Our lab investigates how environmental context influences population evolutionary trajectories and likelihood of extinction, focusing on three central research themes.
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EVOLUTIONARY MAMMALOGY
Biogeographic, phylogeographic, and systematics studies of mammals.
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Through these complementary research themes, we aim to enhance our understanding of species' and communities' responses to past and present environmental changes, and ultimately forecast their future trajectories to inform effective conservation strategies.
The kind of questions we address:
- How does the environmental context of populations influence the interplay between selection, drift, and gene flow?
- How can we integrate spatial and environmental information with genomic data for informed conservation?
- How do species' idiosyncratic responses to environmental change influence the long-term stability of communities?
- What role does environmental heterogeneity play in the differential accumulation of species across the globe?
- How can we explicitly use historical inferences to forecast potential future reservoirs of genetic diversity?
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CONTACT US
Diego Alvarado-Serrano alvarado.s[@]ohio.edu |
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