honey-bees

Research on the mechanisms and adaptive significance of animal behaviors and life histories.

Faculty expertise in area

Deane Bowers - plant-insect interactions; chemical ecology
Sam Flaxman - modeling; predator-prey interactions; habitat selection
Ambika Kamath - behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology, cross-disciplinary research with social sciences and humanities
Andrew McAdam - behavioral ecology, animal personality, maternal behavior, social plasticity
Rebecca Safran - sexual selection; speciation; population genetics; genomics