Elizabeth M. Jakob

Professor, Biology

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NSB
OEB

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Education

B.S., Cornell University, 1983
Ph.D., University of California Davis (Animal Behavior), 1989

109 Middlesex

413-577-0707

Research interests - short

Animal behavior, especially perception, learning, and social behavior

Research Interests

I am a behavioral ecologist. My main study organisms are spiders. Questions that my students and I work on include the role of learning in spider behavior, the evolution of group living, and the role of behavior in the establishment of invasive species.

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