Opportunities
Dawn chorus singing in a tropical wrenDescription: 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. Interested and motivated students may have the opportunity to join us in Costa Rica next summer.
Time frame: Spring 2007 semester.
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