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斯科特Kight
科学与数学学院教务与教学副院长
- 办公室:
- 环境与生命科学中心206C
- 电子邮件:
- kights@montclair.edu
- 电话:
- 973-655-5426
- 度:
- 学士，南伊利诺伊大学
- 东伊利诺伊大学硕士
- 博士，印第安纳大学
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专业化
The fundamental mechanism of natural selection is differential reproduction: selection favors individuals that reproduce better than others. Dr. Kight is interested in understanding how and why animals make decisions about this critical biological event. Generally using invertebrate animals as model species, Dr. Kight and his students investigate why some animals take care of their young (when most species do not) and when/why these caregivers decide to stop investing in offspring. Sometimes these questions require understanding how animals interact with other species, such as predators. Dr. Kight and his students are currently turning their attention to how reproductive decisions are related to ecological competition between invasive and native species.
Refereed Publications (* denotes student co-author)
Herbert-Berger, K.G., Goodey, N., Ruczszyk, S., Kight, S.L., & Marlowe, T.J. 2019. Infusing CS graduate transition curriculum with professional, technical and data science competencies. Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3293828
Kight, S.L., *Coffey, G.L., *Tanner, A.W., *Dmytriw, M.P., *Tedesco, S.L., *Hoang, J. and *Aboagye, A.K. 2018. Recent changes in reproductive phenology of a K-selected aquatic insect predator, Belostoma flumineum Say (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 1-6.
*Casner, A.M., *Fackelman, H.C., *Degtyareva, O. & Kight, S.L. 2016. Do female Western
Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, prefer ornaments that males lack? Ethology. 122: 1-10.
*Zimmerman, K.I. & Kight, S.L. 2016. Responses of four arthropod prey species to mechanosensory, chemosensory and visual cues from an arachnid predator: A comparative approach. Life: The Excitement of Biology. 4: 113-134.
*Hegarty, K.G. & Kight, S.L. 2014. Do predator cues influence turn alternation behavior in terrestrial isopods Porcellio laevis Latreille and Armadillidium vulgare Latreille? Behavioural Processes. 106: 168-171.
Kight, S.L., *Tanner, A.W., *Coffey, G.L. 2011. Termination of brooding in male giant
waterbugs is associated with season, egg pad size, and presence of females. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 55:197-204.
Kight, S.L. 2008. Reproductive ecology of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea). Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 1:95-110.
Kight, S.L., *Steelman, L., *Coffey, G., *Lucente, J., & *Castillo, M. 2008. Evidence of population-level lateralized behaviour in giant waterbugs, Belostoma flumineum Say (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae): T-maze turning is left biased. Behavioural Processes. 79: 66-69.
Houghtaling, K. & Kight, S.L. 2006. Turn alternation in response to substrate vibration by terrestrial isopods, Porcellio laevis (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from rural and urban habitats in New Jersey, USA. Entomological News. 117: 149-154.
Kight, S.L., Gaynor, J.J. & Adams, S.A. 2006. Undergraduate research communities: A powerful approach to research training. Journal of College Science Teaching. 35: 34-39.
Castillo, M.E. & Kight, S.L. 2005. Response of terrestrial isopods, Armadillidium vulgare and Porcellio laevis (Isopoda: Oniscidea) to the ant Tetramorium caespitum: Morphology, behavior and reproductive success. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 47:183-190.
Kight, S.L., Eadie, C., Lynch, D., Coelho, J. & DeWera, A. 2005. Classical conditioning of red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society. 41:68-84.
Kight, S.L. & Nevo, M. 2004. Female terrestrial isopods, Porcellio laevis Latreille (Isopoda: Oniscidea) reduce brooding duration and fecundity in response to physical stress. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77:285-287.
Kight, S.L. & Hashemi, A. 2003. Diminished food resources are associated with delayed reproduction or increased post-reproductive mortality in brood-bearing terrestrial isopods, Armadillidium vulgare Latreille. Entomological News. 114: 61-68.
Kight, S.L. & Ozga, M. 2002. Costs of reproduction in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio
laevis Latreille (Isopoda: Oniscidea): brood-bearing and locomotion. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 74:166-171.
Kight, S.L., Martinez, M. & Merkulov, A. 2001. Body size and survivorship in overwintering populations of Porcellio laevis (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Entomological News. 112: 112-118.
