MARK STANBACK

Academic Background:

• B.S., Davidson College; Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington; NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
• Fulbright Fellow, Namibia; NSF International Postdoctoral Fellow, Namibia

Professional Organizations: Animal Behavior Society, American Ornithologists Union, American Society of Naturalists, Association of Field Ornithologists, Cooper Ornithological Society, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Wilson Ornithological Society

Recent Publications:

• Stanback, M.T. 1994. Wildlife rehabilitation, conservation biology, and complex avian social systems. Wildlife Rehabilitation 11: 135-53.
• Stanback, M.T. 1994. Dominance within broods of the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker. Animal Behaviour 47:1121-26.
• Stanback, M.T. and W.D. Koenig. 1994. Techniques for capturing birds inside natural cavities. Journal of Field Ornithology 65: 70-5.
• Stanback, M.T. 1993. A simple field storage tube for spring scales. North American Bird Bander 18:29.
• Birkhead, T.R., M.T. Stanback, and R. Simmons. 1993. The phalloid organ of buffalo weavers Bubalornis. Ibis 135: 326-331.
• Stanback, M.T. and W.D. Koenig. 1992. Cannibalism in birds. In Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa (M. Elgar and B.Crespi, Eds): 277-88. Oxford University Press.
• Stanback, M.T. 1991. A reassessment of avian food caching. Bird Behaviour 9:1-7.
• Stanback, M.T. 1991. Autumnal breeding in the scrub jay. Journal of Field Ornithology 62:94-96.
• Koenig, W.D., M.T. Stanback, P.N. Hooge, and R.L. Mumme. 1991. Distress calls in the acorn woodpecker. Condor 93: 637-643.

Research Interests:

Acorn Woodpeckers:
causes and consequences of intra-brood nestling size variation
hormonal mechanisms of reproductive suppression in cooperative breeders

African Hornbills:
hatching asynchrony and brood reduction
female sperm storage
intersexual conflict
paternity analysis

Eastern Bluebirds (in collaboration with students)
hatching asynchrony
nest site selection and parasite avoidance
geographic and seasonal patterns of reproductive performance

Current Teaching Interests:

Introductory Biology, Vertebrate Field Zoology, Evolutionary Epidemiology, Natural History of California