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LSC 362
Human
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Vertebrate
Zoology
LSC 556
Integrative
Biology II

Udo Savalli
B.A., 1985, Cornell University (Biological Sciences)
Ph.D., 1991, University of California at Berkeley (Zoology)

School of Mathematics & Natural Sciences
CLCC 217D
Arizona State University at the West Campus
PO Box 37100, Phoenix, AZ 85069

email:
Phone: 602-543-3750

Main Courses Taught:

BIO 113
Dinosaurs

 BIO 113 is not offered this semester
Next offered Fall 2024
BIO 345
Evolution

 BIO 345 is not offered this semester
Next offered Fall 2024
BIO 320
Fundamentals of Ecology

I am not currently teaching BIO 320
LSC 322
Fund. of Ecology Lab

I am not currently teaching LSC 322
LSC 362
The Human Environment
BIO 370
Vertebrate Zoology

 
BIO 385
Comparative Invertebrate Zoology

 BIO 385 is not offered this semester
Next offered: Spring 2025
LSC 556
Integrative Biology II

 

Other Courses Taught Previously:

BIO 181—General Biology I Lab BIO 109—Natural History of Arizona
BIO 182—General Biology II BIO 182—General Biology II Lab
BIO 201—Human Anatomy & Physiology I BIO 201—Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab
BIO 202—Human Anatomy & Physiology II BIO 202—Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab



Schedules:

Spring 2024
  • BIO 370 —
  • Vertebrate Zoology
  • LSC 362 —
  • Human Environment
    Lecture: TTuTh 12:00-1:15
  • LSC 556 —
  • Integrative Biology II
    Lecture: TTh 4:30-5:45


    Spring 2024 In-Person Office Hours
  • Tu 1:30-4:00; Th 1:30-3:00
  • Or by appointment
  • Spring 2024 Zoom Office Hours
  • Wed 3:00-5:00
  • Or by appointment

  • View my complete schedule acrobat



    Tentative Upcoming Teaching Schedule
     
    Fall 2024
  • BIO 113 —
  • Dinosaurs
    Lec: Tue/Thu 9:00 - 10:15
    Lab: Fri, 10:30 - 12:15
  • BIO 345 —
  • Evolution
    Lecture: Mon/Wed 3:00 - 4:15

    ABOUT ME

    I was born in (then West) Germany, and moved to the United States at age 7. I grew up on Long Island, NY, before attending college at Cornell University. I then moved to California to get my PhD at theUniversity of California at Berkeley. While attending Berkeley, I did field research in Kenya, studying the mating behavior of the Yellow-shouldered Widowbird (Euplectes macrourus). Since graduating, I have taught at a number of institutions, including Humboldt State University, The University of California at Davis, Allegheny College, Fordham University, and Bluegrass Community & Technical College before coming to Arizona in 2006. I have also worked in the Laboratory of Dr. Charles Fox (first at Fordham University's Louis Calder Center, and then at the University of Kentucky), studying reproductive strategies in two species of seed beetle.

    My hobbies include hiking, bird-watching, nature photography and science fiction.



    MY PREVIOUS RESEARCH

    My research interests concerned the function and evolution of social behavior--especially as it pertains to reproductive strategies. This includes mating systems, social systems, parental investment, sexual selection, sexual dimorphism, communication, and coloration. I have worked primarily with birds and insects.
    CallosobruchusStator limbatus
    My most recent research was with two species of seed beetles (Family Bruchidae), the cowpea weavil, Callosobruchus maculatus, (above left) and a desert seed beetle, Stator limbatus (above right). I investigated the roles of male-male competition, sperm competition and female choice in the evolution of male body size, ejaculate size and sexual dimorphism (males are larger than females in S. limbatus while the reverse is true for C. maculatus) and female reproductive strategies such as mate choice, multiple mating, and egg size decisions.
    Male Widowbird 3
    My dissertation research was a field project—at the Kakamega National Reserve, Western Kenya—studying mating behavior, mate choice, and the functions of male plumage in the yellow-shouldered widowbird, Euplectes macrourus.


    This page last modified on 22 December 2023 by Udo M. Savalli ()
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