My past research has focused on the evolution of social systems, particularly parental care and territoriality. I have studied anurans (frogs and toads), and my field research has been in Madagascar, on Mantella (Malagasy poison frogs), and in Central America, on dendrobatids (poison dart frogs). Check back here for more details soon (last updated September 2006).
In Ankarana, a reserve in the dry North of Madagascar, karst formations have created extensive
cave systems that extend to isolated pockets of forest, themselves created when portions of the karst collapsed. Populations of
lizards, lemurs, and frogs, among other taxa, live in these fragments, selection acting on each forest isolate in unique ways.
Photo by Bret Weinstein
Some links that might be of interest:
- Description of some of my past research at bamboofrog.org
- Into the hearts and minds of poison frogs
- Dissertation abstract
- CV, with links to pdfs of published articles
