Our research focuses on gaining a mechanistic understanding of how individuals and populations respond to changes in their environment in order to project how future change may alter a population’s dynamics and evolutionary trajectory. ​

Breaking News

  • Our latest Hudsonian Godwit paper is out in Journal of Animal Ecology! This one is from Rose Swift's dissertation in collaboration with colleagues at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We found that godwit survival rates have declined in recent years and individuals spending the nonbreeding season in low-quality habitats are less likely to survive northward migration or breed successfully. The good news is that these effects are reversible and godwits in poor condition in one year will not necessarily be in poor condition the next year.
  • Geolocators are well known as tools for monitoring the migrations of birds, but they're less well known as tools for monitoring the incubation behavior of birds. In our latest paper in the Journal of Avian Biology by Mo Verhoeven, we show how using geolocators to detect the lay dates of Black-tailed Godwits significantly improved upon our observational field efforts. It's never too late to improve your scientific methods!
  • The movie made about our deer mouse research by Day's Edge Productions has been chosen as an 'Official Selection' by the International Wildlife Film Festival. This week (starting 4/18), you can watch it, as well as all of their other amazing wildlife films, online!
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senner at mailbox.sc.edu
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina​
Coker Life Sciences 406
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.