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Employment (2)

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley: Brownsville, TX, US

2014-01-04 to present | Associate Professor (Biology)
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Karl Berg

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2011-11-01 to 2013-12-31 | Post-doctoral Scholar (Environmental Science, Policy & Management)
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Karl Berg

Education and qualifications (2)

Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

2006-06-01 to 2011-06-01 | Ph.D. (Neurobiology & Behavior)
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Karl Berg

Florida International University: Miami, FL, US

2001-08-01 to 2004-06-01 | M.Sc. (Biological Sciences)
Education
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Karl Berg

Funding (3)

IOS Animal Behavior: Sibling influences on vocal babbling and vocal development

2016-11-15 to 2019-10-31 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (n/a, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000076/1558145/IOS-Animal-Behavior-Sibling-influences-on-vocal-babbling-and-vocal-development
GRANT_NUMBER: grant.1558145
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Karl Berg via DimensionsWizard

U.S.-Venezuelan Doctoral Dissertation: Acquisition of Vocal Signatures in Wild Parrots

2008-09-01 to 2009-08-31 | Grant
Office of the Director (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3091259
GRANT_NUMBER: 0825675
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Karl Berg via DimensionsWizard

Anatomy of the Dawn Chorus in a Neotropical Forest Bird Community

2002-01-01 to 2004-01-01 | Grant
Environmental Protection Agency (n/a, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000139/U916082/Anatomy-of-the-Dawn-Chorus-in-a-Neotropical-Forest-Bird-Community
GRANT_NUMBER: grant.U916082
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Works (19)

Eviction-driven infanticide and sexually selected adoption and infanticide in a neotropical parrot

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-05-14 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2317305121
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Contributors: Steven Beissinger; Karl Berg
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Karl Berg

Early corticosterone increases vocal complexity in a wild parrot: An organizational role of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in vocal learning?

Journal of Neuroendocrinology
2024-01-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/jne.13365
Part of ISSN: 0953-8194
Part of ISSN: 1365-2826
Contributors: Celia R. McLean; Astolfo Mata; Richard J. Kline; Karl Berg
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Karl Berg

Vocal babbling in a wild parrot shows life history and endocrine affinities with human infants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2022-06-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0592
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
Contributors: Rory Eggleston; Nurialby Viloria; Soraya Delgado; Astolfo Mata; Hilda Y. Guerrero; Richard J. Kline; Steven R. Beissinger; Karl Berg
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Karl Berg

Allo-preening is linked to vocal signature development in a wild parrot

Behavioral Ecology
2022-02-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arab126
Part of ISSN: 1045-2249
Part of ISSN: 1465-7279
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Karl Berg

Conservation status of the recently described Ecuadorian Amazon parrot Amazona lilacina

Bird Conservation International
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0959270920000222
Part of ISSN: 0959-2709
Part of ISSN: 1474-0001
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Karl Berg

Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

Nature Communications
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Karl Berg

Phylogenetic and kinematic constraints on avian flight signals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2019-09-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1083
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
Source: Self-asserted source
Karl Berg

Ontogeny of the adrenocortical response in an extremely altricial bird

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology
2019-09-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/jez.2317
Part of ISSN: 2471-5638
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Karl Berg

Current threats faced by Neotropical parrot populations

Biological Conservation
2017 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Avifauna of the Mache Chindul ecological reserve, northwest Ecuador

Ornitologia Neotropical
2013 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Factors shaping the ontogeny of vocal signals in a wild parrot

Journal of Experimental Biology
2013 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Vertical transmission of learned signatures in a wild parrot

Proc. R. Soc. B
2012 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Contact calls are used for individual mate recognition in free-ranging green-rumped parrotlets, Forpus passerinus

Animal Behaviour
2011 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Great Green Macaws and the annual cycle of their food plants in Ecuador

Journal of Field Ornithology
2007 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Phylogenetic and ecological determinants of the neotropical dawn chorus

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences
2006 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Seasonal roosts of Red-lored Amazons in Ecuador provide information about population size and structure

Journal of Field Ornithology
2006 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

The birds of southwest Ecuador

Audio publication) JV Moore Nature Recordings, San Jose, CA
2004 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Notes on the natural history of the Pale-mandibled Aracari

Journal of field ornithology
2001 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

New and interesting records of birds from a dry forest reserve in south-west Ecuador

Cotinga
1994 | Journal article
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Karl Berg

Peer review (7 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Animal behaviour. (2)
Review activity for Animal cognition. (1)
Review activity for Communications biology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of ethology. (2)
Review activity for Ornithology. (1)
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