Research

Our lab has expertise in ecology, animal behavior, evolutionary biology, conservation biology, environmental studies, and community-engaged scholarship.
We actively collaborate with researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds to enable interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary understandings of the systems we study.
Current research topics include:
Snake coiled in a tree
Photo credit: Javier Aznar

Drivers of diversity & abundance

Bird eating seeds off a tree

Plant-animal interactions

Students investigating specimens

Environmental studies

Bird on the ground - Photo credit: Murray Cooper
Photo credit: Murray Cooper

Natural history & conservation

Cartoon about bird watching

Community Engaged Scholarship

Birds in a tree
Photo credit: Murray Cooper

Sexual selection