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Carlos A. Botero, Ph. D.
Initiative for Biological Complexity
North Carolina State University 
3510 Thomas Hall, Office 3528
North Carolina State University
cabotero[at]ncsu.edu

Environmental conditions tend to vary even in the most stable environments on Earth and this variation can influence organismal survival and reproduction.  For example, mortality rates in many species tend to be tightly associated with environmental parameters such as the severity of winter or the duration of the dry season.  I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in how organisms can cope with such change and, in particular, in the potential for adaptation to a variable and uncertain world.  I try to address BIG picture questions through comparative studies (i.e., studies that include information on many different species), and to complement this work with theoretical models and selected experiments in the field or the lab.

Please use the links in this web page to learn more about me and my research.  Thank you for visiting!

See my research profile on: Google Scholar


Recent Highlights...

  • I had the honor to deliver the closing keynote address for the inaugural Life Discovery - Doing Science conference organized and sponsored by the Ecological Society of America, the Botanical Society of America, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society for Economic Botany.

  • A local TV show, 'Hola North Carolina', spotlighted my research as part of their ongoing series on Latino Leaders in the Triangle Region.

  • The paper on environmental uncertainty and marital strife in birds goes viral...
Discovery News          Scientific American            NY Times          Huffington Post

  • When important things are at stake, female spiders don't kid around...
Wired Magazine                                  Ecological Society of America            

  • Dicey climates promote learning abilities in birds
 Science                                              BBC                                        Nature                        


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