Future
Projects

Amphibians in drains: a novel survey method for citizen scientists

Amphibians regularly become trapped in drains, especially during migratory periods. As well as a conservation concern, this passively simulates a pitfall trapping exercise. I hope to ascertain whether numbers trapped in drains tracks well with local population estimates, and, if so, produce a 'ready-made', scalable method for assessing population size whilst saving some amphibians from an untimely demise.  

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If you would like to work on this project with me, please get in touch.

Do Fisherian runaway processes constrain genetic variation? An evolutionary model

In a time of rapid environmental change, sufficient genetic variation is required to enable evolutionary escape. Populations with unanimous preference-trait coupling could be: i) more likely to experience inbreeding depression; ii) opposed to reproducing with novel genotypes. I am learning to create evolutionary models to test this hypothesis under different scenarios.