Catherine R. Bevier
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
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| Education |
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| B.S. | Biology | Indiana University | 1989 | | Ph.D. | Ecology | University of Connecticut | 1995 |
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| Areas of Expertise: |
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Animal behavior and behavioral ecology
Reproductive behavior in vertebrate animals
Physiological ecology, specifically behavioral energetics
Herpetology (study of amphibians and reptiles) and vertebrate biology
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| BI357 |
Physiological Ecology |
| BI276 |
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy |
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| Current Research |
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My research interests are in the behavioral and physiological ecology of vertebrates, particularly how behavioral performance during reproductive and locomotor activity is correlated with physiological and biochemical characteristics of the animal. My current work focuses on the behavior, energetics, and thermal biology of frogs using techniques such as sound recording and analysis of vocalizations, focal behavioral observations, mark-recapture census, muscle biochemistry, and respirometry.
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| Publications |
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Ashcroft, J.W.*, Z.B. Zalinger*, C.R. Bevier, and F.A. Fekete. 2007. Antimicrobial properties of two purified skin peptides from the Mink Frog (Rana septentrionalis) against bacteria isolated from the natural habitat. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Part C: 146: 325-330. Bevier, C.R., D. C. Tierney, L. E. Henderson*, and H. E. Reid*. 2006. Chorus attendance and site fidelity in the mink frog, Rana septentrionalis: are males territorial? Journal of Herpetology 40:160-164. Conlon, J.M., B. Abraham, A. Sonnevend, T. Jouenne, P. Cosette, J. Leprince, H. Vaudry , C.R. Bevier. 2005. Purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the carpenter frog Rana virgatipes (Ranidae, Aquarana). Regulatory Peptides 131:38-45. Bevier, C. R., A. Sonnevend, J. Kolodziejek, N. Nowotny, P. F. Nielsen, and J. M. Conlon. 2004 Purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the mink frog, Rana septentrionalis. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 139:31–38. Bevier, C. R., K. Reilly*, K. Larson*, and S. Tat*. 2004. Vocal repertoire and calling activity of the mink frog, Rana septentrionalis. Amphibia-Reptilia 25:255-264. Gomes, F. R., C. R. Bevier, and C. A. Navas. 2002. Environmental and physiological factors influence antipredator behavior in Scinax hiemalis (Anura: Hylidae).Copeia 2002:994-1005. Navas, C.A., and C. R. Bevier. 2001.Thermal dependency of calling performance in the eurythermic frog, Colostethus subpunctatus. Herpetologica 57:384-395. Bevier, C. R. 1997. Utilization of energy substrates during calling activity in neotropical frogs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 41:343-352. Bevier, C. R. 1997. Breeding activity and chorus tenure of two neotropical hylid frogs. Herpetologica 53:297-311.
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