Prescriptive evolution to conserve and manage biodiversity
Published Work 2014 | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 45, 1.1–1.22
Region:
Africa, Australia, Bahamas, Canada (British Columbia), Ecuador
Our research links behavior to ecology, conservation, and evolution in a wide range of systems around the world. Past research has focused on how behavioral variation impacts basic ecological processes such as seed dispersal in tropical forests. Other research projects address the evolution of sexual dimorphism and mate choice and the fitness consequences of behavioral variation in several taxa, including lizards and birds. We link behavior to the conservation of endangered species, the distributions of different taxa, and the dynamics of populations as they move between breeding and overwintering grounds. We use a broad range of techniques to study behavior, including observations, field and laboratory-based experiments, and molecular approaches such as microsatellites and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP).
Related Publications
A role for migration-linked genes in genomic islands in divergence of a songbird
Published Work 2014 | Molecular Ecology 23(19), 4757–4769
Predicting bird song from space
Published Work 2013 | Evolutionary Applications 6(6), 865–874
Comparative avian biodiversity of five mountains in northern Cameroon and Bioko
Published Work 2010 | Ostrich 71, 269–276
Genomic signals of diversification along ecological gradients in a tropical lizard
Published Work 2010 | Molecular Ecology 19(17), 3773–3788
Integrating paleoecology and genetics of bird populations in two sky island archipelagos
Published Work 2008 | BMC Biology 6(28)
Published Work 2005 | University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Chicago, USA, 148–165
Published Work 2005 | BMC Evolutionary Biology 5 (47)
Putting process on the map: Why ecotones are important for preserving biodiversity
Published Work 2005 | Phylogeny and Conservation
Costs and benefits of variable breeding plumage in the red-backed fairy-wren
Published Work 2002 | Evolution 56(8), 1673–1682
Bird song, ecology and speciation
Published Work 2002 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 357(1420), 493-503
The behavioural ecology of the island fox (Urocyon littoralis)
Published Work 2001 | Journal of Zoology 2001, 255(1), 1–14
Published Work 1999 | roceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(24), 13869–13873
Bill size polymorphism and interspecific niche utilization in an African finch
Published Work 1987 | Nature 329, 717-719