Equipment for an Undergraduate Program in Animal Behavior Communication and Ecology

该项目正在提高该部的能力， 提供实验室经验，说明和测试的理论 动物行为，交流和生态学，介绍了在 现有的6门课程。 此外，它还提供先进的 动物学科的本科生研究机会 行为，交流和生态;升级动物行为， 生态设施（无线电遥测）目前存在于这个 机构，并增加了现有的动物行为和生态 这是分析动物交流的重要能力。 与 它，本科生可以随时访问国家的最先进的，计算机- 接口的声谱和录像设备， 动物沟通的分析 所有这些都增加了本科生物学专业的机会 成为入门级的研究人员， 在独立研究的层面。 该署现正进行一项 特别计划，以招募有才华的少数民族成员进入这个 顺序 受赠机构正在将NSF奖项与同等奖项相匹配 从非联邦来源获得的金额。

This project is enhancing the capability of the department to provide laboratory experiences which illustrate and test theories of animal behavior, communication, and ecology that are introduced in the lectures of six existing courses. In addition, it provides advanced undergraduate research opportunities in the disciplines of animal behavior, communication, and ecology; upgrades the animal behavior and ecology facilities (radio telemetry) currently existing at this institution, and adds to existing animal behavior and ecology facilities an important ability to analyze animal communications. With it, undergraduates have ready access to state-of-the-art, computer- interfaced sound spectrographic and video taping equipment for the analysis of animal communication. All this enhances the undergraduate biology majors' opportunities to become researchers at the entry level and to increase these skills at the independent research level. The department is conducting a special program for recruiting talented minority members into this sequence. The grantee institution is matching the NSF award with an equal sum obtained from non-Federal sources.