Assistant Professor
Incoming 2022
Department of Zoology, Department of Botany, Biodiversity Research Centre
Contact Details
gaynor@nceas.ucsb.edu
Website(s)
Kaitlyn Gaynor is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Zoology and Botany at the University of British Columbia. In her research, Kaitlyn examines the effects of human activity on global biodiversity through the lenses of applied behavioral and community ecology. She is currently interested in the behavioral responses of animals to human presence, the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on predator-prey interactions, and the socio-ecological dynamics of human-wildlife coexistence. This work involves large-scale data synthesis and meta-analyses, and local field studies in North America and Africa.
Research Themes
Human/wildlife coexistence | Community ecology | Behavioural ecology
Geographical Area(s) of Research
U.S. | Mozambique