Daniel R. Ardia
Associate Professor of Biology
717-291-3949
Office: LSP-232B
Office Hours: On leave 2009-2010 Academic Year
Summary: Evolution, Ecology and Heredity. Evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology; life history evolution of birds and insects.
Professional Biography
Education
B.S. Tufts University: Biology, Environmental Studies, & Political Science
M.S. SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Environmental and Forest Biology
Ph.D. Cornell University: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Postdoc: Darwin Fellow: UMass-Amherst & Amherst College
Research Interests
Evolutionary biology, behavioral and physiological biology, ornithology, vertebrate biology.
Causes and consequences of variation in life history evolution.
Role of environmental variation in driving life history tradeoffs.
Parasites and immune function in a life history context.
Course Information
BIO 110 Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Heredity
BIO 336 Evolution
BIO 337 Behavioral Ecology
FND 193 Conservation Biology
BIO 3xx Tropical Field Biology of Rainforests and Coral Reefs
