Alison M. Mostrom, PhD
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Alison M. Mostrom, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Contact Info:
Office: STC 379
McNeil Science & Technology Center
Voice: (215) 596-1137
Fax: (215) 596-8710
Email: a.mostro@usp.edu
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Training and Degrees
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania. 1993
A. B. Mount Holyoke College. 1982
Prior Positions
Research Assistant, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1990-1992
Membership in Professional Organizations
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Ornithologists’ Union
Animal Behavior Society
Sigma Xi
Research Interests
Conservation of neotropical migratory bird species that breed locally in Pennsylvania.
Use of sound analyses of males’ individually distinctive songs to determine population size, and the inter-year return rate of males.
Social behavior of animals, including captive zoological species.
Selected Recent Publications
Mostrom, A.M. Unique use of concept maps as the primary organizing structure in two upper-level undergraduate biology courses, results from the first implementation.
Blumberg, P.; Mostrom, A. M.; Bendl, B.; Kimchuck, A.; Wolbach, K. 2005. A model for integration of content, concepts and context within separate courses: Making explicit the connections among disciplines. Primus 15(1): 59-80 (Primus is a mathematics education journal).
Mostrom, A. M. 2003. Competitive Behavior of Birds at Feeders. In: Exploring Animal Behavior in the Laboratory and Field: An Hypothesis-Testing Approach to the Development, Causation, Function, and Evolution of Animal Behavior. (B. J. Ploger, and K. Yasukawa, Eds.). Academic Press (An Imprint of Elsevier Science) San Francisco, CA.
Mostrom, A. M. 2003. Competitive Behavior of Birds at Feeders: Instructor’s Guide. In: Teaching Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field: An Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field. Chapter 22 (pp. 86-89).
(B. J. Ploger, and K. Yasukawa, eds.). Published by the editors.
Mostrom, A. M.; Curry, R. L.; Lohr, B. 2002. Carolina Chickadee, Poecile carolinensis. In: The Birds of North America, No. 636. (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc. Philadelphia, PA.
Heckscher, S.; Hornberger, K. L.; Mostrom, A. M.; Marsh, B. 2000. Biodiversity declining: structural and compositional changes in a Pennsylvania Piedmont Forest. Proceedings of the Fragmentation 2000 Conference, pp. 104-113. September 17-20, 2000. Annapolis, MD.
Uetz, G. W.; Hieber, C. S.; Jakob, E. M.; Wilcox, R. S; Kroeger, D.; McCrate, A.; Mostrom, A. M. 1994. Behavior of colonial orb-weaving spiders during a solar eclipse. Ethology 96: 24-32.
Gill, F. B.; Mostrom, A. M.; Mack, A. L. 1993. Speciation in North American chickadees I: patterns of mtDNA genetic divergence. Evolution 47(1): 195-212
Smith, S. M.; Mostrom, A. M. 1985. "Coral snake" rings: are they helpful in foraging? Copeia.1985(2): 384-387.