Susan Smith, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
Education
B.S. Dept. of Zoology, University of British Columbia
M.S. Dept. of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Ph.D. Dept. of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Research Interests
1. Behavioral ecology
2. Bird behavior (long-term study of Black-capped Chickadees)
Selected Publications
Smith, Susan M. 1987. Responses of floaters to removal experiments on wintering chickadees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 20:363-367.
Smith, Susan M. 1984. Flock switching in chickadees: why be a winter floater? American Naturalist. 123:81-98.
Smith, Susan M. 1978. The "underworld" in a territorial sparrow: adaptive strategy for floaters. American Naturalist. 112: 571-582.
Smith, Susan M. 1977. Coral-snake pattern recognition and stimulus generalisation by naive great kiskadees (Aves: Tyrannidae). Nature. 265:535-536.
