Research and TEaching
 
 

Habitat use patterns of birds in upland pine habitats in East Texas.

  1. •Red-cockaded woodpeckers

  2. •Bachman's sparrows

  3. •Brown-headed nuthatches

Evolution of cooperative breeding and parental care behavior in birds

  1. •Scrub-jays

  2. •Brown-headed nuthatches

  3. •Bee-eaters

Ecology and evolution of coloniality in birds

  1. •Blue-tailed bee-eaters on Kinmen Island, Taiwan

 

Avian Behavioral Ecology and Evolution

Contact Information:

Dr. D. Brent Burt, Professor

Stephen F. Austin State University

Department of Biology

Miller Science Building, Room 222

Box 13003 SFA Station

Nacogdoches, TX 75962

phone (936) 468-2482
fax (936) 468-2056                  
D._Brent_Burt_files/RCWforagingtalk,%20tyler.pptx

dbburt@sfasu.edu

 

B.S., Biology, 1987, Angelo State University, Summa Cum Laude.

M.A., Biology (Systematics and Ecology), 1992, University of Kansas.

  1. •Thesis:  Comparative Scrub Jay Behavioral Ecology.    


Ph.D., Biology (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), 1996, University of Arizona.

  1. •Dissertation: Phylogenetic and Ecological aspects of Cooperative Breeding in the Bee-eaters (Aves: Meropidae).

Education

Course pages

  1. •Behavioral Ecology

  2. •Evolution

  3. •Ornithology

  4. •Zoology