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Mary Peacock - Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89557-0042
mpeacock@unr.nevada.edu
775-784-1302
Research Interests:

My research program focuses primarily on population viability questions. I am especially interested in the effect of habitat fragmentation on population dynamics. This general interest acts as an umbrella for a variety of research projects that range from basic research on metapopulation dynamics in pikas (Ochotona princeps) and toads (Bufo boreas) to viability modeling of Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) populations in both fragmented and non-fragmented systems. I use a variety of research tools to address these questions including molecular genetic techniques, population viability modeling, and traditional behavioral ecology methods. I have used a combination of mark-recapture and genetic methods, such as multilocus DNA fingerprinting, to examine mating and dispersal patterns, population genetic structure and the maintenance (or loss) of genetic variation in spatially heterogenous habitats. Recently, I have expanded my research program to include phylogeographic and phylogenetic approaches to species conservation issues.

Research topics:
Ecology
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