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Our lab studies animal communication and sexual selection from an integrative perspective using
a wide range of behavioral ecological, neuroethological, developmental, genetic, and evolutionary
modeling techniques—we cover the full range of Tinbergen's famous
Four Questions. Birds are our
most common study subject, but we've also worked with spiders, shrimp, lobsters, insects, lizards,
and primates, including humans. Whether in the lab or in the field—and whether we're measuring
signals, watching behaviors, recording from neurons, running simulations, analyzing hormones, or
doing various "-omics"—the question that unites us is how information, in the broadest sense
of that word, is used by organisms to optimize their survival and reproductive success.
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