Biology background

B.S. Ecology & Evolution (2009, University of California Santa Barbara).
Senior Honors Thesis in Evolutionary Genetics.

Research group
Molecular Ecology Research Group

Research interests

• Plant-animal interactions/co-evolution
• Trophic food webs/cascades
• New methods in environmental DNA (eDNA)
  

PhD projects

• Ungulate browsing ecology
• New methods using trace amounts of DNA at browse bites
• Interspecific ungulate competition
• Sex-specific browsing patterns
• Individual browsing patterns in moose
  

Supervisor
Göran Spong


Current teaching

Wildlife & Fisheries Management (organized by John Ball).
Supervisor to M.S. student Vera Steinberg (individual-based project advanced course).

Scientific publications

Nichols RV, Königsson H, Danell K & Spong G (2011). A new method to study ungulate browsing using eDNA. Molecular Ecology Resources. In Review.

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