Ecological and evolutionary insights from backyard birds, Dr. Scott Taylor

Public talk by Dr. Scott Taylor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Birds are widespread and familiar creatures. They are, perhaps, the vertebrates we are most familiar with in our day-to-day lives, aside from other humans and our pets. My lab studies birds to gain insights into the impacts that anthropogenic changes are having on where animals live and how they interact. We are gaining a better understanding of the pace at which birds can respond to warmer winters, and are just beginning to understand how cites alter the way closely related species of birds interact.

Sponsored by the George B. Saul II Lecture Fund and the Department of Biology. (Light refreshments)