 This last week I visited Dr. Corinne Myers at the University of New Mexico to continue working on a collaboration we have started. Cori is a niche modeling expert, and while she focuses mainly on modeling paleo invertebrates, we have started a project together examining the mechanisms behind anti-tropical distributions in fishes, which is a central theme to my dissertation. The geology department at UNM has great facilities for us to use, and Albuquerque is always a fun place to visit. We managed to get a lot done on this project in a short amount of time, so hopefully in the near future I'll be posting more about it. For the meantime I'll leave you with a couple of screen shots of the project. Stay tuned for more.  Habitat suitability for one of the species we are working on for current physical conditions (left), and physical conditions during the last glacial maximum (right). Cooler colors indicate more suitable habitat. |