| PhD Candidate |
| Wolf Lab |
| Biology Department |
| University of New Mexico |
| Albuquerque, NM 87131 |
| (505)277-1297 |
| rwarne@unm.edu |
Research Interests
My research interests include resource dynamics in ecological communities as well as the ecology, physiology and evolution of life histories. In my current research I examine the linkage between resource dynamics at the community level with allocation patterns in individual consumers. I have explored these processes by (1) linking abiotic drivers to temporal resource dynamics in food webs; and (2) investigating how such resource variation affects the reproductive allocation strategies of lizards.
Approaches: field based ecology, laboratory based physiology experiments, stable isotope methodology, and modeling.
Teaching
I am currently an EMERGE GK-12 fellow funded by the National Science Foundation. Since 2006 I have developed and helped to teach inquiry based science labs in New Mexico Middle Schools. This year I am working with 6th and 7th grade life sciences classes at Laguna Pueblo Middle School.
PhD Committee & Advisors
| Blair O. Wolf, Associate Professor, Biology Dept., University of New Mexico |
| Eric L. Charnov, Distinguished Professor, Biology Dept., University of New Mexico |
| James H. Brown, Distinguished Professor, Biology Dept., University of New Mexico |
| Scott L. Collins, Professor & Director Sevilleta LTER, Biology Dept., University of New Mexico |
