My research focuses on the diversification of lizards in the North American Southwest. This region is one of the youngest and most diverse xeric habitats. Over four hundred species of plants, one hundred species of mammals, fifty species of reptiles and an ever-increasing level of insect diversity have accumulated in this region over the last 10 million years. I am generally interested in the vicariant and ecological mechanisms that has shaped the diversification in the North American southwest.
Contact Information
Russell A. Blaine
Department of Biology
Campus Box 1137
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
Email: rblaine@biology2.wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-5302
Fax: 314-935-4432