PhD student Sarah Dobney found that dense vegetation over their nests can affect what songs young savannah sparrows hear and learn from their elders.
PhD student Sarah Dobney found that dense vegetation over their nests can affect what songs young savannah sparrows hear and learn from their elders.
Integrative biology professors Stéphanie Doucet (top row, left) and Dan Mennill (bottom row, left) led 14 students on a study abroad trip to Paris.
UWindsor students enjoy a study-abroad field course in Costa Rica in May 2022.
The return of study-abroad opportunities will see UWindsor students engage in fieldwork this summer in Costa Rica and Iceland.
Allison Mistakidis, a former Master’s student in the laboratory of biology professor Stéphanie Doucet, uses a spectrophotometer to measure the plumage colour of a museum specimen of a warbler.
In the eye of the beholder: Stéphanie Doucet’s photograph of two male savannah sparrows is a finalist in a national science competition.
Biology professor Stéphanie Doucet’s photograph of two male savannah sparrows is a finalist in a national science competition.
Doctoral student Katy Switzer took top honours in UWindsor’s Three Minute Thesis competition Monday.
Doctoral student Katy Switzer took top honours in UWindsor’s Three Minute Thesis competition Monday.
UWindsor biological sciences PhD student Katrina Switzer is working with 3D-printed yellow toads in the forests of Costa Rica to see how females choose among similarly coloured males.
When the rains eventually blanket northwest Costa Rica, ushering in the country’s wet season, a booming chorus of yellow toads will fill the tropical forest.
And the moment that rain starts to fall, UWindsor’s Katrina Switzer will race to a pond in Santa Rosa National Park where she’ll match 3D printed “Robotoads” with unsuspecting mates.
“The Neotropical Yellow Toads have a large breeding event that really only happens once a year during the first massive rainfall,” Switzer explained, adding the rain usually starts falling in the middle of the night.
UWindsor biology associate professor Dan Mennill records the acoustic communication of a Savannah Sparrow on Kent Island.
A team of UWindsor researchers is on a remote island on the East Coast studying the sounds and appearance of the savannah sparrow.
Some of the University of Windsor scientists who presented their research findings at the North American Ornithological Congress last week in Washington, DC.
The University of Windsor made a world-class showing of ornithological expertise last week during the North American Ornithological Congress.
Placing three UWindsor graduate students among the top award recipients at the North American Ornithological Congress confirms the university as a centre of excellence for bird biology in North America, says professor Oliver Love.
Fourteen researchers represented the University of Windsor, including Dr. Love and students from his laboratory and the laboratories of Dan Mennill and Stephanie Doucet.
The Windsor delegation took three of the 12 awards for the best student talks and posters among the hundreds of student presenters:
