Welcome

We are interested in mechanisms that underlie the origin and maintenance of biodiversity in reptiles and amphibians. A common theme in our lab is identifying and measuring mechanisms of temporal and spatial changes in population genetic differentiation. To do so we address questions at various scales, ranging from individuals (mating systems, relatedness, or reproductive success), to populations (fine-scale population genetics and phylogeography), to species (higher-level systematics).

RECENT LAB NEWS & REASONS TO CELEBRATE!

October 2009

1. - Anna Savage was selected to participate in the NSF-funded ‘Crossing Boundaries’ Program, and her work on Rana yavapaiensis and Bd will be featured in high school curricula and outreach materials.
   

2. -Congratulations to Adriana Gata! She was awarded a Cornell Biology Research Fellowship, an NSF-funded program that will support her summer/academic year work for the rest of her time at Cornell.
   

3. -Rulon Clark’s work on rattlesnakes and roads is in press in Conservation Biology.
   

4. -Gui Becker’s study of amphibian life history and conservation prioritization in Atlantic Coastal Forest is in press in Diversity and Distributions.
   

August 2009

1. - Guilherme Becker’s Masters work on amphibian declines and habitat split has been published in Conservation Biology.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Graduate Field of E&EB

Cornell University