Diane L. Neudorf Associate Professor Ph.D., York University Office: LDB 115 C Phone: (936) 294-1548 Fax: (936) 294-3940 Website: http://www.shsu.edu/~bio_dln/ E-mail: neudorf@shsu.edu

Research Interests

I am an avian behavioral ecologist interested in mating systems, breeding biology and conservation of songbirds. Specific areas of research include female extra-pair-mating tactics, evolution of extra-pair mating systems, parental investment strategies, brood parasitism and nest predation.

Current Projects

Current research projects in which my students and I are involved include:
1) Alarm call recognition in nestling Carolina Wrens; 2) Patterns of parental care in Carolina Wrens; and 3) Predation on artificial songbird nests in natural and urbanized habitats. I have been studying a population of Carolina Wrens in Texas for the last 7 years with the goal of maintaining a long-term dataset on the breeding biology of this species.

Recent Publications

D'Orazio, K.A. and D.L.H. Neudorf. In press. Nest defense in Carolina Wrens. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.

Humbird, S.K. and D.L.H. Neudorf. 2008. The effects of food supplementation on extraterritorial behavior in female Northern Cardinals. Condor 110:392-395.

Gill, S.A., Neudorf, D.L.H., and Sealy, S.G. 2008. Do hosts discriminate between sexually dichromatic male and female brown-headed cowbirds? Ethology 114:1-9.

Neudorf, D.L.H., Stutchbury, B.J.M. and Piper, W.H. 2008. The function of breeding season chip calls by female hooded warblers. Behaviour 145:231-250.