Bostwick, Kimberly Sue
Research Associateresearch
primary investigator of
research areas
- animal science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- bioacoustics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biocomplexity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biodiversity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- bioinformatics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- communication | collaborative research area (CALS)
- evolution | collaborative research area (CALS)
- science education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- teacher education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- zoology | collaborative research area (CALS)
affiliations
academic staff in
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) | Cornell department
teaching
teaches
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 4990 - Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BIOG 4990 - Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
background
featured in
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates offers rare glimpses into past to study the present | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Rare South American bird 'sings' with its feathers to attract a mate, Cornell researcher finds | Cornell news release
- Resonating feathers produce courtship song in rare bird, researchers report | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Bostwick, K.S. In Press. Mechanisms of feather sonation in Aves: Unanticipated levels of diversity. Acta Zoologica Sinica.
- Bostwick, K.S., and R.O. Prum. 2005. Courting bird sings with stridulating wing feathers. Science, Vol.309:736.
- Fitzpatrick, J.W., J.M. Bates, K. S. Bostwick, I. C. Caballero, B. M. Clock, A. Farnsworth, P. A. Hosner, L. Joseph, G. Langham, D.J. Lebbin, J.A. Mobley, M.B. Robbins, E. Scholes, J.G. Tello, B.A. Walther and K.J. Zimmer. 2004. Family Tyrannidae (Tyrant-Flycatchers). Pp. 289-290 in Handbook of the Birds of the World: Vol. 9 Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails.(J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot and D. A. Christie, eds). Lynx Editions, Barcelona.
- Bostwick, K.S. and R.O. Prum. 2003. High-speed video analysis of wing-snapping in two manakin clades (Pipridae: Aves). Journal of Experimental Biology 206:3693-3706.
- Bostwick, K.S. 2003. Book Review: Bird origins and evolution: data accumulates, scientists integrate, and yet the "debate" still rages. Cladistics 19:369-371.
- Bostwick, K.S., and M.J. Brady. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis of wing feather taxis in birds: Macroevolutionary patterns of genetic drift? Auk 119(4):943–954.
- Bostwick, K.S., and K. Zyskowski. 2001. Mechanical sounds and sexual dimorphism in the Crested Doradito (Tyrannidae: Pseudocolopteryx sclateri). Condor 103:861-865.
- Kluza, D.A., K.S. Bostwick, E.A. Young. 2001. Late Fall bird mortality at a Topeka television tower. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin 52: 21-24.
- Bostwick, K.S. 2000. Display behaviors, mechanical sounds, and their implications for evolutionary relationships of the Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus). Auk 117:465-478.
- Rohwer, S., C.E. Filardi, K.S. Bostwick, and A.T. Peterson. 2000. A critical evaluation of Kenyon's shag (Phalacrocorax [Stictocarbo] kenyoni). Auk 117: 308-320.
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Keywords: animal behavior, biology, communication, evolutionary morphology, functional morphology, macroevolution, ornithology