John B. Phillips Professor Department of Biology Virginia Polytechnic Insitute & State University Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yale University

Ph.D. 1984

Cornell University

B.A. 1979

Swarthmore College

Phillips, J.B. 1977. Use of the earth's magnetic field by orienting cave salamanders (Eurycea lucifaga). J. Comp. Physiol. A. 121:273-288

Phillips, J.B. and K. Adler. 1978. Directional and discriminatory responses of salamanders to weak magnetic fields, pp. 325-333. In: Animal Migration, Navigation, and Homing. Schmidt-Koening, K. and W.T. Keeton (Eds.). Springer-Verlag

Schmidt-Koenig, K. and J.B. Phillips. 1978. Local anesthesia of the olfactory membrane and homing in pigeons. In: Animal Migration, Navigation, and Homing. Schmidt-Koening, K. and W.T. Keeton (Eds.). Springer-Verlag

Waldvogel, J.A., J.B. Phillips, D.B. McCorkle, and W.T. Keeton. 1980. Short-term residence in deflector lofts alters initial orientation of homing pigeons. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 7:207-211

Phillips, J.B. and J.A. Waldvogel. 1982. Reflected light cues generate the short-term deflector-loft effects, pp. 190-202. In: Avian Navigation. Papi, F. and H.G. Wallraff, (Eds.). Springer-Verlag

Waldvogel, J.A. and J.B. Phillips. 1982. Pigeon homing: New experiments involving permanent-resident deflector-loft birds, pp. 179-189. In: Avian Navigation. Papi, F. and H.G. Wallraff, (Eds.). Springer-Verlag

Adler, K. and J.B. Phillips. 1985. Orientation in a desert lizard (Uma notata): time compensated compass movement and polarotaxis. J. Comp. Phyiol. 156:547-552

Phillips, J.B. 1986. Magnetic compass orientation in the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens). J. Comp. Physiol. 158:103-109

Phillips, J.B.. 1986. Two magnetoreception pathways in a migratory salamander. Science 233:765-767

Madden, R.M. and J.B. Phillips. 1987. Failure to demonstrate magnetic field sensitivity in two species of small mammal. Anim. Learn. Behav. 15:130-134

Phillips, J.B. 1987. Homing orientation in the Eastern red-spotted newt (Notophthalums viridescens). J. Exp. Biol. 131: 215-229

Waldvogel, J.A., J.B. Phillips, and A.I. Brown. 1988. Changes in the short-term deflector loft effect are linked to the sun compass of homing pigeons. Anim. Behav. 36:15-158

Phillips, J.B. and J.A. Waldvogel. 1988. Celestial polarized light patterns as a calibration reference for the sun compass of homing pigeons. J. Theor. Biol. 131:55-67.

Moore, F.R. and J.B. Phillips. 1988. Sunset, skylight polarization and the migratory orientation of yellow-rumped warblers (Dendroica coronata). Anim. Behav. 36:1770-1778.

Phillips, J.B. 1990. Lek behavior in birds: Do displaying males reduce nest predation? Anim. Behav. 39:555-565.  (Abstract)

Waldvogel, J.A. & J.B. Phillips. 1991. Pigeon homing: Olfactory navigation does not explain the permanent-resident deflector-loft effect. J. Exp. Biol. 155:643-660.

Etchberger, C.R., J.B. Phillips, M.A. Ewert, C.E. Nelson, and H.D. Prange. 1991. Effects of oxygen concentration on sex determination in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta). J. Exp. Zool. 258:394-403

Rodda, G.H. and J.B. Phillips. 1992. Navigational systems develop along similar lines in amphibians, reptiles and birds. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 4:43-51.

Phillips, J.B. and S.C. Borland. 1992. Wavelength-specific effects of light on magnetic compass orientation of the eastern red-spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens. Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 4:33-42

Phillips, J.B. and F.R. Moore. 1992. Calibration of the sun-compass of a migratory bird by sunset polarized light patterns. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 31:189-194.  (Abstract)

Etchberger, C.R., M.A. Ewert, J.B. Phillips, C.E. Nelson and H.D. Prange. 1992. Physiological responses to carbon dioxide in embryonic red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta). J. Exp. Zool. 264:1-10

Phillips, J.B. and S.C. Borland. 1992. Behavioral evidence for the use of a light-dependent magnetoreception mechanism by a vertebrate. Nature 359:142-144.  (Abstract)

Phillips, J.B. and S.C. Borland. 1992. Magnetic compass orientation is eliminated under near-infrared light in the eastern red-spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens. Anim. Behav. 44:796-797

Phillips, J.B. and O Sayeed. 1993. Wavelength-dependent effect of light on magnetic compass orientation in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Comp. Physiol. 172: 303-308.  (Abstract)

Sayeed, O. and J.B. Phillips. 1993. Light-dependent magnetic compass mechanisms. In: Orientation and Navigation: Birds, Humans and Other Animals. Royal Institute of Navigation, London.

King, R., Douglas, J.K., J.B. Phillips and C. Baube. 1993. Scotopic spectral sensitivity of the optomotor response in the green tree frog Hyla cinerea. J. Exp. Zool. 267:40-46.

Etchberger, C.R., M.A. Ewert, J.B. Phillips, C.E. Nelson and H.D. Prange. 1993. Environmental and maternal influences on embryonic pigmentation in a turtle. J. Zool. (London) 230:529-539.

King, R.B., S. Hauff and J.B. Phillips. 1994. Physiological Color Change in the Green Treefrog: Responses to Background Brightness and Temperature. Copeia (2):422-432.

