Stadtökologische Perspektiven III
Optimierung urbaner Naturentwicklung –
Naturfunktionen und Lebensumwelt der Stadtbewohner im dynamischen Wandel

Dr. Barbara Clucas

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Geographisches Institut
Abteilung Klimatologie
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin
Sitz: Rudower Chaussee 16
D-12489 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 2093 9364
Fax: +49 30 2093 6844
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Ausbildung
2002 - 2008 Promotion in Verhaltensbiologie an der "University of California" in Davis, California, USA.
Titel der Dissertation: "The function and evolution of predator scent application: olfactory camouflage in ground squirrels (Spermophilus spp.)."
(Betreuer: Prof. Donald H. Owings).
1998 - 2002 BS in Biologie an der "Purdue University" in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Titel der Abschlussarbeit: "The role of ‘syntax’ in a complex vocal signal: the chick-a-dee call of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis)."
(Betreuer: Prof. Jeffrey R. Lucas).
Berufliche Tätigkeit
Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen
Clucas B, Owings DH, & Rowe MP (2008) Donning your enemy’s cloak: ground squirrels exploit rattlesnake scent to reduce predation risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B. 275(1636): 847-852.

Clucas B, McHugh K, & Caro T (2008) Flagship species on covers of US conservation and nature magazines. Biodiversity and Conservation 17(6): 1517-1528.

Sergio F, Caro TM, Brown D, Clucas B, Hunter J, Ketchum J, McHugh K, Hiraldo F (2008). Top predators as conservation tools: ecological rationale, assumptions and efficacy. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 39: 1-19.

Clucas B, Rowe MP & Owings DH (2008) Snake scent application in ground squirrels (Spermophilus spp.): A novel form of antipredator behaviour? Animal Behaviour 75(1): 299-307.

Ord TJ, Peters RA, Clucas B & Stamps JA (2007) Lizards speed up visual displays in noisy motion habitats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 274: 1057-1062.

Clucas B, Daniel JC, & Blumstein DT (2006) Observing and Quantifying Behavioral Sequences. http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:XRFYOydZFFMJ:www.jwatcher.ucla.edu/educational/JWatcher-Clucas_etal_LAB.doc+%22Barbara+Clucas %22+jwatcher&hl=en&gl= us&ct=clnk&cd= 2&client=safari

Clucas B, Freeberg TM & Lucas JR (2004) Chick-a-dee call syntax, social environment, and season affect vocal responses of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 57 (2): 187-196.

Freeberg TM, Lucas JR & Clucas B (2003) Variation in chick-a-dee calls of a population of Carolina Chickadees, Poecile carolinensis: identity and redundancy within note types. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 113:2127-2136.

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