Articles by Dave Gammon
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Fall 2022 semester events for the Tectonic Plates: Alamance County’s Science Cafe
October 3, 2022
Tectonic Plates unveils the rest of its fall 2022 schedule.
Gammon publishes peer-reviewed research article
July 29, 2022
Dave Gammon, professor in biology, and Christine Stracey, a biologist at Guilford College, recently published a peer-reviewed research article that documents for the first time vocal mimicry in female mockingbirds.
Gammon presents in Costa Rica at Animal Behavior Society conference
July 29, 2022
Dave Gammon and collaborators from Guilford College and Utah gave two research presentations at an international conference of the Animal Behavior Society held in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2022.
Gammon publishes article about evolution and creation in online Christian magazine
October 18, 2021
Dave Gammon, a professor of biology, just published an article in the online Christian magazine, God and Nature. His article is titled, “Evolutionary insights into human nature – lessons for Christians.”
‘DJs of the Bird World:’ Gammon featured in international podcast about mockingbirds
June 16, 2020
By sharing insights from his research into vocal mimicry, Professor of Biology Dave Gammon helps introduce listeners to the "DJs of the Bird World."
Gammon, Chunco, and Husser publish article in wildlife magazine
May 18, 2020
Using data from the Elon Poll and from the scientific literature, Gammon et al. show that when humans interact with wildlife, perceptions do not always match reality.
Dave Gammon mentioned in popular science article at Audubon.org
March 15, 2020
Mockingbird research of Dave Gammon, Elon professor of biology, gets a nod in an article about the use of birdsong as a crosswalk signal.
Dave Gammon and Anna Corsiglia ’19 publish peer-reviewed article on mockingbird behavior
January 3, 2020
International journal Behavioral Processes has published a peer-reviewed article written by Professor of Biology Dave Gammon and Anna Corsiglia ’19 titled “Mockingbirds imitate frogs and toads across North American.”
Gammon publishes peer-reviewed role-play classroom game
September 21, 2018
The classroom activity designed by Dave Gammon, professor of biology, for an Elon COR capstone course has been added to a national collection of case studies.
Gammon's mockingbird research featured in howstuffworks.com
June 25, 2018
Dave Gammon, associate professor in Elon's biology department, had his research in vocal mimicry featured within a popular science article on howstuffworks.com