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Behavioral and human ecology

Faculty in the Ecology graduate program with research interests in this area.

Name	Email/phone	Interests include
Bartell, Paul Assistant Professor of Avian Biology	pab43@psu.edu 814-867-2365 (University Park)	The regulation of biological clocks in birds at the systems level.
Beckerman, Stephen Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology	stv@psu.edu 814-863-3869 (University Park)	Behavioral ecology; human ecology; rainforest subsistence systems; primitive warfare.
Braithwaite, Victoria Professor of Fisheries and Biology	vab12@psu.edu 814-865-4675 (University Park)	Behavioral ecology, reintroductions and conservation, animal cognition and behavior.
Langkilde, Tracy Assistant Professor of Biology	tll30@psu.edu 814-867-2251 (University Park)	Population and community ecology: how the nature of interactions between species can shift over time, in response to changes in the environment and corresponding selection pressures.
Parks, Susan Research Associate	sep20@psu.edu 814-865-7683 (University Park)	Behavioral ecology and acoustic communication of marine mammals.
Uhl, Chris Professor of Biology	cfu1@psu.edu 814-863-3893 (University Park)	Human ecology; sustainability studies; plant community ecology.
Wardrop, Denice Senior Research Associate Associate Professor of Geography and Ecology	dhw110@psu.edu 814-863-1005 (University Park)	Impacts of human disturbance on wetlands; plant community dynamics; theoretical applied ecology; landscape analysis.