Determining food web relationships
Proper nutrition is necessary for growth, survival, reproduction, and immunity to disease. Much of our community ecology work has focused on dietary niche overlap and differentiation. We are interested in how diets differ between species and also how they vary at the population- and individual-level, and the associated effects on wildlife management and conservation. We also explore how diet may relate to pathogen loads and immunity in bats, and associated risks of zoonotic spillover events.