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Judy A. Stamps
Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Evolution and Ecology (College of Biological Sciences)

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Habitat selection: theoretical and empirical approaches, implications of habitat selection for conservation biology, personality traits in animals

Degrees:
1974 - PhD - University of California, Berkeley - Zoology
1971 - MA - University of California, Berkeley - Zoology
1969 - BA - University of California, Berkeley - Zoology

Awards:
Allee Award, Animal Behavior Society - 1972
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1983
Fellow, Animal Behavior Society - 1991
Exempar Award, Animal Behavior Society - 1994
Mildred Mathias Award - 1999
Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Animal Behavior Society - 2007

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Animal Behavior

Publications:
Stamps, JA, Davis, JM, Blozis, SA, Boundy-Mills, KL 2007. Genotypic variation in refractory periods and habitat selection by natal dispersers. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 74: 599-610.

Stamps, JA 2007. Growth-mortality tradeoffs and 'personality traits' in animals. ECOLOGY LETTERS 10: 355-363.

Stamps JA, Swaisgood R 2007. Someplace like home: experience, habitat selection and conservation biology. APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE 102: 392-409.

Stamps, JA, Davis, JM 2006. Adaptive effects of natal experience on habitat selection by dispersers. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 72: 1279-1289.

Stamps, JA 2006. The silver spoon effect and habitat selection by natal dispersers. ECOLOGY LETTERS 9: 1179-1185.

Stamps JA, Blozis SA 2006. Effects of natal experience on habitat selection when individuals make choices in groups: a multilevel analysis ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 71: 663-672

Stamps J, Krishnan VV 2005. Nonintuitive cue use in habitat selection ECOLOGY 86: 2860-2867

Stamps JA, Krishnan VV, Reid ML 2005. Search costs and habitat selection by dispersers ECOLOGY 86: 510-518

Davis JM, Stamps JA 2004. The effect of natal experience on habitat preferences TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 19: 411-416

Research Interests:
Behavioral ecology and behavior genetics, with a focus on habitat selection and the implications of this behavior for problems in conservation biology.