Research Associates
Dr. Kara Belinsky
Assistant Professor
SUNY New Paltz
Dr. Belinsky was a former Postdoctoral Fellow at Texas Tech University in the Schmidt Lab. Dr. Belinsky studies the behavior, ecology, and conservation of songbirds. Much of her research has focused on the evolution and function of communication in birds. Dr. Belinsky studied how plumage color and singing performance influences mate choice in two species of wood warblers (chestnut-sided and yellowthroat). More recently, she has been studying the song repertoire (language) of a thrush species called the veery. Veeries sing acoustically complex songs, which feature multiple frequencies (tunes) sung simultaneously. In order to understand how this language works, she records natural veery singing behavior and conducts playback experiments to test hypotheses about the function of specific songs and calls. She is also beginning a new research project at Arcadia that aims to understand how urbanization affects songbird habitat choice and use, with the hope that from this we can learn how to create more bird-friendly urban habitats.
Assistant Professor
SUNY New Paltz
Dr. Belinsky was a former Postdoctoral Fellow at Texas Tech University in the Schmidt Lab. Dr. Belinsky studies the behavior, ecology, and conservation of songbirds. Much of her research has focused on the evolution and function of communication in birds. Dr. Belinsky studied how plumage color and singing performance influences mate choice in two species of wood warblers (chestnut-sided and yellowthroat). More recently, she has been studying the song repertoire (language) of a thrush species called the veery. Veeries sing acoustically complex songs, which feature multiple frequencies (tunes) sung simultaneously. In order to understand how this language works, she records natural veery singing behavior and conducts playback experiments to test hypotheses about the function of specific songs and calls. She is also beginning a new research project at Arcadia that aims to understand how urbanization affects songbird habitat choice and use, with the hope that from this we can learn how to create more bird-friendly urban habitats.
Andrew Jones
Forest Manager
Hopkins Memorial Forest
Williams College
Research: Project Owlnet
Forest Manager
Hopkins Memorial Forest
Williams College
Research: Project Owlnet
Dr. Jacob Johansson
Post-doctoral Research Associate Lund University I study phenological responses to climate change using game-theoretic models. Together with Niclas Jonzen and Kjell Bolmgren, I model how individuals should respond to climate change in terms of the timing of seasonal events and how timing affects demography and population densities. Currently we study the timing of flowering and trait correlations in annual plants alongside with phenological responses across trophic levels in a plant-insect-bird model system. |