Alex Gunderson, Biology Grad Student  

Alex Gunderson

Education:
MS, College of William and Mary, 2007
BS, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2004

Office Location: 208 Biological Sciences Building
Email Address: arg12@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.duke.edu/~arg12/Index.html

Areas of Interest:
Behavioral and visual ecology (Leal lab).

Recent Publications   (search)

  1. Gunderson, A.R., M.H. Forsyth, and J.P. Swaddle, Evidence that plumage bacteria influence feather coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis., Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 40 (2009), pp. 440-447 .
  2. Gunderson, A.R., Feather-degrading bacteria: a new frontier in avian and host-parasite research?, Auk, vol. 125 no. 4 (2008), pp. 972-979 .
  3. Gunderson, A.R., A.M. Frame, J.P. Swaddle and M.H. Forsyth, Resistance of melanized feathers to bacterial degradation: is it really so black and white?, Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 39 (2008), pp. 539-545 .

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