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Student Matt Brinkman, Dave Garcelon, and Mark Colwell, Wildlife

Former graduate student, Matt Brinkman, authored a paper in Wildlife Society Bulletin, co-authored with his graduate advisor, Mark Colwell. The paper describes a field experiment using Carbachol to condition Common Ravens to avoid eating quail eggs made to look like Snowy Plover eggs. While successful in the short term, ravens still ate real plover eggs in the area of the field experiment.

Academic Department
Wildlife
Achievement (100 Words Max)

Former graduate student, Matt Brinkman, authored a paper in Wildlife Society Bulletin, co-authored with his graduate advisor, Mark Colwell. The paper describes a field experiment using Carbachol to condition Common Ravens to avoid eating quail eggs made to look like Snowy Plover eggs. While successful in the short term, ravens still ate real plover eggs in the area of the field experiment.

Name(s) of People Involved
Matt Brinkman, Dave Garcelon, and Mark Colwell
Type of Achievement
Student
Submitter's Full Name
Mark A. Colwell
Email
mac3@humboldt.edu
College
CNRS
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