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Susan Bertram
PeerJ Author
905 Points

Contributions by role

Author 270
Preprint Author 35
Editor 600

Contributions by subject area

Animal Behavior
Ecology
Entomology
Evolutionary Studies
Zoology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Developmental Biology
Marine Biology

Susan M Bertram

PeerJ Author

Summary

My research addresses how genetic and environmental variation is maintained in sexually selected traits. My students and I use an animal behavior approach that incorporates tools from nutritional ecology, ecological physiology, and quantitative genetics. Our laboratory-based empirical research quantifies the phenotypic and genetically based variation in condition, life-history traits, and sexually selected traits and determines how this variation is influenced by diet and physiology.

Animal Behavior

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Carleton University

Work details

Associate Professor

Carleton University
Biology

Websites

  • Lab Chirps

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 6
June 10, 2014
How male sound pressure level influences phonotaxis in virgin female Jamaican field crickets (Gryllus assimilis)
Karen Pacheco, Susan M. Bertram
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.437 PubMed 24949249
August 8, 2013
How age influences phonotaxis in virgin female Jamaican field crickets (Gryllus assimilis)
Karen Pacheco, Jeff W. Dawson, Michael Jutting, Susan M. Bertram
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.130 PubMed 23940839
March 30, 2014 - Version: 1
How male signaling intensity influences phonotaxis in virgin female Jamaican field crickets (Gryllus assimilis)
Susan M Bertram, Karen Pacheco
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.324v1

Academic Editor on

April 27, 2017
Territorial black-capped chickadee males respond faster to high- than to low-frequency songs in experimentally elevated noise conditions
Stefanie E. LaZerte, Hans Slabbekoorn, Ken A. Otter
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3257 PubMed 28462051
August 4, 2016
Short-term exposure to predation affects body elemental composition, climbing speed and survival ability in Drosophila melanogaster
Indrikis Krams, Sarah Eichler Inwood, Giedrius Trakimas, Ronalds Krams, Gordon M. Burghardt, David M. Butler, Severi Luoto, Tatjana Krama
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2314 PubMed 27602281
February 15, 2016
Bagworm bags as portable armour against invertebrate predators
Shinji Sugiura
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1686 PubMed 26893969
December 17, 2015
Are attractive male crickets better able to pay the costs of an immune challenge?
Clint D. Kelly, Melissa S.C. Telemeco, Lyric C. Bartholomay
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1501 PubMed 26713249
October 15, 2015
Grunt variation in the oyster toadfish Opsanus tau: effect of size and sex
Michael L. Fine, Tyler D. Waybright
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1330 PubMed 26623178
November 4, 2014
Prior mating success can affect allocation towards future sexual signaling in crickets
Rachel Chiswell, Madeline Girard, Claudia Fricke, Michael M. Kasumovic
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.657 PubMed 25392758