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Is fighting expensive? 

Why does someone win?

Welcome to my page investigating the energetics and biomechanics of male-male fighting!

Research

Mechanistic Behavior

My research merges physiology and biomechanics to study the mechanisms of behaviors. This work encompasses a wide range of topics, from understanding animal movement in flight (kinematics), whole-organism physiology and the intricacies of animal behavior. I aim to integrate more mechanistic (biomechanics, physiology) explanations for interesting behaviors lacking qualitative investigation.

Metabolic costs of behaviors

Biomechanics

The kinematics of hummingbird combat

Behavior

Animal Contests among Hummingbirds

A gallery of equipment I've built for research

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