The ecological and evolutionary impacts of agricultural management on songbirds
- 12/6/2012 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Location: Druckenmiller Hall, Room 020
- Event Type: Seminar
- Sponsor: Biology
- Contact: Julie Santorella
- - Open to the Bowdoin Community -
Noah Perlut, Assistant Professor, University of New England,
Research Interests
I study the joint ecological and evolutionary consequences of using human-managed habitats as wildlife habitat. In 2002 I began a long-term research project on how hayfield and pasture management affects the life-histories of grassland songbirds. Along with ecology and evolution work, this project has expanded to create and explore federal policies that balance landowners' economic and birds' life-history needs. Additional projects include: studying grey squirrel ecology on the UNE campus; exploring the ecology of urban roof-nesting Herring Gulls; evaluating the marsh bird communities on the Saco River; exploring what the ideal farm looks like--both in terms of maximizing farm production as well as biodiversity.