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Episode 023: Beauty of the Beasts

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Interviewer(s)

Art Woods, Marty Martin

Interviewee(s)

Gail Patricelli

Description

Why are animals loud and conspicuous when that increases their risk from predators? How does noise pollution affect mating behaviors? How can robots help biologists study complex topics such as sexual selection and mate choice?

Gail Patricelli is a behavioral ecologist at UC Davis, where she studies how individual variation in animal signaling and communication affects mate choice and reproductive success. Gail uses robots to investigate the process of sexual selection in sage-grouse and other species with elaborate mating displays. Tune into this episode to hear Marty and Art talk to Gail about these topics and more!

Cover photo: Female cy-bird and male sage-grouse by Gail Patricelli

Date Published

2019

Language

eng

Run Time

1 hour, 2 minutes, 44 seconds

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audio/mp3

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Podcast

Episode 023: Beauty of the Beasts

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