Kevin Mcgraw
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Phone: 480-727-1670
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LSE 405 TEMPE, AZ 85287-4501
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Kevin McGraw is an integrative behavioral ecologist who primarily studies the colors of animals such as birds to understand the costs, benefits and evolution of visual signals. He and his students use a variety of approaches from fields including biochemistry, nutrition, physiology, immunology and endocrinology to determine what factors control color intensity. They couple these approaches with behavioral, ecological and evolutionary studies, both in the field and the lab, to evaluate how and why animal colors function in visual communication.
Professor McGraw and his team's interests continue to expand to include diverse avian groups (e.g. penguins, hummingbirds, parrots) and other colorful creatures such as spiders, lizards, and butterflies. Their studies of colors and pigments span all of Tinbergen’s levels of analysis, including adaptive, developmental, and evolutionary aspects.
- Postdoctoral associate, Animal Science, University of California-Davis 2004
- PhD Behavioral Biology, Cornell University 2003
- MS Zoology & Wildlife, Auburn University 1999
