Research Visiting Research Info Current Projects
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Current Projects
Mapping sexual isolation and sexual selection in nature for a model vertebrate
Testing mechanistic connections between sex, foraging and parasitism along an ecological gradient Dr. Spencer Hall, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Indiana University Timeframe: 2011 - 2014
Management of a new disease of blue spruce in Michigan Dr. Bert Cregg, Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University Dr. Andrew Jarosz, Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology, Michigan State University Dr. Jill O'Donnell, Senior Extension Educator, Michigan State University Extension -- Wexford County Timeframe: 2012 - 2015
Evaluation of species susceptibility and chemical management of Phomopsis spruce decline Dr. Bert Cregg, Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University Dr. Andrew Jarosz, Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology, Michigan State University Dr. Jill O'Donnell, Senior Extension Educator, Michigan State University Extension -- Wexford County Greg Kowaleski, Forestry Resident, Kellogg Experimental Forest Timeframe: 2012 - 2015
Strip tillage and cover cropping for sweet corn and cabbage Erin Haramoto, Graduate Research Fellow, Dept. of Horticulture, Michigan State University Timeframe: 2012 - 2013
Climate change feedbacks from interactions between new and old carbon Dr. Jeff Dukes, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Timeframe: 2010 - 2013
Apple pest monitoring Timeframe: 2010 - 2013 Past Projects
Surveys for the American burying beetle Dr. Michael Penskar, Senior Conservation Scientist, Michigan Natural Features Inventory Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Tradeoffs in the evolution of a pathogen that infects a forest defoliator Dr. Arietta Fleming-Davies, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Predicting impacts of climate change on gypsy moths using a mechanistic model of species interactions PIs: Dr. Gregory Dwyer, Associate Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago Dr. Arietta Fleming-Davies, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Understanding the effects of habitat heterogeneity on mammalian communities in agricultural ecosystems PIs: Dr. Kim Scribner, Professor, Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State University Paige Howell, Graduate Student, Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State University Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Road salt driven meromixis in urban lake ecosystems Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Is anthropogenic environmental disturbance negatively correlated with immunological defenses against pathogens? Timeframe: 2012
Summer cover crops for weed suppression and soil quality in organic vegetable production in the Great Lakes region Carolyn Lowry, Graduate Student, Dept. of Horticulture, Michigan State University Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Alternating cover crop strips for effective weed and nutrient management in organic zone-tillage production Carolyn Lowry, Graduate Student, Dept. of Horticulture, Michigan State University Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
The bass tapeworm: Proteocephalus ambloplitis Kyle Luth, Graduate Student, Wake Forest University Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Sustainable switchgrass: pest interactions Dr. Doug Landis, Professor, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University Dr. Rufus Isaacs, Professor, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Fitting annual winter cereals and red clover into the corn production system to stimulate biofuel biomass production Dr. Kurt Thelen, Professor, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University Todd Martin, Research Assistant, Michigan State University Extension Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Effects of grazing on plant and avian community structure in an experimental grazing system PI: Dr. Brian Maurer, Professor, Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State University Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Multi-scale consequences of rotational diversity in Midwestern agricultural systems Dr. Stuart Grandy, Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire Dr. Erika Marin-Spiotta, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Dr. Jeffrey Bird Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
The importance of natural and anthropogenic features on deer forage use and movements: implications for disease spread and transmission to livestock Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Annual variation in wetland plant community composition Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Influence of forb resources on monarch habitat use Lisa Stelzner, Graduate Student, Dept. of Plant Biology, Michigan State University Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
The causes and consequences of clonal diversity in spatially and temporally varying metapopulations Timeframe: 2010 - 2012
Collaborative Research: Compensatory VS Amplifying Effects of Community Structure on Ecological Systems in Response to Environmental Fluctuations PIs: Dr. Mathew Leibold, University of Texas Amy Downing, Ohio Wesleyan Co-Investigators: Jennifer Howeth, Kristen DeVanna, Elizabeth Perrin, Adrienne Mock, Thomas Conrad Funding Source: National Science Foundation (Award #0235579) Timeframe: 2003 - 2006 IRCEB: The Life History-Physiology Nexus--Constraints on the Evolutionary Diversification of Avian Life Histories PI: Dr. Robert Ricklefs, University of Missouri at St. Louis Co-Investigators: Suzanne Austin-Bythell, Oregon State University Kirk Klasing, University of California @ Davis Doug Robinson, Oregon State University Tara Robinson, Oregon State University Russell Shea, Randolph Macon College Martin Wikelski, Princeton University Funding Source: National Science Foundation (Award #0212587) Timeframe: 2003 - 2005 (Summers) Sperm quality and reproductive success in redwinged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) PI: Dr. Stefan Luepold, University of Sheffield, UK Timeframe: 2004 - 2006 (Summers) FIBR: Causes and Consequences of Recombination PI: Dr. Carla Caceres, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Funding Source: National Science Foundation (Award # 0328516) Timeframe: 2003 - 2008 (Springs) Researcher Sally MacIntyre (University of California @ Santa Barbara) Project Title Collaborative research: Physical limnology for the parasite ecologist Co-Investigators: Dr. Carla Caceres, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Marianne Huebner Funding Source: National Science Foundation Timeframe: 2003 - 2006 (Summers) Collaborative Research: Adaptation of daphniid to digestion resistant resources PI: Dr. William DeMott, Purdue University Funding Source: National Science Foundation (Award #0235474) Timeframe: 2003 - 2006 Collaborative Research: Testing the role of resource heterogeneity and clonal plant integration on plant diversity in grasslands PI: Dr. Heather Reynolds, Indiana University Co-Investigators: Dr. Katherine Gross, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University Dr. Gary Mittelbach, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University Funding Source: National Science Foundation (Award #0235767) Timeframe: 2003 - 2007 RUI: Food quality gradients and exploitation tradeoffs for zooplankton in freshwater lakes PI: Dr. William DeMott, Purdue University Funding Source: National Science Foundation (Award #9983383) Timeframe: 2000 - 2002 The role of host-pathogen coevolution in the population dynamics of an insect-virus interaction PI: Dr. Gregory Dwyer, University of Chicago Funding Source: National Science Foundation (Award #0075461) Timeframe: 2000 - 2003 Collaborative Research: Diapausing eggs and the dynamics of plankton communities Funding Source: National Science Foundation (Award #9816047)
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