Dhondt, Andre Alfons
Professor and Edwin H. Morgens Professor of Ornithology, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithologyresearch
primary investigator of
co investigator of
- BDI: MULTI-SCALED DATA IN ECOLOGY: INVESTIGATING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ENVIRONMENTAL PATTERNS | Research Grant
- PROJECT NESTWATCH | Research Grant
research areas
- biocomplexity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biogeochemistry | collaborative research area (CALS)
- disease control | collaborative research area (CALS)
domestic geographic focus
- United States | country
submitted impact statement
- Study of the composition and function of preen gland secretions in birds | 2007 Impact statement
- New and emerging disease in wild bird populations | 2007 Impact statement
- Study of an emerging bacterial disease in birds | 2006 Impact statement
- Study of the composition and function of preen gland secretions in birds | 2006 Impact statement
- Study of composition and function of preen gland secretions in birds | 2005 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (CLO) | research institute
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bird Population Studies (BPS) | research program
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (CLO) | research institute
teaching
teaches
- BIOEE 7800 - Graduate Seminar in Ornithology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 7800 - Graduate Seminar in Ornithology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOEE 7800 - Graduate Seminar in Ornithology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 7800 - Graduate Seminar in Ornithology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BIOEE 7800 - Graduate Seminar in Ornithology (TBA -) | fall 2008 class
- NTRES 7800 - Graduate Seminar in Ornithology (TBA -) | fall 2008 class
service
event host
background
educational background
- 1966: Licentiaat Zoology, Ghent State University, Belgium
- 1968: Aggregaat Hoger Secundair Onderwijs, Ghent State University, Belgium
- 1970: Doctorate in Sciences, Ghent State University, Belgium
featured in
- Cornell-led team receives $2.5 million to study house finch eye disease that could provide clues to avian flu and AIDS | Cornell Chronicle feature
- House finch disease studies may provide clues to avian flu and AIDS | Cornell Chronicle feature
- With $1.1 million from Sea Grant, Cornell to study PCBs, lake invaders and more | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
linked articles
- Characterization of experimental Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in captive house finch flocks | journal article
- Dynamics of a novel pathogen in an avian host: Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches. | journal article
- Geographical and seasonal gradients in hatching failure in Eastern Bluebirds Sialia sialis reinforce clutch size trends | journal article
- Seasonality and wildlife disease: how seasonal birth, aggregation and variation in immunity affect the dynamics of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in house finches. | journal article
- The effects of seasonal breeding and social structure on wildlife disease: the House Finch - MG system | journal article
Keywords: behavioral ecology, disease ecology, ecology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary ecology, ornithology, population ecology