Community Ecology & Biodiversity

BIOGRAPHY

Research:

We focus on plant-herbivore interactions and how they are mediated by carnivores and soil-nutrient levels, both at the level of herbivore foraging ecology and plant-herbivore population dynamics. We use a combination of empirical research and mathematical modeling to understand ecosystem structure and function. We deal with a variety of ecosystems and study species, ranging from seabirds on islands in New Zealand to insects and their spider predators in Connecticut old fields.