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Dawn chorus singing in a tropical
wren
Description: The banded wren, native to Central America, is the most conspicuous
early morning noise-maker in the lowland Pacific tropical
forest. It's songs are strikingly loud, beautiful, and varied.
We are looking for at least two students per semester to
help us analyze recordings collected this year, and to examine
questions such as how do males decide which song-type to
use, what is the frequency of song-type matching between
neighbors, what is the significance of different parts of
songs, and are males singing to a male or female receiver?
Students will receive training in the latest sound analysis
techniques. We are very flexible about which days and times
students wish to schedule for work, however, students must
be able to work in 3+ hour blocks, and be willing to work
out at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Time frame: Through Summer 2010.
Pay: Either work-study or course credit.
Contact: Prof. Sandra Vehrencamp (slv8@cornell.edu)
Research Opportunity in Behavioral
Description: If
you seek training in the evolutionary study of behavior,
in particular (1) in understanding mathematical evolutionary
theories of social behavior; (2) in conducting field work
testing these theories in social wasps; (3) in learning genetic
(microsatellite) methods for assaying relatedness and paternity
in social organisms; then you may wish to contact Prof. H.
Kern Reeve at the following email address: hkr1@cornell.edu
Pay: Contact Prof. Reeve for information
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