Kight, S.L., Batino, M. and Zhang, Z. 2000. Temperature-dependent parental investment in giant waterbugs, Belostoma flumineum Say (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93:340-342.
Kight, S.L. 2000. Altered photocyclic regimes influence the duration of maternal care in a burrower bug (Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Entomological News. 111:67-73. \s
Kight, S.L. and Cseke, J.J. 1999. The effects of ambient temperature on the duration of maternal care in a burrower bug (Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 71:183-187.
Kight, S.L. 1998. Precocene II modifies maternal responsiveness in the burrower bug, Sehirus cinctus (Heteroptera). Physiological Entomology. 23:38-42.
Krall, B.S., Zilkowski, B.W., Kight, S.L., Bartelt, R.J. & Whitman, D.W. 1997. Chemistry and defensive efficacy of the secretion of the burrower bug (Sehirus cinctus cinctus). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 23:1951-1962.
Kight, S.L. 1997. Factors influencing maternal behavior in a burrower bug, Sehirus cinctus, (Hemiptera: Cydnidae). Animal Behaviour. 53:105-112
Kight, S.L. 1996. Post-conflict behavior in Japanese macaques at the Indianapolis zoo: Age of opponents influences reconciliation. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. 105:269-276.
Kight, S.L., Rozema Jenkins, J. & Ng, B. 1996. Differential contact behavior by female whirligig beetles, Dineutus assimilis Kirby (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 69:360-362
Kight, S.L. 1996. Concaveation and maintenance of maternal behavior in a burrower bug \s(Sehirus cinctus): A comparative perspective. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 110:69-76
Kight, S.L., Sprague, J., Kruse, K.C. & Johnson, L. 1995. Are egg-bearing male water bugs, Belostoma flumineum Say (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae), impaired swimmers? Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 68:468-470.
Kight, S.L. 1995. Do maternal burrower bugs, Sehirus cinctus Palisot (Heteroptera: Cydnidae), use spatial and chemical cues for egg-discrimination? Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:815-817.
Kight, S.L. & K.C. Kruse. 1992. Factors affecting the allocation of paternal care in waterbugs (Belostoma flumineum Say). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 30:409-414.
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研究项目
巨型水虫（Belostoma fluumum）的翻转行为。
众所周知，动物——甚至是一些单细胞生物——在纠正直线运动时，会交替向左和向右连续转弯。这种行为通常与逃跑行为有关，比如在猎物远离捕食者的情况下，或者在迁徙行为中，比如在动物向特定目的地移动的情况下。我们目前正在调查，游动的昆虫是否会对水中与捕食者存在与否有关的线索做出这样的反应。我们的研究结果表明，特定的捕食者会引起巨型水虫的轮转，但其他掠食性物种则不会。我们很好奇，这是否反映了特定栖息地中猎物与某些（但不是全部）捕食者之间的历史关系。
入侵蜚蠊种间竞争与其他蜚蠊种间竞争。
土耳其斯坦蟑螂（Blatta lateralis）在过去几十年里被引入美国西部，并已成为入侵物种，其活动范围扩大到美国南部各州。我们很好奇，这种行为在多大程度上可能与这种物种共存的能力有关，或者与已经存在于这些地区的蟑螂物种竞争。为此，我们正在对照实验室实验中研究侧边小蠊与其他几种蟑螂（包括德国蟑螂、美国蟑螂和杜比亚蟑螂）之间的行为相互作用。我们的初步结果表明，种间行为相互作用，如攻击、栖息地利用和迷宫行为，根据发育阶段、性别和物种而变化。
新泽西州巨型水虫繁殖季节的物候变化。
我们正在记录过去十年来当地巨型水虫种群繁殖时间的变化，这种水虫叫做Belostoma fluineum。这些水生昆虫历史上有两个繁殖季节，一个在春天，一个在秋天。然而，最近几年来，在自然条件下，它们似乎不在秋天繁殖，实验室实验表明，即使在最佳条件下，繁殖也会推迟几个月，并与幼崽的死亡率和遗弃率增加有关。我们假设这种影响可能与全球气候变化模式有关，其中初级生产者和传粉者/食草动物之间的营养相互作用改变了木网，使第二或第三层食肉动物（如巨型水虫）受到食物限制的影响。