraging efficiency: Birds need guidance too.  Jodi Stevens 1995.

 

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