P. Dee Boersma Population dynamics of magellanic penguins. Scott Edwards Uses information from DNA sequences to study natural selection, disease resistance and gene flow in natural populations. Ray Huey Evolutionary physiology of ectotherms . Shahid Naeem Population and community dynamics of plants, animals and microbes. Special interest in ivasibility of communities and magnitude, dynamics, and stability of ecosystem functioning to variation in community composition.
Research ranges from microcosm, greenhouse, growth chamber, and field experiments.
Graduate students must conduct field work. Julia Parrish Animal aggregation, seabird ecology, marine conservation. Wasser Using noninvasive genetic and endocrine methods to monitor impacts of human disturbance on wildlife, as well as the relationship of wildlife to their environment.