RESEARCH INTERESTS:
       I am broadly interested in understanding the factors that shape observed life histories of organisms. My previous research has focused on understanding how broad patterns of adult and juvenile mortality influence clutch size, egg mass and parental care in passerine birds. Currently, I am working on understanding how density-dependent regulation and indirect effects of mortality influence the predicted directions of change in the timing and extent of reproduction in response to changes in mortality. To answer these questions I am conducting field and mescosm experiments using the Trinidadian Guppy system on the island of Trinidad, West Indes.

HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2005-2006: Department of Education, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship ($53,970)
2006-2007: University of California-Riverside Chancellor's Fellowship ($19,000)
Winter Quarter 2007: Department of Education, Graduate Assistance in Areas of NationalNeed (GAANN) Fellowship ($9,824)
2007: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
2008 Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Biology ($7,500)
2008 Exploration Fund, Explorers Club ($1,500)

BOOK CHAPTERS:
Lloyd, P., T.E.Martin, R.L. Redmond, M.M. Hart, U. Langer, and R.D. Bassar. (2006). Assessing the influence of spatial scale on        the relationship between avian nesting success and forest fragmentation: A case study. In J. Wu, et al (eds.),Scaling and Uncertainty    Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications.New York, Columbia University Press.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS:
Martin, T. E., R. D. Bassar, S. K. Bassar, J. J. Fontaine, P. Lloyd, H. A. Mathewson, A. M. Niklison, and A. Chalfoun. 2006. Life-       history and ecological correlates of geographic variation in egg and clutch mass among passerine species. Evolution 60:390-398. pdf
Auer, S., D. M. Logue, R. D. Bassar, and D. E. Gammon. 2007. Nesting biology of the black-bellied wren (Thryothorus        fasciatoventris) in central Panama. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:71-76. pdf
Auer, S., R. D. Bassar, J. J. Fontaine, and T. E. Martin. 2007. Breeding biology of passerine in a subtropical montane forest in        northwestern Argentina. The Condor 109:321-333. pdf
Auer, S. K., R. D. Bassar, and T. E. Martin. 2007. Biparental incubation in the chestnut-vented tit-babbler (Parisoma subcaeruleum):     mates devote equal time, but males keep eggs warmer. Journal of Avian Biology 38:278-283. pdf
Martin, T. E., S.K. Auer, R. D. Bassar, A. Niklison,and P. Lloyd. 2007. Geographic variation in avian incubation periods and        parental influences on embryonic temperature. Evolution. 61: 2558-2569 pdf

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW OR PREP:
Bassar, R. D., S. K. Auer, A. Mammaril,and D. N. Reznick. Life historical correlates of placental reproduction in the fish family        Poeciliidae.
Reznick, D.N., R. D. Bassar. Mechanisms of population regulation and implications for the diversification of life history strategies in    the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata).
Bassar, R. D., M. Marshall, J. Watts, A. Lopez-Sepulcre, and D.N. Reznick. The influence of guppy density and mortality on    community structure and ecosystem processes in a tropical stream.
Reznick, D. N., R.D. Bassar, M. Walsh, M. Turcotte, and M. Torres-Mejia.  A review in support of including density-dependent        population regulation mechanisms in life history evolution studies.