Phillips, J.B. and S.C. Borland. 1994. Use of a specialized magnetoreception system for homing. J. Exp. Biol. 188:275-291.

Phillips, J.B., K.A. Adler and S.C. Borland. 1995. Navigation by an amphibian. Animal Behav. 50: 855-858.

Deutschlander, M. and J.B. Phillips 1995. Characterization of an ultraviolet photoreception mechanism in the retina of an amphibian. Neurosci. Let. 197:93-96.  (Abstract)

Phillips, J.B. 1996. Magnetic navigation. J. Theor. Biol. 180:309-319.  (Abstract)

Phillips, J.B. and M.E. Deutschlander 1997. Magnetoreception in terrestrial vertebrates: Implications for possible mechanisms of EMF interaction with biological systems. In: The Melatonin Hypothesis: Electric Power and the Risk of Breast Cancer, R.G. Stevens, L.E. Andrews, & B.W. Wilson (Eds.). Battelle Press, Coumbus, OH, pp. 111-172.

Munro, U., J.A. Munro, J.B. Phillips, R. Wiltschko & W. Wiltschko 1997. Evidence for a magnetite-based navigational 'map' in birds. Naturwissenschaften 84:26-28.  (Abstract)

Munro, U., J.A. Munro, J.B. Phillips & W. Wiltschko 1997. Effect of wavelength of light and pulse magnetization on different magnetoreception systems in a migratory bird. Austr. J. Zool. 45: 189-198.

Phillips, J.B. 1998. Magnetoreception. In: Amphibian Biology, Vol. 2, Sensory Perception. H. Heatwole (Ed.), Surrey Beatty & Sons.

Deutschlander, M.E., J.B. Phillips & S.C. Borland 1999. The case for a light-dependent magnetoreception mechanism in animals. J. Exp. Biol. 202:891-908.

Brassart, J., J.L. Kirschvink, J.B. Phillips & S.C. Borland. 1999. A magnetite-based map component of homing in the Eastern red-spotted newt. J. Exp. Biol. 20:3155-3160.

Deutschlander, M.E., J.B. Phillips & S.C. Borland. 2000. Magnetic compass orientation in the Eastern red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus viridescens: Rapid acquisition of the shoreward axis. Copeia 2000:413-419.

Deutschlander, M.E., J.B. Phillips & S.C. Borland. 2000. Extraocular magnetic compass in newts. Nature 400:324-325.  (Abstract)

Phillips, J.B., W. Wiltschko & U. Munro 1999. Visual system involvement in magnetoreception in birds. In: Adams, N. & R. Slotow (Eds.). Proc. 22nd Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban, University of Natal.

Fischer, J.H., M.J. Freake, S.C. Borland & J.B. Phillips. (In press). Evidence for the use of a magnetic map by an amphibian. Anim. Behav.

Klukowski, M., J.B. Phillips & C.E. Nelson. (Submitted). Testosterone, vision and prey capture success in the mountain spiny lizard Sceloporus jarrovi. Sumbitted to Anim. Behav.

Phillips, J.B., M.E. Deutschlander, M.J. Freake & S.C. Borland. (Submitted). The role of extraocular photoreceptors in newt magnetic compass orientation: evidence for parallels between light-dependent magnetoreception and polarized light detection in vertebrates. Submitted to J. Exp. Biol.

Manuscripts in preparation
Deutschlander, M.E., S.C. Borland, J.B. Phillips, B.W. Wilson & L.E. Anderson. Geomagnetic compass orientation in the Siberian hamster Phodopus sungorus. (in prep.).

Freake, M.J. & J.B. Phillips. The case for a magnetic map. Bioscience (in prep.).

Phillips, J.B., D.E. Deutschlander, Munro, E. & J.H. Fischer. Use of the earth's magnetic field to determine geographic position by a migratory bird. (in prep.).

Phillips, J.B., M.J. Freake, J.H. Fischer & S.C.Borland. Behavioral titration of the home value of a magnetic map coordinate. (in prep.).

Phillips, J.B. & S.C. Borland. 'Fixed-axis' orientation by an amphibian: Non-shoreward directed compass orientation, misdirected homing, or positioning of a single axis detector? (in prep.)

Wente, W.H. & J.B. Phillips. 'Fixed' and 'plastic' color morphs of the Pacific treefrog Hyla regilla. (in prep.).

Wente, W.H. & J.B. Phillips. Substrate color matching by the Pacific treefrog Hyla regilla. (in prep.).

Rowe, M., C. Baube & John B. Phillips. Coevolution of male nuptial coloration and chromatic processing mechanisms in the threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. (in prep.).

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1977    Andrew D. White Graduate Fellowship (Cornell University, 3 years)

1979    National Institute of Mental Health Traineeship (1 year)

1983    National Institute of Mental Health Traineeship (1 year)

1984    National Eye Institute Postdoctoral Traineeship (2 years)

1988-91    Zoology Program Director, Department of Biology, IU

1990     Editor of Symposium Proceedings, Sensory Processing in Amphibians

1991-4    Editorial Board, Animal Behaviour

1992    Invited article for Reviews in the Neurosciences

1994    Invited "Special Lecture", American Society for Photobiology, AZ

1988-present    Ad hoc reviewer for: American Naturalist; Animal Behavior; Animal Learning and Behavior; The Auk; Avian Biology; Behaviour; Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology; Behavioral Processes; Copeia; Ethology; Ethology, Ecology & Evolution; Herpetological Journal; Journal of Comparative Physiology; Journal of Herpetology; Life Sciences; Nature; Naturwissenschaften; Quarterly Review of Biology; Science; Visual Neuroscience

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