Summary
This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology for FY 2025. The fellowship supports research and training of the fellow that will contribute to biology in innovative ways. In tropical areas with thousands of species, many different birds coexist in the same environment. These species often look remarkably different, exhibiting a variety of colors and patterns that distinguish them to human viewers and to one another. Plumage colors act as species-specific “identifiers” which enable birds to recognize and choose mates from their own species instead of others. This mate cho
