email: ggrether@ucla.edu
phone: (310) 794-9769
fax: (310) 206-3987
office: Life Science Building 3122
lab: 1365 Life Science Building
homepage: http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/Grether/research.htm
research interests: Evolution of coloration and mate preferences, sexual selection, interference competition, phenotypic plasticity
Recent Courses
EE BIOL 100 - Introduction to Ecology and BehaviorEE BIOL 132 - Field Behavioral Ecology
EE BIOL 194B - Research Group or Internship Seminars: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests
Research in the Grether lab lies at the interface of ethology, ecology and evolutionary biology. Our primary focus is to understand how sexual selection and other forms of social selection interact with the biotic and abiotic environment to shape the evolution of behavioral strategies and signaling systems (with an emphasis on visual signals).
Behaviors of special interest include mate choice, alternative reproductive tactics, and territoriality. Current study systems include fishes, insects and birds. Ph.D. students in the Grether lab are expected to develop their own research projects and to seek extramural funding. Undergraduates generally work on existing projects under the direct supervision of a graduate student or post doc.
For a publication list with links to pdfs, please visit my home page.