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Multispectral Coloration at the Burke Museum
Given early research about hummingbird vision, we investigate how hummingbirds see other hummingbirds using full
spectrum cameras and specialized analyses.
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Floral Characteristic Impact on Hovering energetics
With the tight coevolution of plants and their hummingbird pollinators, we investigate the impact that features of a
flower have on the hummingbird flight and metabolism.
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3D Modelling Projects (Morphoteam, CT scanning, Photogrammetry)
We’re utilizing new and established 3D digitization techniques and pushing their limits to help us understand these
tiny birds.
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Why Ecophysics? Our Behavioral Ecophysics lab focuses on the study of organismal mechanisms (e.g., physiology, biomechanics) in light of biotic and abiotic interactions, with the goal of establishing explicit links between physical laws and rules of life, from individual to ecological scales. A central challenge of biological studies is to describe functional links between underlying architecture (e.g., genotype,
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS Click here for the most recent publications Estimating Wingbeat Frequency of Hummingbirds using a No-labeling Learning Computer Vision Approach (2025) MX Bastidas-Rodriguez, AM Fernandes, MJE Uribe, …, A Rico-Guevara Integrative And Comparative Biology, 10.1093/icb/icaf001 Tiny Backpacks: Experimentally Monitoring the Behavior of Radio-Tagged Hummingbirds in Colombia (2025) A Sargent, AM Fernandes, AE Clarkson, …, A
NEWS
NEWS Tweets by ecophysicslab I made this to celebrate the winds of CHANGE! Enjoy!!! pic.twitter.com/KHU4sb3SeE — Alejandro Rico-Guevara (@ecophysicslab) November 9, 2020 PicoCam: High-resolution 3D imaging of live animals and preserved specimens https://t.co/B5j5ZdYls0 #bioRxiv — bioRxiv (@biorxivpreprint) July 19, 2024 For news prior to 2020, go to (http://www.alejorico.com/News.html) Colibríes de Cundinamarca transportan polen, pero prefieren
OUTREACH
OUTREACH Listen to this new KUOW podcast, SPECTACULAR SPECIMENS which takes kids behind the scenes at the Burke Museum. The show is geared toward curious kids, and adults, with an ear toward better understanding some remarkable creatures. To listen to the full podcast click here Dr Kristiina J. Hurme and I explore in this fascinating
CORE-CODE
CORE-CODE Inclusivity statement: In our pursuit of knowledge, we encourage an environment of collaboration, open communication, and trust, which welcomes diversity and respects differences of opinion. It is these principles that allow us to discover new ways of thinking and behaving, which lead to innovation and scientific success. Division and exclusion based on race, age,
PROJECTS
Projects Ecophysics Lab is currently working on three major projects. Together, these projects aim to understand how the co-evolution of flower-hummingbirds has led these small birds to develop unique traits that have been little studied or unknown. We invite you to browse through each of these projects to learn more about the research carried out
