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Gail L. Patricelli Asst Professor Evolution and Ecology (College of Biological Sciences) 2208 STORER Office +1 530 754 8310 Lab gpatricelli@ucdavis.edu http://www2.eve.ucdavis.edu/gpatricelli/

Degrees:
2002 - PhD - University of Maryland, College Park - Biology
2001 - MS - University of Maryland, College Park - Biology
1993 - BA - Whitman College - Biology; Studio Art

Awards:
2002 Warder Clyde Allee award, Animal Behavior Society
2002 NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics, Cornell University

Department and Center Affiliations:
Section of Evolution and Ecology

Professional Societies:
Animal Behavior Society
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Society for the Study of Evolution
Ecological Society of America

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Animal Behavior
Population Biology
Non-DBS Grad Group(s) - Ecology

Publications:
Uy, J. Albert C., Gail L. Patricelli & Gerald Borgia. 2001. Complex Mate Searching in the Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. American Naturalist. 158: 530-542.

Patricelli, Gail L., J. Albert C. Uy, Gregory Walsh & Gerald Borgia. 2002. Sexual selection: Male displays adjusted to female's response. Nature. 415: 279-280.

Patricelli, G. L., J. Albert C. Uy & Gerald Borgia. 2003. Multiple male traits interact: attractive physical displays facilitate attractive behavioral displays in satin bowerbirds. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B. 270: 2389-2395.

Patricelli, Gail L., J. Albert C. Uy & Gerald Borgia. 2004. Female signals enhance the efficiency of mate assessment in satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus). Behavioral Ecology. 15: 297-304.

Coleman, Seth W., Gail L. Patricelli & Gerald Borgia. 2004. Variable Female Preferences Drive Complex Male Displays. Nature. 428: 742-745.

Research Interests:
Animal communication and sexual selection, with a focus on understanding why there is such amazing diversity and complexity in animals signals. Current projects address: 1) the causes and functional implications of directional sound radiation in songbirds, 2) sexual selection and acoustic communication in sage-grouse and other Galliformes, and 3) the possible effects of noise from energy development on acoustic communication and breeding behaviors of sage-grouse.

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