Dr. Bryan Neff (Western) is interested in the mechanisms underlying alternative reproductive tactics in fishes. Work with Dr. Rosemary Knapp (Oklahoma) revealed marked differences in gene expression of males exhibiting parental, satellite, and sneaker mating tactics in bluegill sunfish in Lake Opinicon.
Dr. Lonnie Aarssen (Queen's) studies plant adaptive strategies across environmental gradients. Recent work at QUBS shows that plant body size does not predict dominance or total biomass in old-field vegetation.
Dr. Beth MacDougall-Shackleton (Western) has been studying hosts-parasite evolutionary races using song sparrows at QUBS for over a decade. Her latest research provides empirical evidence that parasites affect preparation and timing of migration in birds.
Dr. Fran Bonier's (Queen's) is interested in the mechanisms that allow individuals to respond adaptively to challenges in their environment. One recent topic of study has been the role that glucocorticoids play in the response to malarial infections in birds.
Sexual selection is a highly researched topic in evolutionary biology, yet empirical studies of mate choice in wild species are challenging to perform due to the limitations of size manipulations experiments. Dr. Grèg Bultè (Carleton) has circumvented this problem by using 3D printed models to study male mate choice in wild northern map turtles in Lake Opinicon.
Dr. Shelley Arnott (Queen's) uses empirical approaches to understand the factors that regulate the abundance and distribution of freshwater organisms. In a recent publication, she used mesocosm experiments at QUBS to show that the effects of road salt use on freshwater communities composition are multifaceted.
Projects is a website that serves as a permanent repository of peer-reviewed publications resulted from research conducted at QUBS. It is a searchable database, where the user can use a multitude of keywords to search for relevant papers.
