EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

 

Our research into the evolutionary biology of both plants and animals occurs within several research programs and involves many ICB members.

 

 

Research spans fundamental investigations in areas including:

• forensic entomology - phylogenetics of carrion feeding blowflies (Wallman)
• phylogeography of intertidal invertebrates (Minchinton, Ayre)
• population genetics ( Ayre, Madsen, Olsson , Sherman),
• studies of sexual selection in reptiles, amphibians (Olsson) and birds (Buttemer, Astheimer)
• endogenous heat production in flowering plants (Robinson),
• adaptation to elevated UV levels in Antarctic Mosses (Robinson) and Intertidal invertebrates ( Davis).

 

Applied topics include

• aspects of conservation genetics and genetic rescue in reptiles (Madsen and Olsson) and plants and
• use of population genetics to evaluate and design marine and terrestrial reserves (Ayre, Minchinton).