Genetics of Boreal Forest Birds

In collaboration with researchers and students at the University of Michigan, Laval University, I am studying the population genetics of several species of birds that breed in the evergreen (boreal) forests in New York’s mountain ranges. High-elevation populations at the southern periphery of the vast boreal forest biome are declining, and may be imperiled by ongoing climate warming. 

Black-backed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Setting Nets
Setting Nets
Sampling a Bird for DNA
Sampling a Bird for DNA
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher