Sparrows provide larger picture of parenting behavior
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 10:00
in Psychology & Sociology
From humans to sparrows, individuals within a species display distinct "personalities" when it comes to their behaviors. Taking an innovative approach to understanding how various factors impact behavioral patterns, David Westneat is working with a local population of house sparrows to understand how variables including local ecology, stress and hormones come together to affect the parenting behaviors of birds and other creatures.