Expertise:
- Community ecology, Disease ecology, Restoration ecology, Species invasions, Top-down and bottom-control of communities, Animal behavior
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1997
Statement
My research interests span a broad array of basic and applied topics in community ecology including the community ecology of diseases, biological invasions, and restoration ecology. The following are some major research themes: Community ecology of disease; Consumer and resource control of productivity, diversity, and invasibility of communities and ecosystem; Invasion and restoration of grasslands; Invasions and coastal geomorphology and protection; and Behavior- and consumption-mediated effects of consumers on plant communities. For more information see my lab website.
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