Ph.D., 1989, University of British Columbia
Professor of Wildlife Biology
Raveling Waterfowl Professor
Office: 1079 Academic Surge
Phone: (530) 754-9204
Email: jmeadie@ucdavis.edu

Research interests: waterfowl ecology and evolution; behavioral ecology; ecological and conservation genetic

1. Ecology and evolution of reproductive parasitism in birds and insects.
2. Comparative analysis of parental care and life-history evolution in waterfowl.
3. Molecular genetic determination of parentage and relatedness.
4. Behavioral ecology and population genetics of sea ducks, including Barrow s Goldeneyes, Common Goldeneyes, Harlequin Ducks and Stellar s Eiders.
5. Ecology and population genetics of California Wood Ducks.
6. Evolution of obligate brood parasitism in the Black-headed Duck in Argentina.
7. Host-parasite interactions of Red-gartered and Red-fronted Coots in Argentina.
8. Conservation genetics and phylogeography of North American waterfowl.
9. Interspecific hybridization in Anseriformes.
10. Nest-box programs and population dynamics of cavity-nesting birds.
11. Parental choice and social selection in American Coots.
12. Polygynandry and communal breeding in the Elegant Crested Tinamou in Argentina.
13. Nest-web dynamics of primary and secondary cavity-nesting bird communities.
14. Captive-rearing and behavioral development of Trumpeter Swans.

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