Current Research

• Epigenetic changes in natural populations:
  • the impact high predation risk on the snowshoe hare cycle
  • the impact of density and social structure on meadow vole population demography
  • nutrition and maternal effects
• The impact of the chronic stress on population demography, on maternal effects, and on brain organization and function.
• Sublethal effects of predators
• The impact of the stress axis on the rate of senescence (aging).
• The impact of reproduction on the stress axis and the rate of aging.
• Maternal effects, stress and fitness impacts in red squirrels.
• Evolution of the stress axis
• The role of Adrenal Androgens in Life History Processes