- Research Interests: I study how sensory systems and the environment shape the evolution of animal communication signals. I currently study the relationship between visual-signal design and visual response to color and motion in Anolis lizards, an ecologically diverse genus of over 300 species.
- Representative Publications:
- Fleishman, L.J. , M. Leal and J. Sheehan (2006) Illumination geometry, detector position and the objective determination of animal signal colours in natural light. Animal Behaviour 71:463-474.
- Leal, M. and L.J. Fleishman. (2004). Selection for signal detectability leading to diversification in dewlap design between allopatric populations of Anolis lizards. The American Naturalist 163:26-39
- Pallus, A., Fleishman, L.J. 2007. A two-dimensional visual motion detector based on biological principles.
- Courses: Comparative Animal Physiology (Bio 330), Animal Behavior (Bio 365), Tropical Biology (Bio 257)
- email: fleishml@union.edu
- Phone: (518) 388-6332
Leo J. Fleishman
Prof.,
Ph.D.
Cornell U. 1986
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