ANIMAL PLANT INTERACTION RESEARCH GROUP

Without animals, plants would look quite different. For example, flowers would not be designed to catch the eye and the world would be a less colourful place. Animals too, would not exist as we know them; birds would not have long beaks and tongues to sip nectar and many moths, flies and butterflies would also have very different feeding mouthparts. I am interested in the geographic variability of the biotic and abiotic environment and how animals and plants adapt locally to geographic differences in community structure or climate. Geographic variability in the biotic and abiotic environment enables us to study how plants, animals and the environment are able shape each other, and how these interactions may result in morphological divergence and ultimately speciation events.

Dr Bruce Anderson

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	Home Page Publications Current Research Contact Details Postgraduates		Dr Bruce Anderson Research Interests Without animals, plants would look quite different. For example, flowers would not be designed to catch the eye and the world would be a less colourful place. Animals too, would not exist as we know them; birds would not have long beaks and tongues to sip nectar and many moths, flies and butterflies would also have very different feeding mouthparts. I am interested in the geographic variability of the biotic and abiotic environment and how animals and plants adapt locally to geographic differences in community structure or climate. Geographic variability in the biotic and abiotic environment enables us to study how plants, animals and the environment are able shape each other, and how these interactions may result in morphological divergence and ultimately speciation events.