Population, Community & Ecosystem Ecology

Theoretical population and community ecology, population dynamic modeling, spatial ecological theory.

Ecological and evolutionary morphology; understanding ecological forces responsible for the evolution of community structure; species interactions; quantitative morphology (morphometrics).

Research focus is in medical entomology, with emphasis on the interactions between the environment and mosquitoes and between the mosquito and the pathogens it transmits.

I am a wildlife ecologist primarily interested in the causes and consequences of disease in wildlife populations.  My research focuses on characterizing relationships between host ecology and the transmission and distribution of disease, identifying ecological and environmental factors associated with disease outbreaks, and evaluating impacts of disease to wildlife populations.

Evolutionary genetics and population biology of life history variation in snakes. The evolution and persistence of senescence and the menopause in mammals.

Biological processes mediating carbon and mineral transformations in streams and wetlands. Particular interest in the fate and effects of non-point source pollutants in streams and wetlands.

Current research includes studies of: 1) biogeographic analysis of species/habitat relationships using GIS and remotely sensed data, 2) restoration of prairie communities, 3) habitat fragmentation in agroecosystems, and 4) global climate change.

Biology of weeds, including the biodiversity and population genetic structure of weeds; seed dormancy and germinability-dormancy states in soil seed banks. Biology of adaptive traits of weeds in agroecosystems.

Avian population ecology, including capture-recapture, estimation, population modeling, and other similar topics, especially as they apply to non-game birds and endangered species.

Limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, restoration ecology, landscape ecology and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. Watershed studies analyze the influence of the chemical and physical characteristics of aquatic ecosystems on phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and fish. Conservation studies emphasize freshwater mussels.

As a community ecologist, I study the mechanisms that control species diversity as a way to predict the consequences of global change to diversity. My work is centered on testing and developing biodiversity theory using experimental and observational studies of terrestrial plant communities in combination with mathematical and statistical models and simulations.

Forest pathogens and other fungi, including Ceratocystis, Ophiostoma, Heterobasidion and Armillaria, bluestain, bark beetle fungi, diseases of poplar and soybean, and the role of disease in forest ecosystems.

Microbial ecology with an emphasis on carbon and nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems; mechanisms driving decomposition and nutrient cycling responses to climate change; biogeochemistry, plant microbe interactions.

Molecular and experimental evolutionary ecology, primarily of reptiles; the relative impact of environmental and genetic factors on variation in, and evolution of, adaptive physiological traits like sex-determining mechanisms; the genetic structure of, and relationships among, individuals, populations, and higher taxa.

Weed ecology and management; plant population and community ecology; seedbank dynamics; impacts of diversified cropping systems.

Research interests include the spatial dynamics of ecological systems; relationships between ecological pattern and process; disturbance ecology; ecology of invasions; and the application of ecological knowledge in the process of restoration.

Population and conservation genetics of plants and their associated insect herbivores and pollinators. Topics of particular interest include the reproductive dynamics, genetic structuring, and phylogeography of obligate pollination mutualisms (e.g., figs and fig wasps), as well as the reproductive and genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in animal dispersed plant species, especially tropical trees.

Population biology, and development and evaluation of statistical techniques for use in field ecology. Recent projects have involved construction of population models for harvest management of mourning doves, development of new statistical techniques for analysis of habitat selection studies, and breeding ecology of bobwhite quail.

Pollination ecology, effects of GMO plants on native insect species and potential for gene flow between GMO plants and native plants.

Growth, production, habitat, and community relationships of fish in river, lake, and reservoir environments.

Ecology and management of fishes in lake, reservoir, stream, and large river systems; relative influences of abiotic and biotic processes on fish population dynamics and fish assemblage structure.

Terrestrial ecosystems ecology; plant-soil-atmosphere carbon exchanges; nutrient cycling; human and environmental controls over ecosystem processes within forests, grasslands, and agricultural landscapes.

Agroforestry with special emphasis on riparian zone management systems, and the ability of these systems to diversify the landscape, provide wildlife habitat and diverse products for the landowner.

Ecological and Evolutionary genomics of phenotypic plasticity. Life history evolution, conservation and ecological genetics of turtles.

The ecology and restoration of grasslands, especially the effects of disturbance and species diversity on community and ecosystem processes such as primary productivity, CO2 uptake and storage (an important component of global change), and herbivore consumption.

Landscape Ecology, Modeling & Spatial Dynamics

Theoretical population and community ecology, population dynamic modeling, spatial ecological theory.

Estimation of population parameters from recapture data, integration of dispersal behavior into metapopulation modeling, and the effects of habitat fragmentation on predators.

Effects of complex landscapes on the dynamics and structure of animal communities.

Current research includes studies of: 1) biogeographic analysis of species/habitat relationships using GIS and remotely sensed data, 2) restoration of prairie communities, 3) habitat fragmentation in agroecosystems, and 4) global climate change.

Limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, restoration ecology, landscape ecology and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. Watershed studies analyze the influence of the chemical and physical characteristics of aquatic ecosystems on phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and fish. Conservation studies emphasize freshwater mussels.

As a community ecologist, I study the mechanisms that control species diversity as a way to predict the consequences of global change to diversity. My work is centered on testing and developing biodiversity theory using experimental and observational studies of terrestrial plant communities in combination with mathematical and statistical models and simulations.

Research interests include the spatial dynamics of ecological systems; relationships between ecological pattern and process; disturbance ecology; ecology of invasions; and the application of ecological knowledge in the process of restoration.

Terrestrial ecosystems ecology; plant-soil-atmosphere carbon exchanges; nutrient cycling; human and environmental controls over ecosystem processes within forests, grasslands, and agricultural landscapes.

Ecosystem patterning and dynamics, with special emphasis on long time periods and broad spatial scales, as well as sustainable land management.

Systematics, Biodiversity & Biogeography

Neogene marine plankton evolution and cladistics, biostratigraphy, archaeological geology, sedimentary geochemistry, geoscience education, data management.

Systematics, morphology, and evolution of grasses, in particular the woody bamboos.

Insect systematics and aquatic entomology, with research on the morphology, systematics and ecology of aquatic insects.

Effects of complex landscapes on the dynamics and structure of animal communities.

Current research includes studies of: 1)biogeographic analysis of species/habitat relationships using use of GIS and remotely sensed data, 2) restoration of prairie communities, 3) habitat fragmentation in agroecosystems, and 4) global climate change.

Limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, restoration ecology, landscape ecology and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. Watershed studies analyze the influence of the chemical and physical characteristics of aquatic ecosystems on phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and fish. Conservation studies emphasize freshwater mussels.

As a community ecologist, I study the mechanisms that control species diversity as a way to predict the consequences of global change to diversity. My work is centered on testing and developing biodiversity theory using experimental and observational studies of terrestrial plant communities in combination with mathematical and statistical models and simulations.

Mycology and forest pathology with broad interests in evolutionary biology and ecology, emphasizing insect-fungus interactions and the genetics, systematics and evolution of fungi.

Molecular and experimental evolutionary ecology, primarily of reptiles; the relative impact of environmental and genetic factors on variation in, and evolution of, adaptive physiological traits like sex-determining mechanisms; the genetic structure of, and relationships among, individuals, populations, and higher taxa.

Molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and comparative genomics; use of gene order data for the analysis of ancient relationships; evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA with a special emphasis on arthopods and sponges; bioinformatics.

Research interests include the spatial dynamics of ecological systems; relationships between ecological pattern and process; disturbance ecology; ecology of invasions; and the application of ecological knowledge in the process of restoration.

Population and conservation genetics of plants and their associated insect herbivores and pollinators. Topics of particular interest include the reproductive dynamics, genetic structuring, and phylogeography of obligate pollination mutualisms (e.g., figs and fig wasps), as well as the reproductive and genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in animal dispersed plant species, especially tropical trees.

Research interests include the conservation genetics, systematics, and evolution of freshwater organisms, including fishes, molluscs, and crustaceans.

Molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and evolution of developmental pathways; identification of genetic and environmental factors involved in complex trait evolution, with an emphasis on eyes and life history in molluscs.

Plant phylogeny reconstruction, in particular for succulent plant groups including Cactaceae, Aizoaceae, and other families in Order Caryophyllales (Centorspermae); molecular systematics and its use in studying the evolution, adaptation, and biogeography of plants.

Evolutionary divergence between populations and species, speciation mechanisms, and molecular evolution.

Interests are on the ecology and restoration of grasslands, especially the effects of disturbance and species diversity on community and ecosystem processes such as primary productivity, CO2 uptake and storage (an important component of global change), and herbivore consumption.

Physiological & Behavioral Ecology

Physiological, ecological and biophysical aspects of heat and mass exchange between organisms and their environments, with current research on the ecological physiology and biophysical ecology of reptile and avian eggs and embryos.

Research focus is in medical entomology, with emphasis on the interactions between the environment and mosquitoes and between the mosquito and the pathogens it transmits.

Evolutionary processes and genetic structure in natural population of animals, particularly behavioral ecology of birds, and conservation genetics of freshwater mussels.

Ecology and behavior of reintroduced wildlife populations, and the role of mother-daughter associations in ungulate species with rudimentary social organization.

The ecology and physiology of rare, woody plants, particularly taxa associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, species native in disjunct habitats, and plants that evoke interesting questions regarding mechanisms of stress resistance.

