Department of Biology
Associate Professor
Phone: 828-227-3657
FAX: 828-227-7066
Email: jhyman@email.wcu.edu
Office Address: 132 Natural Science Building
Education:
- Ph.D., Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001
- B.A., Biology, University of Chicago, 1993
Courses Taught:
- BIOL 140: “Principles of Biology I”
- BIOL 141: “Principles of Biology II”
- BIOL 241: "Intro Ecology & Evolution"
- BIOL 471/571: “Animal Behavior”
- BIOL 472/572: “Ornithology”
Publications:
- Hughes, M. and Hyman, J. Should I stay or should I go now: late establishment and low site fidelity as alternative territorial behaviors. Ethology. In press.
- Scales, J., Hyman, J., Hughes, M. (2011) Behavioral Syndromes Break Down in Urban Song Sparrow Populations. Ethology. 117: 1-9.
- Evans, J., Boudreau, K., Hyman, J. (2010) Behavioral syndromes in urban and rural populations of song sparrows. Ethology. 116: 588-595.
- Hyman, J., Hughes, M. (2006) Territory owners discriminate between aggressive and non-aggressive neighbours. Animal Behaviour. 72: 209-215.
- Hyman J. (2005) Seasonal variation in response to neighbours and strangers by a territorial songbird. Ethology. 111: 951-961.
- Hyman, J., Hughes, M., Searcy, W.A., Nowicki, S. (2004) Individual variation in the strength of territorial defense in male song sparrows: Correlates of age, territory tenure, and neighbor aggressiveness. Behaviour. 141:15-27.
- Ballentine, B., Hyman, J., Nowicki, S. (2004) Vocal performance influences female response to male bird song: an experimental test. Behavioral Ecology. 15:163-168.
- Hyman, J. (2003) Countersinging as a signal of aggression in a territorial songbird. Animal Behaviour. 65:1179-1185.
- Hyman J. (2002) Conditional strategies in territory defense: Do Carolina wrens play tit-for-tat? Behavioral Ecology. 13: 664-669.
- Hyman, J. & Pruett-Jones, S. (1995) Natural History of the Monk Parakeet in Hyde Park, Chicago. Wilson Bulletin of Ornithology. 107: 510-517.
Research Presentations:
- Hyman, J. (2011) Behavioral and morphological differences between urban and rural Song Sparrows. Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
- Hyman, J. (2011) Urban habitats limit expression of Behavioral Syndromes in Song Sparrows. Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA.
- Hyman, J., Evans, J.,Boudreau, K., Scales,J., & Hughes, M. (2010) Causes and consequences of variation in territorial aggression in the song sparrow, Melospiza melodia. Meeting of the association of Southeastern Biologists, Asheville, NC.
- Hyman, J. (2004) Differential response to individual neighbors based on variation in the aggressiveness of those neighbors by a territorial songbird, the Song sparrow. Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. Jyvaskyla, Finland.
- Hyman, J. (2003) Individual variation in the strength of territorial defense in male song sparrows: Correlates of age, territory tenure, and neighbor aggressiveness. Meeting of the Animal Behaviour Society, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
- Hyman, J. (2002) Coutersinging as a signal of aggression in a territorial songbird: the Carolina wren. Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. Montreal, Canada.
- Hyman, J. (2001) Conditional strategies in territory defense: Do Carolina wrens play tit-for-tat? Meeting of the Animal Behaviour Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
- Hyman, J. (2000) Seasonal variation in neighbor/stranger discrimination in the Carolina wren. Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA.