Our research uses movement ecology as a framework to understand 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

  • Migratory stopover sites are often just thought of as places for migratory birds to refuel, but this paradigm ignores the many potential functions these sites might serve. Lab member Jenny Linscott's first thesis chapter was out now at Condor: Ornithological Applications and broadens our perspective on when and why birds decide to stop, highlighting how conservation frameworks need to better accommodate a wider variety of stopover site 'types.' Stay tuned for empirical research on the topic from Jenny!
  • So excited to welcome the latest addition to the lab: Lauren Puleo! Lauren hails from the University of Central Florida where she is finishing up her B.S. in Biology working with Dr. Anna Forsman on the timing of Gray Catbird migration in relation to climate change. Starting this fall, she hopes to build on that work at the UofSC and focus on investigating how flexible individual Hudsonian Godwits may be in timing their migrations.
  • The second film from our collaboration with Day's Edge Productions, the Cheviron lab at the University of Montana, and the Campbell-Staton lab at UCLA is going to be premiering at the Ottawa Adventure Film Festival on November 16! Tune in to learn all about how high-elevation deer mice are actually some of the most extreme endurance athletes around, as well as enjoy footage from the incomparable White Mountains of California.
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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.