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Ecology - Behavior

Douglas A. Nelson

Associate Professor

1130 Museum of Biological Diversity

1315 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212

Phone: 614.292.7551

Fax: 614.292.7774

E-mail: nelson.228@osu.edu

Lab Web Page: http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu/Nelson/index.html

Education: Ph.D., Biological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. B.S., Zoology, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Brief Description of Research Interests

Animal behavior

Detailed Research Interests

Animal Behavior, bioacoustics, vocal communication, learning and development.

Key Citations

Poesel, A. P., D. A. Nelson, H. L. Gibbs, & J. W. Olesik. 2008. Use of trace element analysis of feathers as a tool to track fine-scale dispersal in birds. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 63: 153-158.

Nelson, D. & A. Poesel. 2007. Temporal segregation of information coding in a complex acoustic signal: individual and dialect identity in white-crowned sparrow song. Animal Behaviour. 74: 1073-1084.

Soha, J. A., D. A. Nelson and P. G. Parker. 2004. Genetic homogeneity of song dialect populations in Puget Sound white-crowned sparrows. Behavioral Ecology 15: 636-646.

Handley, H. G. and D. A. Nelson. 2005. Ecological and phylogenetic influences on song sharing in song birds. Ethology 111: 221-238.

Nelson, D. A., K. I. Hallberg and J. A. Soha. 2004. Cultural evolution of Puget Sound white-crowned sparrow song dialects. Ethology 110: 879-908.

Courses

EEOB 440 Ethology EEOB 620 Animal Communication

Lab Group

Post-docs: Angelika Poesel

Graduate Students: Erica Szeyller

Undergraduate Students: Alyssa Tramont Jeff Holomuzki

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