Predator–prey experimental evolution
If you were not in your field, what else would you like to specialize in? I toyed with doing experimental evolution before I fell in with the primatologists.Richard Lenski's lab has been on the forefront of this work. Their latest paper is on the evolution of predator behavior. I love this picture
The prey patches just look so like what you see in theoretical ecology textbooks.
Hillesland et al. Experimental evolution of a microbial predator's ability to find prey. Proc Biol Sci (2008) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1098
