Tyler Roberts is originally from Illinois and earned his BS in Biology from the University of Oregon in 2010. Since then he has worked as a technician, researcher, and biologist on a variety of research projects, from Australia to Alaska. While living in Colorado, Tyler gained valuable experience studying and translocating black-tailed prairie dogs with the Prairie Dog Coalition and Colorado State University. He is currently working towards his MS degree in Biology, with an emphasis on ecology, evolution, and conservation biology at NAU. His research focuses on intraspecific variation in plant traits and their relationships to herbivory within the context of environmental restoration and climate change.