Vanessa Arnold
Undergraduate Student
vanessa.arnold[at]colorado.edu
I began my research in the Taylor Lab as a field crew member in The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Chickadee Study through the Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) program. As a current student at CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, and undergraduate researcher in the Taylor Lab, I’m broadly interested in chickadee habitat preferences. Specifically, I identify tree types for nest boxes in the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Chickadee Study, and surrounding vegetation. My research is focused on detecting patterns of nest box occupation among chickadees, and determining whether chickadees prefer to nest in native or non-native trees and surrounding habitat.