Global Change, Biodiversity, & Conservation

Welcome to the Wood Lab of Avian and Urban Ecology at Cal State L.A. We are a group of conservation-minded individuals who work to understand the effects of global and environmental change on biodiversity. Our research is centered on terrestrial ecosystems - with the majority of our work occurring within the Los Angeles urban ecosystem. We focus our research primarily on avian and insect communities, and we use field data, spatial analyses, and quantitative approaches to provide applied outcomes for pressing conservation issues. Please visit our pages to learn more about the lab and our work.