Research

My main research is on the reproductive strategies based on genetic compatibility in vertebrates. I also work on color and odor sexual signals, mainly focusing on body scent as a cue of MHC similarity. I work mainly on birds which have long been thought to have a poor sense of smell.

My projects bring together the fields of behavioral ecology, microbiology and chemical ecology.

Middleton Island Alaska

Current collaborators

 

· Pierrick Blanchard, Laboratoire EDB, Toulouse, France

· Francesco Bonadonna, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France

· Scott A. Hatch, Institute for Seabird Research and Conservation, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

· Richard H. Wagner, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Vienna, Austria

 

Kuruman River Reserve South Africa

Paris

France

Kerguelen archipelago, France