My main area of research is animal behaviour, particularly in avian reproductive behaviour and communication.  My work with chickadees assesses the impact of habitat disturbance on the normal breeding and communication behaviours of animals, and most recently the potential for this to result in inter-species hybridization.  Since 2005, I have also been leading a joint venture with industry, the Canadian Wildlife Service and faculty at UNBC to assess migratory movement patterns of birds around wind farms and airports (Centre for Wind Energy and the Environment). 

Please visit the "Lab & Students" page for a list of current students and postdocs conducting research projects on chickadees and bird movement around windfarms.  In addition, there is a list of students and collaborators who have gone through the lab in the past working on chickadees, owls and sparrows.