Professor Department of Biology & Microbiology University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 54901-8640 Phone: (920)424-7091 Fax:(920)424-1101 E-mail: cooper@uwosh.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Utah State University
• M.A. University of South Dakota
• B.S. Northern State University
  
  

Teaching

BIOLOGY 212: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
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BIOL 367/567: Field Ornithology (Pigeon Lake Field Station)
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BIOLOGY 319/519: GENERAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
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BIOL 766: ADVANCED TOPICS - Animal Ecological Physiology

BIOL 766: ADVANCED TOPICS - Comparative Developmental Physiology

Pigeon Lake photos

Research Interests

I am an animal ecological physiologist with research interests in animal thermoregulation and energetics. I am most interested in thermoregulation in songbirds. Most of my research deals with how small, nonmigratory songbirds can survive in winter in cold temperate regions. Winter birds undergo a possible suite of changes including physiological, morphological or physical, and behavioral adjustments that allow them to survive the short days and long nights of winter. My lab uses a combination of both field and lab techniques to address questions on this process of seasonal acclimatization in songbirds.

Research Photos

Selected Publications

Olson, J. R., S. J. Cooper, D. L. Swanson, M. J. Braun, and J. B. Williams. 2010. The relationship of metabolic performance and distribution in black-capped and Carolina chickadees. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 83:263-275.

Cooper, S. J. 2007. Daily and seasonal variation in body mass and visible fat in mountain chickadees and juniper titmice. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119: 720-724.

Cooper, S. J. and S. Sonsthagen. 2007. Heat production from foraging activity contributes to thermoregulation in Black-capped Chickadees. Condor 109:446-451.

Arens, J. R., and S. J. Cooper. 2005. Metabolic and ventilatory acclimatization to cold stress in house sparrows. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78:579-589.

Arens, J. R., and S. J. Cooper. 2005. Seasonal and diurnal variation in metabolism and ventilation in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). Condor 107:433-444.

Cooper, S. J., and J. A. Gessaman. 2005. Nocturnal hypothermia in seasonally-acclimatized Mountain Chickadees and Juniper Titmice. Condor 107:151-155.

Wilson, G. R., S. J. Cooper, and J. A. Gessaman. 2004. The effects of temperature and artificial rainfall on the metabolism of American Kestrels (Falco sparverius). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 139:389-394.

Cooper, S. J., and J. A. Gessaman. 2004. Thermoregulation and habitat preference in Mountain Chickadees and Juniper Titmice. Condor 106:852-861.