Image
evolution banner

Research in evolution bridges over several disciplines, including ecology, behaviour and genetics, to understand the processes driving adaptation in response to environmental pressures, combining both lab-based studies as well as investigating wild natural systems.


We explore questions related to:

  • local adaptation
  • reproductive timing
  • sociality
  • dispersal
  • life history optimisation

Using techniques including:

  • translocation and common garden experiments
  • phenotypic analyses (e.g. morphological, behavioural, and life-history traits)
  • theoretical models
  • genomic analyses (e.g. whole-genome sequencing)

Related News

screenshot 2025 10 14 at 16 11 58

New species of louse fly discovered on the Island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands

silver eye

The great speciator paradox: what silvereye genomics reveal about island evolution

great tit singing

The changing chorus: how movements and memories influence birdsong evolution

Related Events

seminar poster 061126

The rhythm within: an internal view of avian migratory performance