Feather Flora of Migratory Shore Birds

Many bryophytes display infraspecific bipolar geographic disjunctions. In extreme northern and southern high latitude regions, where these bryophytes are abundant, there is a lack of wind connectivity. While migratory birds have long been assumed as the potential vector to explain the bipolar distribution, our project aims to provide the first concrete evidence for long distance dispersal by migratory birds.

Research Team

Emily Behling

A current junior at UConn studying biology

Hannah Gousse (undergraduate)

A current junior at UConn studying ecology and evolutionary biology, Hannah's interests include

Emily Qian (undergraduate)

A current senior at UConn studying

Lily Lewis (Ph.D. candidate and project supervisor)