Center for Ecological and
Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P. O. Box
1066 Blindern, 0316
Oslo, Norway
Telephone 22 85 46 40
Telefax 22 85 46 05
e-mail avollest@bio.uio.no
Activity
In my cv you can find information about my past experience and my recent publications.
Here you can find a list of previous and
ongoing master projects.
Research
These days I am mainly working on topics related to life-history evolution and speciation, with various species of fresh water fish as target species. Together with students and colleagues, I study why various populations of freshwater fish behave so differently and have so different life histories. We have focused our research on traits such as age at maturation, fecundity and egg size, since these traits are very important for fitness and also for population dynamics. One main aim is to understand what kind of selection pressure is leading to the patters that we observe. To do this, we use a combination of methods such as classical field observations linked with field experiments - in particular using capture-mark-recapture techniques, laboratory experiments, and quantitative genetic studies. Recently we have also started using molecular genetic studies in our effort to understand evolutionary and ecological processes at different spatial and temporal scales.