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Species interactions can regulate a population’s density and therefore can act as a selective force on that population. Such evolutionary responses have the potential to feedback and change ecological interactions between species. For...
Drivers of animal movement, including abiotic factors such as environmental conditions or climate and biotic factors such as species interactions and reproduction, are classic topics in ecology and relevant to both basic and applied...
Early-life experience can influence behaviors that are important for survival and reproduction, two key elements of individual fitness. However, identifying a mechanism linking early-life experience to late-life behavior is a major...
Ecosystem engineers can have complex effects on communities through a variety of direct and indirect pathways. Describing these effects is a necessary step in understanding and predicting the effects of engineer species. Red Grouper ...
Biological hard materials are a remarkable class of materials combining large volumes of mineral with minute organic components into often complex, hierarchical microstructural arrangements. These intricate microstructures offer ideal...
This study examines the evolutionary history of the cosmopolitan beaksedge tribe Rhynchosporeae (ca. 386 spp.; Cyperaceae) using phylogenetics. Taxon sampling covers 25 of the 28 taxonomic sections proposed for the tribe. I compare a...
Ecological systems are dynamic, yet many experimental studies examine plant-herbivore interactions as from a simple, static, or single perspective. Reciprocal interactions can have profound effects on communities, and ignoring such...
Ontogenetic growth can profoundly affect the ability of organisms to perform ecologically-relevant feeding tasks that ultimately impact survival. In particular, bite-force generation is exceedingly important for vertebrates that process...
In the North Pacific, seamounts are important ecological hotspots for deep-sea species found below 200 m. Connectivity of deep-sea fauna in this area is of great interest to fisheries and conservation management for possible restoration...
My dissertation work involves the study of how marine communities develop in the context of local and regional processes. In particular, I am interested in how diversity in a community can be affected through processes such as habitat...
Biocrusts have been shown to affect the ecological conditions in a variety of habitats, involving abiotic mechanisms such as soil moisture retention, nitrogen-rich biomass additions, changing soil physical properties, as well as direct...
The process of adaptive evolution is complex, determined in part by the set of beneficial mutations available to adapting populations, the distribution of their effects, and the extents to which pleiotropy and epistasis impact the...
Competition for shared consumable resources is an important form of competition and has been investigated using mechanistic models of consumer and resource growth. The shape of the relationship between consumption and resource density...
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common form of dementia. Like many neurological disorders, Alzheimer’s disease has a sex-biased epidemiological profile, affecting approximately twice as many...
Seagrasses meadows are extremely productive ecosystems that serve as habitats for a wide variety of species. These foundation species also perform important ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, stabilizing sediments, and carbon...
Harvester ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex collect and deposit many items on top of their nests. Although these deposits, or depots, may be colossal there is very little known about them. This research is a case study of the depots in the...
Nesting distributions of animals vary from isolated individuals to large colonies of breeding individuals and they can be influenced by numerous factors, including environmental conditions, relatedness and social interactions. Parrots...
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