Floria, Mora-Kepfer - University of Miami

个人简介

2014-present, Research Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 2013, Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 2004-2011, Ph.D. in Biology. Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 2001-2005, M.Sc. in Biology. School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica 1994-1998, B.S. in Biology. School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

研究领域

My research is focused on understanding the evolution of cooperation and the selective pressures that favor the transition from solitary life to cooperative group living. To this end, I explore the evolution of cooperation and group formation in animals by studying and comparing insect colonies that vary in their extent of sociality. I am particularly interested in answering fundamental questions that provide critical bases to understand the relationship between brain development and sociality in animals. How do social animals process information from their physical and social environment to make decisions that enhance their survival and reproductive success? In animal societies where group members are constantly interacting, how do these interactions shape brain architecture and function? I use an integrative approach to investigate the relationship among genetic relatedness, social interactions, behavior cues, variability in environmental factors and brain architecture in group formation and cooperation.

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Uy, F.M.K.. S. Ravichandran, K. Patel, J. Aresty, P.P. Aresty, R. Audett, K. Chen, L. Epple, S.F. Jeffries, G. Serein, P. Tullis-Joyce & J.A.C. Uy. 2017. Active background choice facilitates crypsis in a tropical crab. Biotropica 49: 365-371. Mora-Kepfer F. 2014 Context-dependent acceptance of non-nestmates in a primitively eusocial insect. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 68: 363-371. (doi:10.1007/s00265-013-1650-2). Mora-Kepfer, F. & A.M Espinoza. 2009. Parasitism and predation of Tagosodes orizicolus Muir (Homoptera: Delphacidae) by a dryinid parasitoid.International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation. 57(1): 203-211. García–Robledo, C., P. Quintero-Marín. & F. Mora-Kepfer. 2005. Geographic Variation and Succession of Arthropod Communities in Inflorescences and Infructescences of Xanthosoma (Araceae). Biotropica. 650-656 Mora-Kepfer, F. 2003. The effect of manipulating the male face color in courtship success in Ceratitis capitata males (Diptera, Tephritidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 111(2–3): 159–164.