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Curtis Creighton, Ph.D.
Office: Gyte 288
Telephone: (219) 989-2617
Email: Creighto@calumet.purdue.edu |
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Education
B.S. Biology, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.
M.S. Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
Ph.D. Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. |
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Research Interests
Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology: evolution of life histories and parental care, intersexual conflict and sperm competition; effects of habitat fragmentation on species diversity, focal-species studies, reintroduction of endangered species. |
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Research
Research in my lab addresses questions related to the evolution of behavior. Specifically, I combine both laboratory and field experiments to test hypotheses related to how the social environment influences life history evolution. Recent and current projects in my lab include (1) phenotypic plasticity of clutch size in burying beetles; (2) factors that influence the evolution of clutch size and reproductive investment in burying beetles; (3) sibling rivalry and parent-offspring interaction in burying beetles and cattle egrets.
One of the major issues facing man today is the extraordinary loss of biodiversity around the world. A second major line of research in my lab reflects this crisis. I am interested in (1) how fragmentation of natural landscapes affects the behavior of organisms and (2) the mechanisms that lead to loss of diversity in these habitats. Much of my work in this area revolves around the ecology and conservation of the American burying beetle, a federally endangered species. |
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Selected Publications:
(abstracts are linked to authors name, please click to view)
Creighton, J. C. 2005. Population density, body size, and
phenotypic plasticity of brood size in a burying beetle.
Behavioral Ecology 16:1031-1036.
Creighton, J. C. and G. D. Schnell. 1998. Short-term movement
patterns of the endangered American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus). Biological Conservation
86:281-287.
Creighton, J. C. and G. D. Schnell. 1996. Proximate control of
siblicide in cattle egrets: a test of the food-amount
hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
38:371-377.
Lomolino, M. V., J. C. Creighton, G. D. Schnell, and
D. L. Certain. 1995. Ecology and conservation of the
endangered American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus).
Conservation Biology 9:605-614.
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Courses
Biol 102 - Introductory Biology
Biol 210 - Field Biology
Biol 235 - General Ecology
Biol 383 - Conservation Biology
Biol 580 - Evolution
Biol 595 - Ornithology
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