Mercedes Burns
Tenure-Track
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
B.A. Biology, Macalester College (St. Paul); Ph.D. in Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics from University of Maryland, College ParkResearch interests
Evolutionary ecology of reproductive traits and behaviors, sexual conflict, reproductive polymorphism, arthropod biologyEducation
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Ph D, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics
— University of Maryland, College Park (2014) Phylogenetic exploration of mating system evolution in the eastern North American leiobunine harvestmen
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BA, Biology
— Macalester College (2006) Mate choice mediated by size and chemical defense in Nyssodesmus python (Polydesmida: Platyrhacidae)