| Affiliations: | STEM Research Leadership |
| Project Leader: | Leila Siciliano-Martina sicilia77@tamu.edu Ecology and Conservation Biology |
| Faculty Mentor: | Michelle Lawing, Ph.D. |
| Meeting Times: | TBA |
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Team Size:
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4 |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Students will have the opportunity to become familiar with functional trait morphology and the ways in which mammal traits are related to the environment. Students will be trained in how to search and interpret scientific literature. Depending on student aptitude and interest, students may also measure specimens in museum collections, receive training in basic coding and figure making in R statistical software, attend and present at local conferences, and potentially participate in writing a scientific manuscript for publication
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Team Needs:
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We are looking for motivated students that are interested in the ecology and evolutionary biology of mammals. Students will need to engage with scientific literature; therefore, some previous biological coursework is preferred |
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Description:
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Within mammal communities, traits related to diet and locomotion are often intricately related to the environment. To better understand that relationship across space and through time, we are collecting mammal trait data. Students will therefore help to collect these data by finding and extracting any published information on the topic and in some cases, by helping to directly measure museum specimens |