My research interests are in animal communication and antipredator behavior, specifically in understanding the role of both intraspecific and intersepecific interactions in the evolution and maintenance of behavior. I am also interested in conservation. My dissertation research was on the function and evolution of olfactory camouflage in ground squirrels (Spermophilus). I graduated in August 2008 and have started a post-doctoral position with Prof. John Marzluff at the University of Washington. The project is a collaboration with Humboldt University in Berlin and will focus on the effects of urbanization on bird behavior and the potential for coevolution of human and bird behavior in urbanized environments.

• Clucas B, Owings DH, & Rowe MP (2008) Donning your enemy's cloak: ground squirrels exploit rattlesnake scent to reduce predation risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, 275 (1636): 847-852.
• Clucas B, McHugh K, & Caro T (2008) Flagship species on covers of US conservation and nature magazines. Biodiversity and Conservation 17(6): 1517-1528.
• Sergio F, Caro TM, Brown D, Clucas B, Hunter J, Ketchum J, McHugh K, Hiraldo F (2008). Top predators as conservation tools: ecological rationale, assumptions and efficacy. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 39: 1-19.
• Clucas B, Rowe MP, Owings DH & Arrowood PC (2008) Snake scent application in ground squirrels (Spermophilus spp.): A novel form of antipredator behaviour? Animal Behaviour, 75 (1): 299-307.
• Clucas B (2007) Foraging and survival in an olfactory world. (book review: Predator-Prey Dynamics: the Role of Olfaction, by Michael Conover). Ecology, 88 (12): 3210.
• Ord TJ, Peters RA, Clucas B & Stamps JA (2007) Lizards speed up visual displays in noisy motion habitats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 274: 1057-1062.
• Clucas B, Daniel JC, & Blumstein DT (2006) Observing and Quantifying Behavioral Sequences. http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:XRFYOydZFFMJ:www.jwatcher.ucla.edu/educational/JWatcher-Clucas_etal_LAB.doc+%22Barbara+Clucas%22+jwatcher&hl=en&gl= us&ct=clnk&cd= 2&client=safari
• Clucas B (2006) Patterns of Behavior: Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and the Founding of Ethology (book review). Journal of Mammalogy, 87 (1): 180.
• Clucas B (2004) Animal Behavior and Wildlife Conservation (book review). Environmental Conservation, 31 (3): 265-266.
• Clucas B, Freeberg TM & Lucas JR (2004) Chick-a-dee call syntax, social environment, and season affect vocal responses of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 57 (2): 187-196.
• Freeberg TM, Lucas JR & Clucas B (2003) Variation in chick-a-dee calls of a population of Carolina Chickadees, Poecile carolinensis: identity and redundancy within note types. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 113 (4): 2127-2136.