Jean-guy Godin

Biography

Jean-Guy Godin Professor Degrees: B.Sc. (St. Francis Xavier), Ph.D. (UBC)

Research Interest

I maintain broad interests in Behavioural Ecology. The long-term, general objective of my research programme is to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of both the sources and maintenance of variation in behaviour within and between populations by focusing on the behaviour of individuals, and the fitness consequences of their behavioural actions, under different ecological and social conditions. This research programme combines both the experimental and comparative approaches, field and laboratory work, and the use of mathematical modeling, microsatellite genotyping methodology, and computer-based video technologies to address functional and mechanistic questions about the evolution of behaviour. We use a variety of different species (primarily fishes, but not exclusively) as model study systems as appropriate.