Research

Photo by Louise Hart Bodt

Introduced species

I'm interested in what we can learn about how species change when they are introduced to new environments.

Photo by Santiago Caballero Carrera from eBird

European Goldfinches

There's a small population of European Goldfinches in Illinois that was introduced some time in the early 2000's

Photo by Louise Hart Bodt

Starlings

Starlings were introduced to North America in 1890! My master's thesis compared this introduction to introductions in Australia and South Africa.

Publications

Bodt, LH, Rollins, LA, Zichello, JM. Contrasting mitochondrial diversity of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) across three invasive continental distributions. Ecol Evol. 2020; 10: 10186– 10195. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6679

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