Graduate Studies in Animal Behavior

Name: J. Patrick Kelley Major Professor: Department: Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences) Lab Phone: Email: jpkelley@ucdavis.edu Web Site: (coming soon to a browser near you)
BA - Harvard University - Biology - 2001
Research Interests
-- Predator-induced behavioral plasticity of Neotropical rainforest birds -- Bioacoustics of Neotropical rainforest birds -- Timing of breeding in tropical birds -- Ecological correlates of the avian stress response (comparative analyses) -- Natural history and ecology of Neotropical birds -- Energetics of free-ranging birds

Publications Gil da Costa, R., Palleroni, A., Hauser, M.D., Touchton, J., and J. P. Kelley. (2003) Rapid acquisition of an alarm response by a Neotropical primate to a newly introduced avian predator. Proc. of the Royal Soc. of London: Biological Sciences 203(1515): 605-610. Fitch, W. T., and J. P. Kelley. (2000) Perception of vocal tract resonances by whooping cranes, Grus americana. Ethology 106: 559-574. Steiger, S.S., Kelley, J.P., Cochran, W.W., and M. Wikelski. (2009) Hypometabolism and inactive life style of a tropical rainforest bird is consistent with its high longevity. Physiological & Biochemical Zoology 82(5): 580-589. Tarwater, C.E., Kelley, J.P., and J.D. Brawn. (2009) Parental response to elevated begging in a high predation, tropical environment. Animal Behaviour 78: 1239-1245.