Nathalie Seddon

Nathalie Seddon

Royal Society University Research Fellow, L'Oreal UK Women in Science Fellow

Tutorial Fellow in Biological and Human Sciences at Wadham College

 

Research Interests

I have broad interests in the evolutionary ecology, diversification and conservation of tropical birds. With two diverse assemblages of suboscine passerines, the antbirds (Thamnophilidae) and the ovenbirds (Furnariidae) as the main study systems, my group (www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/egi/tropecol.htm) explores the processes underlying avian diversity and biogeography in South America, focusing on the roles of ecology and sexual selection in driving speciation and facilitating species co-existence. I also have strong, on-going interests in the evolution of cooperative behaviour, the role of vocalizations in mediating cooperation and conflict in social groups, and the conservation of tropical ecosystems.

Other Interests

I am an Associate Editor for Journal of Animal Ecology, and a member of the American Society for Naturalists, the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and the Conservation Biology Society. For more information about projects, collaborators, study sites and opportunities, please visit: www.neomorphus.com. Along with my research, I give undergraduate lectures in Avian Ecology, and help coordinate the M.Sc. course on Statistics for Biologists.

 

Contacts

Email: nathalie.seddon@zoo.ox.ac.uk
Phone: 01865 271202
 

Websites

 

Selected Publications

  • Tobias, J.A. &: Seddon, N. 2009. Signal jamming mediates sexual conflict in a duetting bird Current Biology. 19: 1-6.
  • Tobias, J.A. &: Seddon, N. 2009. Sexual selection and ecological generalism are correlated in antbirds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22: 623-636.
  • Seddon, N., Merrill, R. M. & Tobias, J.A. 2008. Sexually selected traits predict patterns of species richness in a diverse clade of suboscine birds. American Naturalist 171: 620-631.
  • Seddon, N. & Tobias, J.A. 2007. Song divergence at the edge of Amazonia: an empirical test of the peripatric speciation model. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 173-188.
  • Seddon, N. 2005. Ecological adaptation and species recognition drives vocal evolution in Neotropical suboscine birds. Evolution 59: 200-215
  • Seddon, N., Amos, W., Mulder, R. & Tobias, J. A. 2004. Male heterozygosity predicts territory size, song structure and reproductive success in a cooperatively breeding bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 271: 1823-1829.