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University of Colorado
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Kaitlyn’s paper is now out in Oikos!
Lincoln and Asia received awards for their presentations in the in Phoenix!
Check out Anna's interview about her in the
Asia has been awarded a USDA NIFA predoctoral fellowship!
Asia's paper is out in Urban Ecosystems! Press from CU-Boulder Today!
Anna's paper is out in Ecology! Press from CU-Boulder Today, , and !
Press release on fire ants study in Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
Co-authored paper led by in out in Functional Ecology
Working group paper led by on is out in Trends in Ecology and Evolution
is published in Freshwater Science!
Welcome Lincoln Taylor! Lincoln is a new PhD student in the lab co-advised by Sammy Ramsey.
Julian was invited to share our research on corridors and plant-pollinator interactions on the . Thank you to Matt Candeias for the invitation and for running such a great podcast!
Andrew's paper on is out in Western North American Naturalist
Andrew's paper is out in Ecosphere where he asks .
We're thrilled to have a new postdoc, Leana Zoller, join the lab. Welcome, Leana!
Congrats to Anna Paraskevopoulos on publishing her REU project with Lars Brudvig and Chris Catano in Restoration Ecology! .
New paper out in Ecological Entomology! Resasco, J., Burt, M.A., Orrock, J.L., Haddad, N.M., Shoemaker, D. & Levey, D.J. . We found that the corridor effect we observed in a on polygyne fire ants (+) and native ants (-) diminishes over > decade. Here’s the key figure.
So fun dying silk scarves using cochineal scale insects for our Insect Biology lab with
A warm welcome to the newest member of our lab, PhD student Casey Carroll. Casey recently received a MS from UF Entomology with Adam Dale and is interested in insect community ecology, ecosystem disturbance and conservation. Welcome Casey!
Anna, Andrew, Claire, Benjamin and Julian went to the Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting in Montreal to present their research.
Victoria Alarcon Macias presented a fantastic poster on community gardens and insect biodiversity at the SMART program symposium. Congrats to Victoria and her outstanding mentor Asia Kaiser!
Postdoc opportunity in the lab! Details here: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Postdoctoral-Associate/39836
Congrats to Andrew on the defense of his Masters thesis on the natural history and distribution of a rare, high elevation endemic plant, Telesonix jamesii. Bravo Andrew!
Julian and Rob Fletcher's paper was selected for the 2021 in Landscape Ecology
Mairead defended her outstanding Honors Thesis "THE IMPACT OF NUISANCE BLOOMS OF THE FRESHWATER DIATOM DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA ON INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN STREAMS". Congrats Mairead!
has co-authored a cool new paper in Ecological Entomology with and on . Way to go Anna!
Our lab's field season ~1sec/day
Julian is presenting at. Watch the presentation here
is off to UC San Diego to start her PhD in the . Good luck and best wishes, Jess!
The field season is in full swing. Lots of exciting projects happening on Pikes Peak, Niwot/MRS, Boulder, and South Carolina.
Julian and co-authors and have a new paper out in Ecology! We did this study over several years at CU's Mountain Research Station and found that . Press: CU-Boulder, .
Lots of good news this month:
Anna received funding from Boulder OSMP, the Bev Sears fund, EBIO, and CU Museum of Natural History for her work on
Andrew received funding from the Colorado Native Plant Society and EBIO for his work on the rare plant Telesonix jamesii
Claire received funding from EBIO for her work on soil fauna
Katilyn received funding from CanBee Cocktails for her work on bumblebees
Julian is honored to have been selected as an by the Ecological Society of America. Press: CU A&S Magazine
New paper led by is out in Ecological Entomology,
Julian and have a new paper out in Landscape Ecology on how .
EBIO Diversity Statment: "We celebrate our differences and embrace our shared humanity. The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is firmly rooted in an understanding that diverse backgrounds and perspectives promote growth and resilience in our society and our science. By continually refining inclusive practices and removing biases in mentoring, outreach, recruitment, research, and teaching, we seek to empower the next generation of ecologists and evolutionary biologists to advance science through justice, equity, and inclusion."
New paper! by Drew Prinster, Julian, and , just published in Ecology and Evolution
We've had a couple of papers published stemming from a on temporal dynamics of mutualistic networks organized by and . One is, a Reviews and Synthesis paper led by and , just published in Ecology Letters. The other is, , a quantitative synthesis led by , published in Oikos which was selected as Editor's Choice. Such a blast to collaborate with this international group of fantastic ecologists!
The new academic year is underway. We had our first lab meeting, masked and with socal distaning, at the foot of the flatirons.
Check out some our talks (and collaborators') at the virual conference
Claire Winfrey and Kimberly Sheldon (Claire's work from her Masters):
Julian Resasco, Ana MartÃn González, and Diego Vázquez: organized "Inspire" session on (intro talk on )
Julian Resasco, Natacha Chacoff, and Diego Vázquez: (also on )
Topher Weiss-Lehman (University of Wyoming) and Julian Resasco:
Drew Prinster, Julian Resasco, and Cesar Nufio:
Melissa Burt, Nick Haddad, and Julian Resasco:Anna, Andrew, Kaitlyn, and Julian have been in the field this summer collecting data on plant pollinator interactions and eating licorice!
EBIO Solidarity Statement #BlackLivesMatter
This summer Anabella Miller, undergraduate at New Mexico Highlands University, will be working with us, , and Irfan Alam on how landscape context affects apple tree ecology.
The lab keeps growing -- Kaitlyn Barthell has joined the lab as a B. A. / M. A. student. Welcome Kaitlyn!
Lots of exciting news! Anna Paraskevopoulos and will be joining the lab in the fall as PhD students (Claire co-advised by ). Anna was just awarded a 2020 NSF-GRFP and Claire will be coming in with a 2019 NSF-GRFP!
Our new research technitan, Anna Paraskevopoulos, has joined the lab. Welcome Anna!
New paper from the Corridor Project team on how connectivity beniefits plant biodiversity. Out now in Science ! . Press: , , , .
Meet the lab!
Meta-analysis on a decade of testing corridor efficacy is out in Current Landscape Ecology Reports​ .