Scott Kight
Associate Professor
Biology
Montclair State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Kight had received his PH.d from indiana University and joined montclair state university as assistant professor in 2002. He 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. 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 Interest
ecological competition, behaviourial ecology
Publications
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1. Casner AM, Fackelman HC, Degtyareva O, Kight SL. Do Female Western Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, Prefer Ornaments That Males Lack?. Ethology. 2016 Jul 1;122(7):561-70. 2. Hegarty KG, Kight SL. Do predator cues influence turn alternation behavior in terrestrial isopods Porcellio laevis Latreille and Armadillidium vulgare Latreille?. Behavioural processes. 2014 Jul 31;106:168-71. 3. Kight SL. Reproductive ecology of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea). Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews. 2009 Feb 1;1(2):95-110.
