YACK LAB
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We study animal sensory systems and communication, with a focus on insect bioacoustics. Our research addresses three main questions:
1) How do insects sense and generate sounds and vibrations?
2) What are the functions of acoustic communication?
3) How do ears and communication
signals evolve?
In our neuroethology lab we use a variety of methods and techniques to form an integrated view of animal behaviour and communication. Some such methods and techniques include audio recording and analysis, laser vibrometry, neurophysiology, high-speed video, phylogenetics, microscopy, and behavioural genetics. We work primarily with the insect orders Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies, caterpillars) and Coleoptera (mostly bark beetles), but also have ongoing projects studying earthworms, birds, spiders, and bats.
Department of Biology
Nesbitt Biology Building, Room 250
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario,
CANADA, K1S 5B6
May 1, 2017
New publication
Our former PhD student, Amanda Dookie published her research on caterpillar defense sounds in Behavioural Processes' May 2017 issue. The paper is titled "Why do caterpillars whistle at birds? Insect defence sounds startle avian predators". Congratulations Amanda!
April 26, 2017
Our lab in the Media
Amanda Dookie's research on caterpillar defense sounds appeared on National Geographic News!
Click here to read it!
April 1, 2017
Congratulations
Congratulations to Melanie Scallion for her successful PhD placement exam!
March 1, 2017
New publication
Congratulations to Chanchal Yadav for publishing her work on caterpillar vibratory communication in the March 2017 issue of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology! The paper is titled "Invitation by vibration: Vibration-mediated recruitment to social groups in caterpillars"
September 1, 2016
New member in the lab
Welcome to Carrie Sun, the newest Master's student in our lab. Carrie is going to studying newly discovered structures in butterflies that can possibly work as "hearing aids".
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Professor Jayne E. Yack
Office: 250 Nesbitt Building
Labs: NB233 & NB114
email: jayneyack@cunet.carleton.ca
