Research topics: Community and foraging ecology and social behavior of mammals and birds; evolution and biogeography of North and South American rodents
Research program: My research interests include aspects of the ecology, evolution and behavior of mammals, birds and amphibians. Current projects include habitat selection and foraging ecology of bats in Maine, habitat use and conservation biology of harlequin ducks, interactions between beaver and amphibian populations, and environmental influences on amphibian behavioral development. Other continuing research interests involve the population ecology and species interactions of rain-forest mammals in Panama, seed storage and territorial defense by tree squirrels and by birds, and foraging decisions and feeding patch selection by birds.
Selected Publications
G.S. Zimmerman and W.E. Glanz. 2000. Habitat use by bats in eastern Maine. Journal of Wildlife Management. 64: 1032-1040.
J.P. Roche and W.E. Glanz. 1998. Nestling aggression and the evolution of brood parasitism in altricial birds. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 10: 287-292.
J.P.Roche and W.E. Glanz. 1998. Temporal characteristics of foraging movements in Black-capped Chickadees. Journal of Field Ornithology 69: 603-613.
J.P. Roche, W. Timberlake, W.E. Glanz, and D.A. Stubbs. 1998. The influence of current-visit experience within a prey patch on patch persistence. Behavioural Processes 43: 11-25.
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