The DuVal Lab

Florida State University
Emily H. DuVal, Department of Biological Science
Tallahassee FL 32306-4295
ehduval -AT- gmail.com

Emily H. DuVal

Department of Biological Science
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295, U.S.A.
Phone: 850-644-2467; Fax: 850-644-9829
Email:  ehduval -AT- gmail.com

2005-7         Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany.  Advisor:  Bart Kempenaers.
2003-4         NSF GK-12 Graduate Teaching Fellow, in collaboration with the Berkeley Natural History Museums and Pittsburg High School.  “Exploring California’s Biodiversity.”
2002            NSF Graduate Research Fellow, University of California at Berkeley
2002            Graduate Student Instructor, Ornithology, UC Berkeley. 
2001            Graduate Student Instructor, Natural History of Vertebrates, UC Berkeley. 
2000            Graduate Student Instructor, American Wildlife, UC Berkeley.
1999            Graduate Student Instructor, Introductory Biology, UC Berkeley. 
1997            Fellow, The Watson Foundation.  Project:  “Compromises between traditional hunting and conservation of endangered species in Guyana, Australia, and New Zealand.”
1996            NSF REU, University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI.  Advisor:  Phil Myers

DuVal, E. H. and B. Kempenaers.  (2008)  Sexual selection in a lekking bird:  the relative opportunity for selection by female choice and male competition.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 275: 1995-2003.  (doi:  10.1098/rspb.2008.0151)

Laucht, S., E. H. DuVal, B. Kempenaers (2008) Maternal correlates of brood sex ratio variation in the lekking lance-tailed manakin. Journal of Avian Biology 39:  198-205.

DuVal, E. H. (2007) Cooperative display and lekking behavior of the lance-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata).  The Auk 124 (4): 1168-1185.

DuVal, E. H., K. L. Carter, and B. Kempenaers (2007) Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite loci for parentage assessment in the lance-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata)  Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 1111-1113. (doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01795.x)

DuVal, E. H. (2007) Adaptive advantages of cooperative courtship for subordinate male lance-tailed manakins.  American Naturalist. 169 (4): 423-432. PDF; this research was featured by ScienceNOW, MSNBC.com, CBC's Quirks and Quarks Radio Program, ScienceNews, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Newsweek Poland, Jornal do Brasil, California Magazine, and various scientific blogs.

DuVal, E. H. (2007) Social organization and variation in cooperative alliances among male lance-tailed manakins.  Animal Behaviour 73: 391-401. PDF

DuVal, E. H., H. W. Greene, and K. L. Manno (2006) Laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) predation on Coral Snakes (Micrurus nigrocinctus). Biotropica 38(4): 566-568. PDF

DuVal, E. H. (2005)  Age-based plumage changes in the lance-tailed manakin: a two-year delay in plumage maturation.  The Condor 107: 915-920. PDF

DuVal, E. H. and K. J. Nutt (2005) Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the lance-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata).  Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 112-114. PDF

Johnson, K., DuVal, E., Kielt, M., Hughes, C.  (2000)  Male mating strategies and the mating system of great-tailed grackles.  Behavioral Ecology 11: 132-141. PDF 

2004            Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Award American Ornithological Union
2003            Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Junea W. Kelly Fellowship, Spring
2001-03       NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
2001            Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Short-term Fellowship
2001            Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Grants-in-aid of research
2001            UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research Fund
2001            Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant
2000            Manomet Bird Observatory Kathleen S. Anderson Award
2000            American Museum of Natural History Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund
2000            American Ornithological Union Blake Award
1999, 2000  NSF-Berkeley Travel Grant
2000            SDE/Graduate Women in Science Eloise Gerry Fellowship
2000            Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid-of-Research, Spring
2000            UC Berkeley Integrative Biology Departmental Summer Awards
1998,1999   Kofford Memorial Fund, grant for field research
1997            NSF Predoctoral Fellowship

2004            Warder Clyde Allee Award (best student paper), Animal Behavior Society           
1997-1998   Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

2005-07      Manuscript reviewer for:  Behavioural Ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Field Ornithology, Ornithologia Neotropical, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B.

2004-06      Committee member:  AOU Young Professionals’ Committee.

1999-2000 Co-president, Berkeley Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology.

2006 - Silke Laucht, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology.  Independent project: “Brood sex ratio adjustment in lance-tailed manakins:  testing effects of female condition.”

2001 - Laurie Yonemoto, UC Berkeley honors thesis.  Independent Project:  “Sexual selection and parasite loads in the lance-tailed manakin.”

2000 - Alfred Tsang, UC Berkeley independent research.  “Optimizing sex-specific PCR reactions for lance-tailed manakins.”

2007            Symposium convener: Genetic insights into lekking behavior, AOU, Laramie WY
2007            Invited seminar, Cornell University Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
2007            Invited public seminar, Monday Night Series, Cornell U. Lab of Ornithology
2006            International Society for Behavioral Ecology – Tours, France; oral presentation
2006            International Ornithological Congress – Hamburg, Germany; poster presentation
2006            Invited seminar, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
2004            Invited seminar, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen Germany
2004            Animal Behavior Society – Oaxaca, Mexico; oral presentation
2004            American Ornithological Union – Quebec City, Canada 2004; oral presentation