About the Program

Melissa Hughes

College of Charleston

Address: Office: RITA 217, Department of Biology, Charleston, SC 29424, Lab: GML 118
E-mail: hughesm@cofc.edu


Education

Ph.D., 1994, Duke University

Research Interests

  • Animal behavior, behavioral ecology, communication, aggression, mating systems, birds, crustaceans 

Current research projects

  • Geographic variation in vocal signals
  • Territorial aggression, antipredator behavior and mating systems in snapping shrimp
  • Sexual dimorphisms in weaponry and aggression

Publications

See: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dF5bFK4AAAAJ&hl=en