Research Scientist, Museum of Paleontology;
Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences;
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology;
Professor, Residential College
cbadgley@umich.edu
Office Information:
3134 Biological Sciences Building
phone: 734.763.6448
Museum of Paleontology;
Research
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. Geology, Yale, 1982
MFS, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 1974
About
Research Interests
Mammalian assemblages vary widely in taxonomic diversity and ecological structure along global and regional environmental gradients. My goals are to document variation in ecological diversity of mammalian faunas over time and space and to evaluate the biological and geohistorical causes of these gradients. I study geographic variation in modern mammalian faunas in relation to their environmental context and variation over time and among regions for mammalian paleofaunas from the fossil record. Field work has focused on long Neogene records in the Siwalik sequence of Pakistan and in the Basin and Range Province of western North America. Additional interests include taphonomy of vertebrate assemblages, especially in fluvial systems, and isotope ecology of modern and fossil mammals.
Field(s) of Study
- Paleoecology and biogeography of mammals
- Taphonomy in continental environments
