Douglas A. Nelson - US grants
Affiliations: | Ohio State University, Columbus, Columbus, OH |
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According to our matching algorithm, Douglas A. Nelson is the likely recipient of the following grants.Years | Recipients | Code | Title / Keywords | Matching score |
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1985 — 1986 | Nelson, Douglas A | F32Activity Code Description: To provide postdoctoral research training to individuals to broaden their scientific background and extend their potential for research in specified health-related areas. |
Recognition of Learned Acoustic Signals @ Rockefeller University |
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1996 — 2000 | Nelson, Douglas | N/AActivity Code Description: No activity code was retrieved: click on the grant title for more information |
Comparative Studies of Vocal Learning @ Ohio State University Research Foundation -Do Not Use 9513821 Nelson Vocal learning in song birds is a complex motor skill in which young males memorize the songs of adults, and then use their memory to control their own song output. One consequence of vocal learning in birds is the formation of vocal dialects in which males at one locality sing similar songs that differ from those of males at other localities. Until recently, it has been assumed that a single process is involved in the formation of dialects: the young bird imitates one or more adults at the time and place the youngster settles upon a breeding territory. Recent evidence suggests that an independent process of selective attrition of songs from a large repertoire acquired in whole or in part at a different time and place can also lead to song sharing between neighbors. The proposed research will examine the role of song overproduction and selective attrition in the formation of local song dialects. The PI will take a comparative approach by studying different subspecies of the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys). Field observations, and laboratory and field experiments will be conducted to compare processess of vocal development in one subspecies that does form local dialects (Z. l. oriantha or Z. l. leucophrys) with another that does not (Z. l. gambelii). In the field, the PI will observe vocal interactions between males as they settle upon territories, and determine the sizes of their song production repertoire early in Spring, and compare whether they selectively retain or reject songs that match their neighbors. This will test the hypothesis that developmental pathways are conserved during evolutionary diversification, and that changes often are made to terminal stages. The PI will then conduct field and laboratory playback tests contrasting the song matching behavior of males of two subspecies. These experiments are designed to reveal differences in the perceptural categorization of songs, and to identify possible genetically-based differences in song pe rception. The PI will also employ a new method for measuring song learning that is independent of the production of imitations to examine how songs are memorized during the sensitive phase and during the subsequent storage interval. Finally, the PI will conduct a song learning experiment to assess whether live tutors modiy or extend the early sensitive phase for song acquisition, as compared with tape tutoring. |
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1999 — 2003 | Parker, Patricia (co-PI) [⬀] Nelson, Douglas |
N/AActivity Code Description: No activity code was retrieved: click on the grant title for more information |
Coevolution of Genes and Animal Cultures @ Ohio State University Research Foundation -Do Not Use Animal Behavior Program |
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2005 — 2009 | Nelson, Douglas Gibbs, Harold |
N/AActivity Code Description: No activity code was retrieved: click on the grant title for more information |
@ Ohio State University Research Foundation -Do Not Use Summary: The PIs propose to study insect respiration using the synchrotron X-ray imaging facility at Argonne National Laboratory. In previous studies, the PIs used this approach to show that tracheae in the head and thorax rapidly contract and expand in diameter, causing a change in tracheal volume that appears to aid respiration. The PIs plan to extend these observations by determining the muscle/skeletal mechanisms involved in these changes. The PI will also determine how broadly the mechanism of tracheal compression occurs in the various insect orders. In a second study, the PIs will investigate the role of tracheal compression in respiration by correlating the release of CO2 with cycles of tracheal compression. These studies will be done on several species. The PIs also plan to study individuals of different sizes from the same species to see how growth affects this process. Finally, the PIs will analyze the role(s) of insect mouthparts in breathing to determine the coordination of respiration with motions of the mouthparts during feeding. |
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2009 — 2013 | Steadman, David Webber, Thomas Nelson, Douglas Soha, Jill Nelson, Angelika |
N/AActivity Code Description: No activity code was retrieved: click on the grant title for more information |
Digitization of Recorded Sounds in the Florida Museum of Natural History Archive @ Ohio State University Research Foundation -Do Not Use An award to the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics at The Ohio State University and the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) will fund the conversion of animal sound recordings in the latter institution's collection to digital format. These recordings are currently housed on analog magnetic tape, which has a finite lifespan, and degrades in quality with each use. Conversion to digital format will ensure the preservation of this important collection, and make it much easier for FLMNH staff to serve clients in the future. |
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