Peter H. Klopfer

Professor Emeritus of Biology

Office: 
050 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: 
(919) 684-3991
Email: 
phk@duke.edu
Peter H. Klopfer
mother-infant attachments in mammals and imprinting in birds development and control of aggressive behavior, and its neurobiological mechanisms. causes of species diversity. hibernation in lemurs

Education

  • Ph.D., Yale University 1958

  • B.A., University of California - Los Angeles 1952

Klopfer, P. H., A. Krystal, C. Williams, and A. Yoder. “Neuroethology: Do hibernating primates sleep? (Accepted)” Nova Acta Leopoldina 111, no. 380 (2013): 15–27.

Krystal, Andrew D., Bobby Schopler, Susanne Kobbe, Cathy Williams, Hajanirina Rakatondrainibe, Anne D. Yoder, and Peter Klopfer. “The relationship of sleep with temperature and metabolic rate in a hibernating primate.” Plos One 8, no. 9 (2013): e69914. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069914. Full Text Open Access Copy

Klopfer, Peter H. “Life in science: seeds of doubt.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 324, no. 5924 (April 2009): 177. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.324.5924.177b. Full Text

Klopfer, Peter H. “Kids, TV viewing, and aggressive behavior.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 297, no. 5578 (July 2002): 49–50. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.297.5578.49b. Full Text

Klopfer, P. H. “Elimination of scholarships.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 262, no. 5142 (December 1993): 1954. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.262.5142.1954-a. Full Text

Klopfer, P. H., C. A. Brandt, J. Parrish, and E. Honoré. “Seasonal influences upon imprinting.” Behavioural Processes 12, no. 2 (February 1986): 203. https://doi.org/10.1016/0376-6357(86)90057-4. Full Text

Klopfer, P. H. “Research sites.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 224, no. 4652 (June 1984): 934. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.224.4652.934-b. Full Text

Blanco, Marina B., Peter H. Klopfer, and Andrew D. Krystal. “To arouse or not to arouse: physiological responses from active thermogenesis versus thermoconforming in hibernating dwarf lemurs.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165:30–30. WILEY, 2018.

Blanco, Marina B., and Peter H. Klopfer. “Timing of hibernation bouts in eastern dwarf lemurs.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150:82–82. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013.