Jacob Drucker Div III Project
"My time in Jabiru and nearby El Triumfo (the latter of which is preparing to become the first Colombian national park protecting tropical dry forest) went extremely well with lots of trials for both my focal species. However, the plot thickens; as it definitely looks like the smaller Black-crowned Antshrikes aggress towards the larger Barred antshrikes. This conflicts with the current literature about interspecific aggression and puts an interesting twist on my project. Another thing that I have discovered that deviates from my initial proposal is that in the dry forest, the two species are entirely sympatric in some places, and there is no 'replacement' zone as I thought there was initially. Finally, a third species--Jet Antbird--seems to respond aggressively to the songs of the focal species, which is bizarre since it is in a different genus. I've had a few trials where all three species are singing aggressively towards each other! Juan and I are working on how these plot twists relate to my initial proposal, and thinking about what new directions we can take with this new information."
-Jacob Drucker, June 24
Other Div III Projects Funded by the Coppinger Grants
- Liver Proteomics Investigation of Alzheimers's Disease
- Tail Flagging as a Sign Stimulus in Eastern Grey Squirrel Alarm Displays
- Human Social Behavior through Evolutionary Game Theory
- Investigation of the Role of Functional Connectivity in Hierarchical Perception
- Psychopathy and Resorative Justice Research
- Wild Providence-An Investigation of the Urban Ecosystem
More Coppinger Funded Field Work
A Div II summer research adventure in the Cloud Canopy of Monteverde, Costa Rica.