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Jennifer Gagliardi-Seeley

Chair and Professor of Biology

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Research Interests

    Behavioral ecology of convict cichlid fish and garter snakes

Teaching Interests

    General Biology II, Vertebrate Zoology, General Ecology, and Animal Ecology

Education

PhD in Integrative Biology

Lehigh University

BS in Biology

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Published Works

    Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J., Bakker, K. A., Herrin, A., Kyer, M., Burke, M. (2021). Male procurement of breeding site is valued over male size by monogamous female convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciata). Journal of Ethology, 3959-263. . Gangloff, E., Reding, D., Bertolatus, D., Reigel, C., Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J., Bronkikowski, A. (2017). Snakes in the City: Population Structure of Sympatric Gartersnakes (Thamnophis app.) in an Urban Landscape. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 12(2), 509-521. . Leiser, J., Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J., Wisenden, B., Itzkowitz, M. (2015). Mating patterns of female Leon Springs Pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus. Journal of Fish Biology, 87(3), 604-615. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/jfb.12738. Gangloff, E., Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J., Bertolatus, D., Reigel, C. (2014). Effects of sex, environment, and condition on the musking behavior of sympatric species of garter snakes (Thamnophis sp.)). Journal of North American Herpetology, 10-46. . Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J. (2012). Dominance status reversal based on pair-bond formation in the convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata). Journal of Ethology, 30(2), 317-323. . Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J., Leese, J., Santangelo, N., Itzkowitz, M. (2009). Mate choice in female convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) and the relationship between male size and dominance. Journal of Ethology, 27(2), 249-254. . Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J., Itzkowitz, M. (2009). Competition for limited breeding sites between single and paired convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciata). . Acta Ethologica, 12(2), 115-120. . Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J., Itzkowitz, M. (2006). Male size predicts the ability to defend offspring in the convict cichlid (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus). . Journal of Fish Biology, 69(4), 1239-1244. . Leiser, J., Gagliardi-Seeley, L. J., Itzkowitz, M. (2004). Do large convict cichlids fight differently than small males when the fight pair size is similar? . Journal of Fish Biology, 64(5), 1339-1350. .