Paul H. Klatt, PhD

Paul H. Klatt, PhD

Professor of Biology
Biological Sciences
Phone: (231) 591-2671
Email: [email protected]

Education

• PhD, North Dakota State University, Zoology
• MS, Eastern Kentucky University, Biological Sciences
• BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Psychology

Graduate/Post-Graduate Training

• Research Associate, with Bridget Stutchbury, York University
• Research Associate, with Gary Ritchison, Eastern Kentucky University

Biography

Paul Klatt currently teaches General Biology for majors and a variety of upper-level courses. As a bird behavioral ecologist, he has examined vocalizations in Eastern Screech-Owls, mating systems in Northern Cardinals, territorial behavior in Red-necked Grebes, and mate attentiveness and pair bonds in Scarlet Tanagers.

Courses Taught:
BIOL 121 General Biology I
BIOL 122 General Biology II
BIOL 343 Ornithology
BIOL 348 Animal Behavior
BIOL 442 Ecology
BIOL 492 Biology Internship

Publications and Intellectual Contributions

• Journal Article
  Klatt, P. H., Stutchbury, B. J., Evans, M. L. (2008). "Incubation feeding by male Scarlet Tanagers: a mate removal experiment," Journal of Field Ornithology. 79 (1). pp. 1-10. Wiley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2008.00139.x
• Journal Article
  Klatt, P. H., Paszkowski, C. A. (2005). "Intruder pressure explains more of the variation in territory size than fish abundance for Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena) breeding on small boreal lakes," Ornis Fennica. 82 (4). p. 129–136. BirdLife Finland. https://lintulehti.birdlife.fi:8443/pdf/artikkelit/253/tiedosto/of_82_129-136_artikkelit_253.pdf#view=FitH
• Journal Article
  Paszkowski, C. A., Gingras, B. A., Wilcox, K., Klatt, P. H., Tonn, W. M. (2004). "Trophic Relations of the Red-Necked Grebe on Lakes in the Western Boreal Forest: A Stable-Isotope Analysis," The Condor. 106 (3). p. 638. Cooper Ornithological Society. http://dx.doi.org/10.1650/7440
• Journal Article
  Klatt, P. H., Nuechterlein, G., Buitron, D. (2004). "Frequency and distribution of behaviour of red-necked grebes breeding colonially and in classic territories," Behaviour. 141 (3). pp. 263-277. Brill Academic Publishers. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853904322981842
• Journal Article
  Klatt, P. H. (2003). "Territorial Behavior and Nesting Dispersion in Red-necked Grebes," Waterbirds. 26 (1). pp. 94-99. Waterbird Society. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1522472?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
• Journal Article
  Lawless, S. G., Ritchison, G., Klatt, P. H., Westneat, D. F. (1997). "The Mating Strategies of Eastern Screech-Owls: A Genetic Analysis," The Condor. 99 (1). pp. 213-217. JSTOR. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1370242
• Journal Article
  Ritchison, G., Klatt, P. H., Westneat, D. F. (1994). "Mate Guarding and Extra-Pair Paternity in Northern Cardinals," The Condor. 96 (4). pp. 1055-1063. JSTOR. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1369114
• Journal Article
  Klatt, P. H., Ritchison, G. (1994). "The Effect of Mate Removal on the Vocal Behavior and Movement Patterns of Male and Female Eastern Screech-Owls," The Condor. 96 (2). pp. 485-493. JSTOR. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1369330
• Journal Article
  Klatt, P. H., Ritchison, G. (1993). "Duetting behavior of Eastern Screech-Owls," The Wilson Bulletin. 105 (3). pp. 483-489. The Wilson Ornithological Society. https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v105n03/p0483-p0489.pdf

Presentations

• Oral Presentation
  Klatt, P. H., Stutchbury, B., Annual meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, "Female Scarlet Tanagers called when their mates were temporarily removed during incubation," Cooper Ornithological Society, (2004).
• Poster
  Klatt, P. H., Stutchbury, B., Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, "Incubation feeding by male Scarlet Tanagers: a removal experiment," American Ornithologists Union, (2003).
• Oral Presentation
  Klatt, P. H., Annual meeting of The Animal Behavior Society, "From colonial to solitary: territorial behavior and nesting dispersion in Red-necked grebes," The Animal Behavior Society, (2001).
• Poster
  Lawless, S., Ritchison, G., Klatt, P. H., Westneat, D., Annual meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists, "Genetic evidence that Eastern Screech-Owls do not engage in extra-pair copulations," Association of Field Ornithologists, (1996).
• Oral Presentation
  Klatt, P. H., Ritchison, G., Annual meeting of The Raptor Research Foundation, "Effect of mate removal on the vocal behavior and movement patterns of Eastern Screech-Owls," The Raptor Research Foundation, (1993).
• Oral Presentation
  Klatt, P. H., Ritchison, G., Annual meeting of The American Ornithologists Union, "Duetting behavior of male and female Eastern Screech-Owls," The American Ornithologists Union, (1992).
• Oral Presentation
  Klatt, P. H., Ritchison, G., Annual meeting of The Animal Behavior Society, "Effect of mate removal on the singing behavior of male and female Eastern Screech-Owls," The Animal Behavior Society, (1992).
• Oral Presentation
  Klatt, P. H., Ritchison, G., Fall Meeting of The Kentucky Ornithological Society, "Effect of mate removal on the singing behavior of male and female Eastern Screech-Owls," The Kentucky Ornithological Society, (1991).
• Oral Presentation
  Ritchison, G., Klatt, P. H., Belthoff, J., Midwest Regional Animal Behavior Conference, "Activity levels and the dispersal of juvenile Eastern Screech-Owls," The Animal Behavior Society, (1990).
• Oral Presentation
  Ritchison, G., Klatt, P. H., Belthoff, J., Meeting for The Kentucky Academy of Sciences, "Activity levels and the natal dispersal of Eastern Screech-Owls," The Kentucky Academy of Sciences, (1990).