Kathleen.m.muldoon@dartmouth.edu

I am interested in the response of mammalian communities to environmental change and human impact, both in the past and the present. To study this interaction, I draw on the fossil record of small mammals to reconstruct habitat change. My current research focuses on understanding the ancient environments of the giant subfossil lemurs in Madagascar . By comparing “subfossil communities” with modern ones, insights can be drawn into the degree of change experienced by those communities over time. The results of these comparisons have practical conservation implications, given the fragile state of living lemur habitats in Madagascar .

 

Dr. Muldoon is currently an Associate Professor at Dartmouth University, Anatomy Dept.