Megan S. Reich

Postdoctoral Fellow

Biography

Megan Reich is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests include developing and applying techniques to track the long-range movements of animals, clarifying the genetic basis of migration, and exploring how environmental conditions influence migratory and dispersal behaviour. Her doctoral research focused on developing isotope-based geographic assignment to understand the migratory patterns and migratory connectivity of insects.

Interests

Insect migration
isotope geolocation
Interdisciplinary science

Education

PhD in Biology, 2024
University of Ottawa
BSc in Environmental Sciences, 2015
University of British Columbia

Publications

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Johanna L. Gorki, Roger Lopez-Mañas, Llorenç Sáez, Mattia Menchetti, Nazar Shapoval, Anne Andersen, Dubi Benyamini, Steve Daniels, Aurora García-Berro, Megan S. Reich, Stefano Scalercio, Eric Toro-Delgado, Clement P. Bataille, Christina Domingo-Marimon, Roger Vila, Tomasz Suchan, Gerard Talavera (2024). Pollen metabarcoding reveals the origin and multigenerational migratory pathway of an intercontinental-scale butterfly outbreak.

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Tomasz Suchan, Clement P. Bataille, Megan S. Reich, Eric Toro-Delgado, Roger Vila, Naomi E. Pierce, Gerard Talavera (2024). A trans-oceanic flight of over 4,200 km by painted lady butterflies.

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Sana Ghouri, Megan S. Reich, Roger Lopez-Mañas, Gerard Talavera, Gabriel Bowen, Roger Vila, Valery N. K. Talla, Steve C. Collins, Dino J. Martins, Clement Bataille (2023). A hydrogen isoscape for tracing the migration of terrestrial herbivorous insects across the Afro-Palearctic range.

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Megan S. Reich, Daria Shipilina, Venkat Talla, Farid Bahleman, Khadim Kébé, Johanna L Berger, Niclas Backström, Gerard Talavera, Clement Bataille (2023). Intercontinental panmixia despite distinct migration distances in the trans-Saharan butterfly migrant Vanessa cardui.

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Gerard Talavera, Aurora García-Berro, Valery N. K. Talla, Ivy Ng’iru, Farid Bahleman, Khadim Kébé, Kelvin M. Nzala, Dulce Plasencia, Mohammad A. J. Marafi, Abeje Kassie, Eude O. A. Goudégnon, Martial Kiki, Dubi Benyamini, Megan S. Reich, Roger Lopez-Mañas, Fulvia Benetello, Steve C. Collins, Clement P. Bataille, Naomi E. Pierce, Dino J. Martins, Tomasz Suchan, Mattia Menchetti, Roger Vila (2023). The Afrotropical breeding grounds of the Palearctic-African migratory painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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