Welcome to the Land and Sea Bird Migration Research Group!
Our research group primarily focuses on the nutrition, physiology, and ecology of wild vertebrates, with an emphasis on migratory birds of conservation interest
Some of our research topics include:
Interactions between offshore wind farms and migratory birds
Early successional forest management to support healthy bird populations
Exercise physiology of long-distance migratory songbirds
Effects of aquaculture operations on waterfowl and other waterbirds.
Movement ecology of migratory and resident seabirds, gamebirds and songbirds
Habitat use, diet, and nutrition of arctic-nesting geese, sea ducks, migratory songbirds and shorebirds
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