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Dr. Tracy Langkilde Assistant Professor |
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Email: tll30@psu.edu Office: Mueller Laboratory, room 417 Phone: 814.867.2251
Education
BSc 1999 James Cook University PhD 2005 University of Sydney
Research Interests
Understanding what determines community composition is a prime objective of ecology. Evolution and adaptation can alter the nature of interactions between individuals and their (biotic and abiotic) environment, ameliorate fitness consequences, and permit coexistence of component species. My research focuses on this interface between ecology and evolution. Particularly, I aim to understand how individuals interact with one another and their environment, and how responses to changes in the environment can shape these interactions.
My work is mostly field based and focuses primarily on reptiles. It incorporates aspects of population, community, behavioral, physiological and evolutionary ecology; employing experimental and comparative approaches, as well as molecular techniques, to test key hypotheses in 3 main areas: invasion, stress, competition, and reproductive strategies.
· The ecological role and consequences of stress |
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Pennsylvania State University Biology Department |
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Langkilde laboratory |
