Conor Taff
Research Associate
Expertise
Behavioral Ecology • Sexual Selection • Avian Physiology • Endocrinology
I am an integrative organismal biologist interested in questions about behavior, ecology, evolution, and physiology. I work on wild birds, but I’m interested in questions that have broad applicability to understanding how animals deal with challenging situations and why some individuals are more successful than others. At the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, I co-lead a long term study of Tree Swallows that has been running for over 40 years. Every year we train new students to track and record data on nestlings and adults breeding in nest boxes around Ithaca. Lately, our main questions have revolved around understanding how these birds are impacted by exposure to changing temperature regimes.
Education
PhD, University of California, Davis
