THEODORE GARLAND, Jr.

Professor of Biology
Office: 109 University Lab Building
Phone: (909) 787-3524
Facsimile: (909) 787-4286
E-mail: tgarland@citrus.ucr.edu

Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1985
 
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     Most of the research in my laboratory involves the evolution of complex phenotypes.  Through empirical, theoretical, and methodological studies, we are also helping to develop the recent field of evolutionary physiology (e.g., see Annual Review of Physiology [1994] 56:579-621; Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics [2000] 31:315-341).
     Physiology is the study of how organisms work.  Evolution is the study of how organisms have changed (genetically) across generations.  Thus, evolutionary physiology is the study of how and why the way organisms work has changed over time.  For example, does the way an organism work constrain the way it may evolve?  Answers to such questions require a deep understanding of both proximate and ultimate mechanisms.  Accordingly, my graduate students and I participate in both the Evolutionary Biology and the Physiology graduate tracks within the Department of Biology, as well as the Evolution and Ecology Graduate Research Unit.  As physiology cannot properly be understood in isolation from morphology, biochemistry, and behavior, my general approach is integrative and hence crosses traditional boundaries between disciplines.

     Our laboratory is equipped to make a variety of sophisticated whole-animal physiological and behavioral measurements.  We have concentrated on activity metabolism because many natural behaviors (e.g., escaping from predators, foraging) depend crucially on capacities for locomotion.  I have worked primarily on lizards, snakes, and small mammals, including house mice.  However, I recognize the value of model systems and am always amenable to work with other organisms.  Although most of our efforts involve exercise physiology and locomotor behavior, graduate students have worked on a variety of other projects, including:  the evolution of reproductive timing in seals; behavioral/physiological ecology and conservation biology of desert tortoises; reproductive and conservation biology of lizards on a Spanish island; development of a monitoring program for endangered species of small mammals.  In addition, we have collaborated with scientists from many countries, including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain, and The United Kingdom.

For more on research in the Garland lab, click here.

For a complete list of Garland publications and links to PDF reprints, click here.

For a complete Garland C.V., click here.
 
PDAP: Phenotypic Diversity Analysis Programs  (software to perform phylogenetically based statistical analyses)

PDTREE module in Mesquite  (JAVA-based software to perform phylogenetically based statistical analyses)

PHYSIG  (MatLab programs to perform phylogenetically based statistical analyses)

PHYLOGR  (R language code to perform phylogenetically based statistical analyses)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Selected recent publications:


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Last updated 16 September 2003 by T.G.