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We are a conservation ecology lab based at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. |
Our research investigates how birds and insects interact with each other and their habitats in human-dominated landscapes, with a goal of advancing biodiversity conservation in a rapidly changing world. We focus multi-trophic interactions, species with specialized life histories, and the mechanisms by which urbanization, habitat management, and global change reshape ecological communities.
To answer these questions, we combine field experiments, biodiversity monitoring, molecular approaches, and ecological modeling. Our integrative, interdiciplinary approach connects ecological theory with applied conservation, producing science that helps land managers and communities implement effective, evidence-based actions that support both biodiversity and people.
While the lab group is based at a nonprofit research institution, we maintain active collaborations with universities and partner organizations. We are also committed to science communication, art-science collaborations, and fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in ecology and conservation.
To answer these questions, we combine field experiments, biodiversity monitoring, molecular approaches, and ecological modeling. Our integrative, interdiciplinary approach connects ecological theory with applied conservation, producing science that helps land managers and communities implement effective, evidence-based actions that support both biodiversity and people.
While the lab group is based at a nonprofit research institution, we maintain active collaborations with universities and partner organizations. We are also committed to science communication, art-science collaborations, and fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in ecology and conservation.
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A few of the research topics our work falls under:
food webs and trophic relationships, plant-animal interactions, insect-bird interactions, habitat and resource selection, urban ecology, behavioral ecology, network analysis, conservation, invasive and nonnative plants, novel ecosystems, stable isotopes, community ecology, macroecology, data science
food webs and trophic relationships, plant-animal interactions, insect-bird interactions, habitat and resource selection, urban ecology, behavioral ecology, network analysis, conservation, invasive and nonnative plants, novel ecosystems, stable isotopes, community ecology, macroecology, data science
