Barbara L. Lundrigan
Assistant Professor of Zoology, Curator of Mammalogy and Ornithology
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1988
318 Museum
Office Telephone: 517-355-6752
lundriga@msu.edu
Research Website
Mammalian Systematics; Patterns of Behavioral and Morphological Evolution
My research integrates data from a variety of sources -- behavior, morphology, and molecules -- to address questions in mammalian evolution. Recent examples include a comparative study of the relationship between rodent skull ontogeny and life-history strategies (with M. Zelditch); an examination of behavioral and morphological ontogeny of the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta (with K. Holekamp); and exploration of the causes and consequences of geographical range changes in Michigan Peromyscus (with P. Myers).
I encourage my graduate students to work on projects of their own design within the broad realm of ecology, behavior, morphology, and systematics of mammals. Current graduate students are studying the ecology and behavior of the African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus); geographical variation in skull morphology of the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta;and populations of Peromyscus in the Great Lakes Region.
Representative Publications
Zelditch, M., J.Mezey, D.Sheets, B.L. Lundrigan, and T. Garland, Jr. 2006. Developmental regulation of skull morphology II: Ontogenetic dynamics of covariance. Evolution and Development 8: 46-60.
Myers, P., B. Lundrigan, and C. Vande Kopple. 2005. Climate change and the distribuion of Peromyscus in Michigan-Is Global warming already having an impact? P; 101-125 In: Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography (E.A. Lacey & P. Myers, eds) University of California Press: Berkeley, CA.
Zelditch, M, B. Lundrigan, and T. Garland, Jr. 2004. Developmental regulation of skull morphology I: Ontogenetic dynamics of variance. Evolution and Development Vol. 6: 194-206.
Carstens, B. B. Lundrigan, and P. Myers. 2002. A phylogeny of the neotropical nectar-feeding bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 9: 23-53.
Lundrigan, B.L., S. Jansa, and P.K. Tucker. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Mus based on maternally, paternally, and bi-parentally inherited characters. Systematic Biology 51: 410-431.