Benedict Lab
Animal Communication and Social Behavior
Research interests in the Benedict lab include animal signaling, social behavior, and avian ecology. Most projects use bird song as a model system for studying the evolution of communication at multiple levels. By describing large-scale patterns of trait diversification we attempt to understand the long-term consequences of evolution, and by examining the real-time function of vocal traits we can learn how evolutionary mechanisms shape behavioral characteristics.
Click on the People, Research, Publications, and Teaching links to learn more about our research group.
K. Vilches Castaño, C. Barros, C. Walker, L. Benedict, W. Webster, D. Byrne
Some things we like:
The ManyParrots project, The Female Bird Song Project - The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - BIRDNET - The Colorado Field Ornithologists - The Animal Behavior Society - The International Society for Behavioral Ecology - The Tree of Life Web Project - The UCB Museum of Vertebrate Zoology - The UNC Natural History Museum
Some places we work:
The City of Fort Collins Natural Areas - Larimer County Parks - Lory State Park
