Peter H. Klopfer, Professor Emeritus
mother-infant attachments in mammals and imprinting in birds development and control of aggressive behavior, and its neurobiological mechanisms. causes of species diversity. hibernation in lemurs
Education:
Ph.D., Yale University, 1958
PhD, Yale University, 1957
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1952
Office Location: 050 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address: phk@duke.edu
- Office Hours:
- by arrangement
Specialties:
Organismal Biology and Behavior
Research Categories: animal behavior and behavioral ecology
Current projects: sleep and hibernation behavior in prosimian primates
Research Description: mother-infant attachments in mammals and imprinting in birds development and control of aggressive behavior, and its neurobiological mechanisms. causes of species diversity. hibernation in lemurs
Areas of Interest:
maternal attachment
aggression
species diversity
hibernation
Recent Publications (More Publications) (search)
- Krystal, AD; Schopler, B; Kobbe, S; Williams, C; Rakatondrainibe, H; Yoder, AD; Klopfer, P, The relationship of sleep with temperature and metabolic rate in a hibernating primate., PLoS One, vol. 8 no. 9 (Accepted, 2013), pp. e69914 [doi] [abs].
- Klopfer, PH; Krystal, A; Williams, C; Yoder, A, Neuroethology: Do hibernating primates sleep?, Nova Acta Leopoldina, vol. 111 no. 380 (Accepted, 2013), pp. 15-27 .
- Klopfer, PH, Lessons From an Unusual Critter: What Can Unusual Animals Teach Us?, Ethology, vol. 118 no. 11 (November, Accepted, 2012), pp. 1029-1035 [doi] [abs].
- Krystal, A., B. Schopler, S.Kobbe, C.Williams, H. Rakatondrainibe, A.Yoder, and P. Klopfer, Discovery of a novel REMsleep-like state in a hibernating primate, Cheirogaleus medius (Submitted, 2012) .
- Klopfer, PH, Life in science: seeds of doubt., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 324 no. 5924 (April, Accepted, 2009), pp. 177 [doi] .