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Westneat Lab

The University of Kentucky

 

 

 

 

Research

Welcome to my web page! My students and I do research in Behavioral Ecology, and most of us work on social and reproductive behavior in birds. We use a variety of approaches to better understand why animals behave in the ways they do. We observe marked individuals in the field and in captivity, manipulate important variables to test their effects on behavior, and use a variety of lab techniques to better understand the causes and consequences of particular behaviors. Check out these pages and learn more about who we are and what we are doing.

-David F. Westneat

 

News

Courses

21 March: Bridget passes her exit exam!

Amanda passes her exit exam!

Dan’s paper on heterozygosity now accepted in Molecular Ecology!

Paper on parental care published in The American Naturalist!

Dan receives NSF DDIG!

Amanda receives NSF postdoc fellowship!

Lab Personnel

Prospective Students

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