Brian Palestis
Animal Behavior, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Megerle Science Building 411 Ph.D. Rutgers University, Ecology and EvolutionB.A. Princeton University, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Courses: BI135 Evolution; BI215 Biodiversity & Ecology; BI221 Biostatistics & Experimental Design; BI304 Animal Behavior; BI326 Environmental Issues; BI335 Natural History of the Mid-Atlantic States; BI492 Ecological & Evolutionary Theory
I also serve as a volunteer assistant coach for Wagner's fencing team, see the following link
- Jacobson, A.S., R. Trivers and B.G. Palestis. in press. Number of friends and self-esteem among Jamaican children: The role of attractiveness and fluctuating asymmetry. Journal of Biosocial Science.
- Valero, M.M. and B.G. Palestis. 2019. Movements of common tern (Sterna hirundo) chicks from the nest with age. Waterbirds 42: 107-111.
- Palestis, B.G. 2018. Low recruitment of common terns Sterna hirundo in the declining Barnegat Bay population. Seabird 31: 64-74.
- Lynch, R., B.G. Palestis, and R. Trivers. 2017. Religious devotion and extrinsic religiosity affect in-group altruism and out-group hostility oppositely in rural Jamaica. Evolutionary Psychological Science 3: 335-344.
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Palestis, B.G. and R. Trivers. 2016. A longitudinal study of changes in fluctuating asymmetry with age in Jamaican youth. Symmetry. 8: 123.
- Palestis, B.G. and J.E. Hines. 2015. Adult survival and breeding dispersal of common terns (Sterna hirundo) in a declining population. Waterbirds 38: 221-228.
- Trivers, R., B.G. Palestis, B. Fink, and J.T. Manning. 2015. Is foot asymmetry a correlate of hand performance asymmetry? Evidence from the Jamaican Symmetry Project. Evolutionary Psychological Science 1: 13-17.
- Trivers, R., B. Fink, M. Russell, K. McCarty, B. James, and B.G. Palestis. 2014. Lower body symmetry and running performance in elite Jamaican track and field athletes. PLOS ONE 9(11): e113106.
- Palestis, B.G. 2014. The role of behavior in tern conservation. Current Zoology 60: 500-514.
- Palestis, B.G., R. Trivers, and D. Zaatari. 2014. Symmetry and dance: a case of scientific fraud. The Winnower DOI: 10.15200/winn.140076.67602
- Palestis, B.G. and M.D. Stanton. 2013. Responses of common tern chicks to feather sample removal. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125: 646-650.
- Trivers, R., B.G. Palestis, and J.T. Manning. 2013. The symmetry of children’s knees is linked to their adult sprinting speed and their willingness to sprint in a long-term Jamaican study. PLoS ONE 8(8): e72244.
- Palestis, B.G., I.C.T. Nisbet, J.J. Hatch, J.M. Arnold, and P. Szczys. 2012. Tail Length and sexual selection in a monogamous, monomorphic species, the roseate ternSterna dougallii. Journal of Ornithology 153: 1153-1163.
- Palestis, B.G., I.C.T. Nisbet, J.J. Hatch, P. Szczys, and J.A. Spendelow. 2012. Morphometric sexing of Northwest Atlantic roseate terns. Waterbirds 35: 479-484.
- Rivera W.A., J.S. Husic, C.E. Gaylets, R.H. Mosher, B.G. Palestis and A.J. Houlihan. 2012. Carriage of bacteria and protozoa in the intestinal tract of common tern chicks. Waterbirds 35: 490-494.
- Palestis, B.G., J. Cabrero, R. Trivers, and J.P.M. Camacho. 2010. Prevalence of B chromosomes in Orthoptera is associated with shape and number of A chromosomes. Genetica 138: 1181-1189.
- Kurta, A. and B.G. Palestis. 2010. Effects of ethanol on the shoaling behavior of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Dose-Response 8: 527-533.
- Etinger, A., J. Lebron, and B.G. Palestis. 2009. Sex-assortative shoaling in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Bios 80: 153-158.
- Palestis, B.G. 2009. Fluctuating asymmetry in common tern chicks varies with hatching order and clutch size. The Auk 126: 815-822.
- Palestis, B.G. 2009. Use of artificial eelgrass mats by saltmarsh-nesting common terns (Sterna hirundo). In Vivo30(3): 11-16.
- Trivers, R., B.G. Palestis, and D. Zaatari. 2009. The Anatomy of a Fraud: Symmetry and Dance. TPZ Publishers. Antioch, CA.
- Zaatari, D., B.G. Palestis, and R. Trivers. 2009. Fluctuating asymmetry of responders affects offers in the Ultimatum Game oppositely according to attractiveness or need as perceived by proposers. Ethology 115: 627-632.
- Levin, D.A, B.G. Palestis, R.N. Jones and R. Trivers. 2005. Phyletic hot spots for B chromosomes in angiosperms. Evolution 59: 962-969.
- Palestis, B.G. 2005. Nesting Stage and Nest Defense by Common Terns. Waterbirds. 28: 87-94.
- Palestis, B. 2004. Kin recognition. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. M. Bekoff, ed. Greenwood Publishing Group. Westport, CT. pp. 861-866.
- Palestis, B. 2004. Social facilitation. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. M. Bekoff, ed. Greenwood Publishing Group. Westport, CT. pp. 981-983.
- Palestis, B.G., A. Burt, R.N. Jones and R. Trivers. 2004. B chromosomes are more frequent in mammals with acrocentric karyotypes: support for the theory of centromeric drive. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Suppl). 271: S22-S24.
- Palestis, B.G., R. Trivers, A. Burt and R.N. Jones. 2004. The distribution of B chromosomes across species. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 106: 151-158.
- Trivers, R., A. Burt and B.G. Palestis. 2004. B-chromosomes and genome size in flowering plants. Genome 47: 1-8.
- Palestis, B.G. and J. Burger. 2001. Development of common tern (Sterna hirundo) sibling recognition in the field. Bird Behavior14: 75-80.
- Palestis, B.G. and J. Burger. 2001. The effect of siblings on nest site homing by common tern chicks: a benefit of kin recognition. Waterbirds 24: 175-181.
- Palestis, B.G. and J. Burger. 1999. Individual sibling recognition in experimental broods of common tern chicks. Animal Behaviour 58: 375-381.
- Palestis, B.G. and J. Burger. 1998. Evidence for social facilitation of preening in the common tern. Animal Behaviour 56: 1107-1111.
- Palestis, B.G. and J. Burger. 1997. Recognition of nest predator species and individuals by common terns. American Zoologist 37: 31A.