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Education
B.A. - University of Delaware
M.A. - Boston University
Ph.D. - Duke University
Field
Behavioral Ecology
Interests
I have worked on a variety of topics in behavioral ecology, including foraging behavior, orientation, and fish schooling behavior. Currently I am engaged in a study of the gall-forming aphid Hormaphis hamamelidis. This species of insect induces the formation of cone-shaped galls on the leaves of witch hazel. There are a number of interesting problems presented by this association, such as intraspecific competition, habitat selection, and population regulation. My students have worked on topics as diverse as sexual selection in guppies, olfactory search in mice, and kin recognition in cockroaches.
Publications
Gendron, R. P. and O. J. Reichman. 1995. Food perishability and inventory management: a comparison of three caching strategies. Am. Nat. 145:948-968.
Gendron, R. P. 2000. The Classification & evolution of Caminalcules. American Biology Teacher. 62: 570-576.
