Research

We aim to understand how natural selection shapes the life history and behaviour of wild animal populations. Our work focuses mainly on seabirds (shags, boobies, gulls, manx shearwaters, guillemots, etc) living in islands, but has also involved studies on several other vertebrate and invertebrate species  (flycatchers, toads, earthworms). We are also interested in wildlife conservation and the consequences   of human actions for the diversity (see our research on the effects of the Prestige oil spill)