Expert Profile
- Name:Mark A. Chappell
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Topic:
- Science & Technology: Ecology
- Title:Professor of Biology and Associate Dean for Biological Sciences, College of NAtural and Agricultural Sciences
- Degree:Ph.D., Stanford University, 1977
- E-mail: mark.chappell@ucr.edu
- Phone: (951) 827-7709
- Prefered Media: Print, Radio, Video
Media Contact:
- Iqbal Pittalwala
- iqbal@ucr.edu
- 951.827.6050
Background:
Chappell studies animal physiological ecology, with emphasis on adaptations to extreme environmental conditions, particularly in desert, polar, and mountain habitats; energetics and behavior of free-living animals; evolutionary physiology, including aerobic traits; and behavioral ecology, especially of reproductive effort and signal costs. Recent projects have been on the evolutionary physiology and physiological plasticity in altitude adaptation in deer mice; the evolutionary physiology of aerobic performance in Trinidadian guppies; the energy costs and signal honesty in avian vocal signals, such as courtship calling and begging by chicks; the effects of aerobic performance on mate choice and social behavior in red jungle fowl; and the functional analyses of individual variation of aerobic performance in birds.
Languages Spoken:
English
