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 | | For my PhD, I worked on the adaptive function of animal coloration and the processes involved in color differentiation in a species complex of agamid lizards endemic to South Australia (Ctenophorus decresii species complex). |
 | | I am interested in complementing studies of micro-evolutionary processes that contribute to population differentiation with comparative analyses to identify patterns at the macro-evolutionary scale. |
 | | For example, the link between social signalling and diversification suggested by my experimental studies of the Ctenophorus decresii species complex was supported by a comparative analysis of species richness in Agamid lizards world wide, in which I found that sexual dichromatism in the Agamidae is associated with higher species richness (Stuart-Fox and Owens 2003). |
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