Montgomery Lab
The physiological and ecological foundations of social behavior in wild animals.
Department of Integrative Biology · Michigan State University
We study how group-living animals balance individual, social, and ecological demands in fluctuating environments. Combining behavioral ecology, remote sensing, and physiology, we work across two long-term field systems — spotted hyenas in Kenya and Verreaux's sifaka in Madagascar.
The lab is led by Dr. Tracy M. Montgomery, and is newly established and recruiting.