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Home > People > Emeritus, Staff & Researchers > Heather Sahli
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Heather Sahli Post Doctoral Researcher Ph.D., Plant Biology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University Contact Information Affiliations 
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Research Interests:
Personal Statement: My primary research interests are in the fields of population and community ecology and evolutionary ecology with a focus on plant-insect interactions. I have done much research on the roles that different pollinator taxa play in the floral evolution of generalist plant species and have also examined how selection changes across habitats, leading to the creation and maintenance of intraspecific variation. My past research has combined estimates of natural selection and population genetics to understand evolution within and between populations. I am currently collaborating with Don Drake, Andy Taylor, Tad Fukami, and Elizabeth Stacy to study plant-pollinator webs in Hawaii. Plant pollinator interactions are essential trophic interactions for many plants and animals, and can be studied in a network-based manner similar to any food-web study. Due to the importance of pollinators at the species, community, and ecosystem levels, the understudied pollination webs in Hawaii have great conservation implications. We have recently begun to quantify pollination webs at several elevations to understand how native and non-native species are integrated into pollination webs, how pollination webs change along an elevation gradient, and the conservation implications of generalization and specialization in plant-pollinator interactions in Hawaii. We are also quantifying the pollination web in a coastal habitat at Ka'ena Point Natural Area Reserve, the most pristine coastal habitat on O'ahu. I am also currently working with Elizabeth Stacy at University of Hawaii at Hilo to understand the population genetics of Metrosideros polymorpha, examining levels of gene flow among varieties of this dominant tree species using microsatellite markers. Publications:
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