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29. Miller ET, GM Leighton, BG Freeman, AC Lees, RA Ligon. 2019. Ecological and geographical overlap drive plumage evolution and mimicry in woodpeckers. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09721-w
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29. Miller ET, GM Leighton, BG Freeman, AC Lees, RA Ligon. 2019. Ecological and geographical overlap drive plumage evolution and mimicry in woodpeckers. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09721-w
Media Coverage: ScienceDaily, NewsWise, LongRoom, LabEquipment, Phys.org, EurekaAlert!, Cornell Chronicle
Russell A. Ligon
A collection of fun, research-related videos
Bird-of-paradise behavioral scoring demonstration.
In this video, a male western parotia Parotia sefilata performs a species-typical courtship dance for females perching above. This video demonstrates the concordance between a subsample of our scored behaviors and the actual performance of the bird in real-time.
Chameleons communicating with color
Two chameleons participate in an aggressive encounter as part of a research project designed to investigate how chameleons use rapid, physiological color change as a social signal.
Submissive chameleon darkening
Chameleon dancing display
Eastern bluebirds attacking models
Juvenile chameleons eating
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