How animals anticipate and respond in a predictable chance/ species envionment with daily (times of day) and time scale of seasons such as winter-to-spring), I investigate the mechanisms, (neural and hormonal), that are capable of describing both environmental stimulus and interns to influence changes in physiology and behavior that promote reproductive success.
My research is interested in understanding how animals anticipate and respond to predictable changes in their environment on a daily (e.g. night to day) and seasonal time scale (e.g. winter to spring). We are exploring the mechanisms (neural and hormonal) that are capable of responding to both environmental and internal cues to influence changes in physiology and behavior that promote reproductive success.