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​Rebecca E. Koch
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
This project is in the first phase of establishing a long-term research population of banded house finches in the UWSP area. These birds will be monitored over years to come to evaluate the role of plumage color in behavior and reproductive success. Learn more
UWSP HOUSE FINCH PROJECT

MATE CHOICE AND THE EVOLUTION OF ORNAMENTATION
Several ongoing projects explore the proximate mechanisms that underlie variation in mating displays. A goal is to better understand how populations grow and change through sexual selection--and the fundamentals of physiological performance. Learn more
MITOCHONDRIAL VARIATION FOR THE EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGIST
Projects from research into fruit flies at Monash University test how genotypic and phenotypic variation of mitochondria can drive large-scale evolutionary patterns. Learn more
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