Gail L. Patricelli
Assistant Professor
gpatricelli@ucdavis.edu

Evolution and Ecology

Office
2208 STORER
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Degrees:
2002 PhD University of Maryland, College Park Biology
2001 MS University of Maryland, College Park Biology
1993 BA Whitman College Biology; Studio Art
Research Interests:

Animal communication and sexual selection, with a focus on understanding why there is such amazing diversity and complexity in animals signals. Current projects address: 1) the causes and functional implications of directional sound radiation in songbirds, 2) sexual selection and acoustic communication in sage-grouse and other Galliformes, and 3) the possible effects of noise from energy development on acoustic communication and breeding behaviors of sage-grouse.
Awards:
2002 Warder Clyde Allee award, Animal Behavior Society
2002 NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics, Cornell University
2010 Outstanding New Investigator Award, Animal Behavior Society
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Evolution and Ecology
Professional Societies:
Animal Behavior Society
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Society for the Study of Evolution
Ecological Society of America
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Animal Behavior  
Population Biology  
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Ecology  
Publications: Last updated 11/19/2009
  • Patricelli, Gail L., J. Albert C. Uy, Gregory Walsh & Gerald Borgia. 2002. Sexual selection: Male displays adjusted to female's response. Nature. 415: 279-280.
  • Coleman, Seth W., Gail L. Patricelli & Gerald Borgia. 2004. Variable Female Preferences Drive Complex Male Displays. Nature. 428: 742-745.
  • Patricelli, Gail L. and Jessica L. Blickley. 2006. Overview: Avian communication in urban noise: the causes and consequences of vocal adjustment. The Auk. 123: 639-649.
  • Patricelli, Gail L., Marc S. Dantzker and Jack W. Bradbury. 2007. Differences in acoustic directionality among vocalizations of the male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius pheoniceus) are related to function in communication. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61: 1099-1110.
  • Krakauer, Alan H., Maura Tyrell, Kenna Lehmann, Neil Losin, Franz Goller and Gail L. Patricelli. 2009. Vocal and anatomical evidence for a two-voiced syrinx in the greater sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 212: 3719-3727
  • Yorzinski, J. and G. L. Patricelli. Birds adjust acoustic directionality to beam their antipredator calls to predators and conspecifics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Ser. B. In press
  • Patricelli, Gail L. and Alan H. Krakauer. Tactical allocation of display effort reduces trade-offs among multiple sexual signals in greater sage-grouse: an experiment with a robotic female. Behavioral Ecology, In press
  • Blickley, Jessica L. and Gail L. Patricelli. Impacts of Anthropogenic Noise on Wildlife: Research Priorities for the Development of Standards and Mitigation. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy. In Press
Courses:
EVE 107 Animal Communication Fall
BIS 2B Introductory Biology Fall