Avian Ecology Laboratory
Current Ph.D. Students
Rachael A. DiSciullo
B.S., 2013, Drexel University
M.S., 2016, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ph.D. Dissertation Research
Role of male song in sexual selection
DiSciullo, R.A, C.F. Thompson,
and S.K. Sakaluk. 2019. Perceived threat to paternity reduces likelihood of paternal provisioning in house wrens. Behavioral Ecology 30: 1336-1343.
DiSciullo, R.A., and A.L. Basolo. 2019. Body size, but not age-at-maturation or context, affects the expression of predator-induced behavioural plasticity in female green swordtails (Xiphophorus hellerii). Ethology 126: 320-332.
Current M.S. Students
Paige Farchmin
B.S., Biological Sciences
Illinois State University, 2019
M.S. Thesis Research
Effect of experimental increase in nestbox temperature on nestling fitness-related traits
