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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.
Research interests
Understanding how reproductive decisions are related to ecological competition between invasive and native species.
Scholarly Interests
Expert on animal reproductive behavior, evolutionary biology, college science teaching, and STEM student affairs in Higher Education.
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Expert on animal reproductive behavior, evolutionary biology, college science teaching, and STEM student affairs in Higher Education.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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BABB: BRIDGING THE ASSOCIATE, BACCALAUREATE AND BEYOND
Kight, S. (PI)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
1/09/01 → 31/08/03
Project: Research
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A True Undergraduate Life-Science Research Community: Classroom to Career
Kight, S. (PI), Gaynor, J. (CoPI), Smallwood, J. (CoPI) & Vanderklein, D. (CoPI)
1/08/00 → 31/07/03
Project: Research
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Recent changes in reproductive phenology of a K-selected aquatic insect predator, Belostoma flumineum Say (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae)
Kight, S. L., Coffey, G. L., Tanner, A. W., Dmytriw, M. P., Tedesco, S. L., Hoang, J. & Aboagye, A. K., 1 Feb 2019, In: Bulletin of Entomological Research. 109, 1, p. 84-89 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Do Female Western Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, Prefer Ornaments That Males Lack?
Casner, A. M., Fackelman, H. C., Degtyareva, O. & Kight, S. L., 1 Jul 2016, In: Ethology. 122, 7, p. 561-570 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
Do predator cues influence turn alternation behavior in terrestrial isopods Porcellio laevis Latreille and Armadillidium vulgare Latreille?
Hegarty, K. G. & Kight, S. L., Jul 2014, In: Behavioural Processes. 106, p. 168-171 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
12 Scopus citations -
Termination of parental care in male giant waterbugs, Belostoma flumineum Say (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) is associated with breeding season, egg pad size, and presence of females
Kight, S. L., Tanner, A. W. & Coffey, G. L., 2011, In: Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 55, 4, p. 197-204 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
10 Scopus citations -
Evidence of population-level lateralized behaviour in giant water bugs, Belostoma flumineum Say (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae): T-maze turning is left biased
Kight, S. L., Steelman, L., Coffey, G., Lucente, J. & Castillo, M., Sep 2008, In: Behavioural Processes. 79, 1, p. 66-69 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
32 Scopus citations