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Sonny Bleicher
PeerJ Author
375 Points

Contributions by role

Author 235
Preprint Author 140

Contributions by subject area

Animal Behavior
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Zoology
Evolutionary Studies
Neuroscience

Sonny S Bleicher

PeerJ Author

Summary

I am an evolutionary ecologist and environmental scientist based out of the University of Illinois at Chicago, who specializes in the use of behavioral assays for spatial analysis of habitat use and quantification of the perception of risk and competition between species.

My main focus of research has been predator prey interactions in a convergent evolution context. I have been pursuing the question: what makes an "effective"​ invasive species evolutionarily? I approach this by studying the response of model invaded communities to the presence of novel predators. I have used "common-garden"​ experiments and used Bayesian models, deductive statistics and spatial analysis of the distribution of risk, called "landscapes of fear" analysis.

Recently, I explored the behavioral dynamics of dasyruid marsupials in the Simpson Desert under conditions of a population bust, a prolonged drought, and a wild fire.

Animal Behavior Biodiversity Conservation Biology Environmental Sciences Evolutionary Studies Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Arizona
University of Illinois at Chicago

Work details

Research Associate

University of Arizona
January 2016
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Studying the impact of the human hikers on habitat use by wildlife at Tumamoc Hill. Additionally, working on the role of predators in the mechanisms of coexistence of prey species.

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
September 12, 2017
The landscape of fear conceptual framework: definition and review of current applications and misuses
Sonny S. Bleicher
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3772 PubMed 28929015
January 21, 2016
Bust economics: foragers choose high quality habitats in lean times
Sonny S. Bleicher, Christopher R. Dickman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1609 PubMed 26839751
August 15, 2017 - Version: 4
The landscape of fear conceptual framework: definition and review of current applications and misuses
Sonny S Bleicher
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2840v4