My primary conceptual interests are behavioral evolution, community ecology, and conservation biology, and I am especially interested in mammals, lizards, and snakes, particularly vipers. My main research techniques have been direct observation, facilitated by radiotelemetry, and use of museum sp...
My primary conceptual interests are behavioral evolution, community ecology, and conservation biology, and I am especially interested in mammals, lizards, and snakes, particularly vipers. My main research techniques have been direct observation, facilitated by radiotelemetry, and use of museum specimens for information on distribution, diet, and reproductive biology. I work mostly in Latin America and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, addressing questions such as the origin of the rattle, factors controlling local and regional species richness, and ways that science enhances nature appreciation.