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Ornithology • Biodiversity • Genomics

I am interested in learning about the role that signal evolution plays in species coexistence. I use field experiments and comparative analyses to learn about how signal divergence allows closely related species to co-occur, thus promoting diversification.Ìý

Most recently, my work has focused primarily on characterizing the visual signals that birds use in between-species interactions and the selective pressures that influence them. One of my current projects examines how color pattern differences affect interactions between black-capped and mountain chickadees in the local contact zone between them.

Advisor:ÌýScott Taylor

Education

• PhD: Queen’s University
• MS: University of British Columbia
• BS: University of British Columbia

Publications