What we think about...
The functional integration of morphology, physiology and behaviour is key to fitness. Our lab takes an integrative and comparative approach to understand phenotypic form and function. This approach allows us to determine trait variation within and between species, their evolutionary patterns, as well as their implications for adapting to environmental change. We therefore strike a fantastic balance between manipulative field studies, controlled laboratory assays, and multi-species comparative approaches. Basically, we have a great deal of fun! Although we are not restricted to any particular taxonomic group, most of our experimental studies on behaviour, colour, and endocrine mechanisms use herpetofauna and the landscape-level studies of animal movement decisions involve mammals.
The functional integration of morphology, physiology and behaviour is key to fitness. Our lab takes an integrative and comparative approach to understand phenotypic form and function. This approach allows us to determine trait variation within and between species, their evolutionary patterns, as well as their implications for adapting to environmental change. We therefore strike a fantastic balance between manipulative field studies, controlled laboratory assays, and multi-species comparative approaches. Basically, we have a great deal of fun! Although we are not restricted to any particular taxonomic group, most of our experimental studies on behaviour, colour, and endocrine mechanisms use herpetofauna and the landscape-level studies of animal movement decisions involve mammals.
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MARIA THAKERProfessor,
Center for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560012, India Email: [email protected] Phone: +91-(0)80-2360-1455 (office) To the Centre for Ecological Sciences: ces.iisc.ac.in/new/ To the Indian Institute of Science: iisc.ac.in/ |
