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Interviewer(s)
Art Woods, Marty Martin
Interviewee(s)
Trevor Price
Description
Which factors lead to the evolution of reproductive isolation? What role does hybridization play in speciation? Why are there so many bird species in the tropics?
In this episode, we host Trevor Price, a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago and a Fellow of the Royal Society to talk about the evolutionary process driving speciation in birds. Our chat covers the decades he spent studying birds on the Galapagos Islands and in the Himalayas. We also discuss the challenges of doing this research in the wild,why bird distributions are limited along elevational gradients, and a bit about the role of phenotypic plasticity in evolution.
Cover art: Keating Shahmehri.
Date Published
2-13-2025
Language
eng
Run Time
1 hour, 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Digital File Format
audio/mp3
Document Type
Podcast
Recommended Citation
Woods, Art and Martin, Marty, "Episode 129: Beaks and (fitness) peaks (with Trevor Price)" (2025). BigBiology Podcasts. 132.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/bigbiology_podcasts/132