Associate Professor
Year Started at JMU: 2018
moseledl@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: http://www.danamoseley.com/
Research Description
As a sensory ecologist, my research interests lie broadly in evolution, ecology, and animal behavior. Specifically, I aim to understand how communication signals function in interactions within species, whether in male-male competition or in female choice, or between species concerning the broader communication network. Another major theme of my research involves how urbanization and anthropogenic noise (“noise pollution”) impact animal communication systems. To address these topics, I focus on local songbirds such as native sparrows and gray catbirds in the wild.
Courses
- Ecology and Evolution BIO 250 lecture and lab
- Ornithological Research with Lab BIO 430
Education
- PhD in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, 2014,University of Massachusetts Amherst
- BS in Biology, 2003, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Select Publications
- Rhodes, M. L., Ryder, T. B., Evans, B. S., To, J. C., Neslund, E., Will, C., Obrien, L.E., & Moseley, D. L. (2023). The effects of anthropogenic noise and urban habitats on song structure in a vocal mimic; the gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) sings higher frequencies in noisier habitats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1252632.
- Moseley, D. L., Derryberry, G. E., Phillips, J. N., Danner, J. E., Danner, R. M., Luther, D. A., & Derryberry, E. P. (2018). Acoustic adaptation to city noise through vocal learning by a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1888), 20181356.
- Moseley, D.L., N.R. Joshi, J.F. Prather, J. Podos, & L. Remage-Healey. 2017. A neuronal signature of accurate imitative learning. Scientific Reports. 7(1), 17320.
Biology Department
