About the lab
We study the application of ecological principles to the conservation of biodiversity, from individual rare animals to all species living within a community to species effects on ecosystems and people. We are focused on strategies like use of habitat corridors that are intended to overcome the negative effects of habitat loss and fragmentation and the effects of land use intensity in diversified agricultural landscapes that increase ecosystem services such as pollination. Learn more about our current lab members and collaborators.
Lab news & announcements
Katherine’s new paper in Ecology shows that corridors and edges affect a suite of plant-arthropod interactions
Wendy Leuenburger’s paper in PNAS shows that nearly half of US Midwest butterfly species are declining, rapidly
Jeannine Richards new paper in Frontiers in EE revisits Ellen Damschen’s 2005; ecology texts are not updating representation of scientists as fast as you’d think
Tyson’s paper in Ecology Letters shows that climate warming, by increasing number of generations, generally increase butterfly population growth
New study resolves a half-century debate. Fragmentation reduces biodiversity. Check out story on ConservationCorridor
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