David’s dissertation research focuses on the socio-ecological dynamics shaping threatened bearded pig populations in Borneo, at the landscape, regional, and mega-island levels. Some of his questions include: How do natural and anthropogenic barriers affect bearded pig gene flow in a fragmented landscape? What are the motivations and methods for pig hunting among Sabah’s indigenous peoples, and how has hunting changed with modernization? And, what are the broad-scale environmental and social factors correlated with bearded pig occupancy patterns? To approach these issues, David is taking a multidisciplinary approach, involving genetic, social science, and spatial modeling methods.