The Edward Grey Institute is part of the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford. Founded in 1937, it conducts research into the behaviour, ecology, evolution and conservation of birds, with a strong emphasis on understanding organisms in their natural environments. Read more on the history of the EGI.
The EGI is particularly well known for its long-term population studies of birds, and as one of the birthplaces of behavioural ecology. These research themes are as strong as ever, and have recently been supplemented by vigorous programmes studying reproductive strategies in birds, speciation in Neotropical passerines, and the evolutionary ecology of avian malaria. For a quick overview of what we do, see this poster.
Susan Balenger (University of Turku) will give a talk on "The degenerate male: Sex chromosome evolution in the threespine stickleback"; Fri 10th Feb, 4 pm, D38. All welcome!
- An analysis of a 25-year dataset, published in Evolution, reveals that sexual ornaments in flycatchers are immune to senescence. Read paper
- In the BBC programme Are We Changing Planet Earth?, Sir David Attenborough discusses the EGIs long-term research programme in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire (click video link).
- For other research news, click here
The next EGI Student Conference will be held 4-6 Jan 2012. For more information, click here. For poster, click here.