Graduate Assistantship: Predicting the Effects of Climate Change on the Range and Distribution of Small Mammals in Maine
PI: Danielle Levesque, UM School of Biology and Ecology
Collaborators: Jason Johnston, Wildlife Ecology, and University of Maine at Presque Isle
Recent changes in environmental conditions have brought to the forefront the importance of understanding the relationship between environmental temperatures, energetics, and performance in animals as species ranges shift in response to warming temperatures. This project will support a graduate student to study some small mammals in a laboratory setting to ultimately model heat and energy balance budgets at the edge of the species’ range distributions.