The Bay Lab in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis studies the ways in which human-induced environmental change alters evolutionary trajectories using a combination of ecological and physiological experiments and genomic data.

Latest Publications

A general theory of avian migratory connectivity

Marius Somveille, Rachael A Bay, Thomas B Smith, Peter P Marra, Kristen C Ruegg

Genetic variation reveals individual-level climate tracking across the annual cycle of a migratory bird

Rachael A Bay, Daniel S Karp, James F Saracco, William RL Anderegg, Luke O Frishkoff, David Wiedenfeld, Thomas B Smith, Kristen Ruegg

Genomic analysis of distinct bleaching tolerances among cryptic coral species

Noah H Rose, Rachael A Bay, Megan K Morikawa, Luke Thomas, Elizabeth A Sheets, Stephen R Palumbi

Linking climate niches across seasons to assess population vulnerability in a migratory bird

Kristen Ruegg, Eric C Anderson, Marius Somveille, Rachael A Bay, Mary Whitfield, Eben H Paxton, Thomas B Smith

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