Eugene Morton
Senior Scientist Emeritus / Migratory Bird Center
Address:
Hemlock Hill Field Station
22318 Teepleville Flats Road
Cambridge Springs, PA 16403 USA
Sept-April:
Dept. of Biology
York University, 4700 Keele St.
Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
Research Focus
Eugene Morton works on avian behavioral ecology and communication, especially in tropical birds.
Education and Degrees
- 1970 Ph.D. Yale University, New Haven, CT
- 1968 M.S. Yale University, New Haven, CT
- 1962 B.A. Denison University, Granville, Ohio
Research Topics
- Why Ovenbirds Hate Maple Syrup
- Martin Landlords Get to Know Their Birds
- A Migratory Bird with Sexual Equality?
Most Recent Publications
Chiver, I., Morton, E.S. and Stutchbury, B.J.M. Incubation delays territory defence by male blue-headed vireos, Vireo solitarius, Animal Behaviour, 73 143-148. 2007.
Davidar, P. and Morton, E.S. Are multiple infections more severe for Purple Martins than single infections?, Auk, 123 141-147. 2006.
Morton, E.S. Commentary on "The Influence of Pitch Height on the Perception of Submissiveness and Threat in Musical Passages" by David Huron, Daryl Kinney, and Kristin Precoda, Empirical Musicology Review, 1 (3) 178-179. 2006.
Morton, E.S., Howlett, J., Kopysh, N. and Chiver, I. Song ranging by incubating male Blue-headed Vireos: the importance of song representation in repertoires and implications for song delivery patterns and local/foreign dialect discrimination, Journal of Field Ornithology, 77 291-301. 2006.
Gorrell, J., Ritchison, G. and Morton, E.S. Territory size and stability in a sedentary neotropical passerine: is resource partitioning a necessary condition?, Journal of Field Ornithology, 76 395-401. 2005.
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