His research engages both conceptual and empirical approaches to address questions in conservation, population, and community ecology. His research program spans a broad range of organisms (from mollusks to amphibians) and ecological systems (marine, freshwater and terrestrial). In general, in his research, he takes a mechanistic approach aimed at understanding how variation in individual traits (e.g. size, behavior) scale up to influence population and community level processes. For more information about research in Dr. McCoy’s lab visit his lab webpage.