Hunter-gatherer diet and subsistence behavior, mobility strategies, and site structure, centering on the behavior of late Ice Age Paleoindian hunter-gatherers on the northwestern Great Plains and in the western Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi River Valley.

Molecular and experimental evolutionary ecology, primarily of reptiles; the relative impact of environmental and genetic factors on variation in, and evolution of, adaptive physiological traits like sex-determining mechanisms; the genetic structure of, and relationships among, individuals, populations, and higher taxa.

The relationship of physiological and morphological characteristics of component species to the structure of prairie, wetland, forest, and agricultural plant communities; functional ecology; sustainable agriculture.

Sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems and strategies; meta-analysis of literature to quantitatively review topics in behavioural ecology.

Behavior of non-human primates, including the influence of ecology on primates and early human feeding, ranging and social behavior. She works in Senegal and sites in the neotropics.

Physiology, ecology and behavior of vertebrates, especially the interaction of reproduction, energetics, aging and environmental stressors, with particular emphasis on field studies in birds.

Physiological ecology of animals, energetics of reproduction and locomotion, water balance in desert organisms.

Ecology and evolution of vertebrate sex determination. Ecological and Evolutionary genomics of phenotypic plasticity. Life history evolution, conservation and ecological genetics of turtles.

Conservation & Restoration Ecology

Evolutionary processes and genetic structure in natural population of animals, particularly behavioral ecology of birds, and conservation genetics of freshwater mussels.

Effects of complex landscapes on the dynamics and structure of animal communities.

Current research includes studies of: 1) biogeographic analysis of species/habitat relationships using GIS and remotely sensed data, 2) restoration of prairie communities, 3) habitat fragmentation in agroecosystems, and 4) global climate change.

Limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, restoration ecology, landscape ecology and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. Watershed studies analyze the influence of the chemical and physical characteristics of aquatic ecosystems on phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and fish. Conservation studies emphasize freshwater mussels.

Ecology and behavior of reintroduced wildlife populations, and the role of mother-daughter associations in ungulate species with rudimentary social organization.

As a community ecologist, I study the mechanisms that control species diversity as a way to predict the consequences of global change to diversity. My work is centered on testing and developing biodiversity theory using experimental and observational studies of terrestrial plant communities in combination with mathematical and statistical models and simulations.

The relationship of physiological and morphological characteristics of component species to the structure of prairie, wetland, forest, and agricultural plant communities; functional ecology; sustainable agriculture.

Population ecology and behavior of grassland birds, both game and non-game.

Research interests include the spatial dynamics of ecological systems; relationships between ecological pattern and process; disturbance ecology; ecology of invasions; and the application of ecological knowledge in the process of restoration.

Population and conservation genetics of plants and their associated insect herbivores and pollinators. Topics of particular interest include the reproductive dynamics, genetic structuring, and phylogeography of obligate pollination mutualisms (e.g., figs and fig wasps), as well as the reproductive and genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in animal dispersed plant species, especially tropical trees.

Population biology, and development and evaluation of statistical techniques for use in field ecology. Recent projects have involved construction of population models for harvest management of mourning doves, development of new statistical techniques for analysis of habitat selection studies, and breeding ecology of bobwhite quail.

Research interests include the conservation genetics, systematics, and evolution of freshwater organisms, including fishes, molluscs, and crustaceans.

Molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and evolution of developmental pathways; identification of genetic and environmental factors involved in complex trait evolution, with an emphasis on eyes and life history in molluscs.

Ecological and Evolutionary genomics of phenotypic plasticity. Life history evolution, conservation and ecological genetics of turtles.

Wetland ecology, especially vegetation dynamics of freshwater wetlands, natural re-vegetation of restored wetlands, creation and restoration of tree islands in the Everglades, and effectiveness of restored wetlands as sinks for nutrients in agricultural runoff.

Interests are on the ecology and restoration of grasslands, especially the effects of disturbance and species diversity on community and ecosystem processes such as primary productivity, CO2 uptake and storage (an important component of global change), and herbivore consumption.

Agroecology

Biology of weeds, including the biodiversity and population genetic structure of weeds; seed dormancy and germinability-dormancy states in soil seed banks. Biology of adaptive traits of weeds in agroecosystems.

Statistical ecology, population modeling, as well as rare plant biology and management.

Ecology and epidemiology of diseases of fruit and vegetable crops. Emphasis is on developing and evaluating more cost-efficient, environmentally friendly management tactics.

Weed ecology and management; plant population and community ecology; seedbank dynamics; impacts of diversified cropping systems.

Population ecology, population growth modeling, disease assessment, and crop loss modeling.

Research is focused on developing ecologically and economically sustainable insect pest management programs for soybean.

Pollination ecology, effects of GMO plants on native insect species and potential for gene flow between GMO plants and native plants.

Ecosystem patterning and dynamics, with special emphasis on long time periods and broad spatial scales, as well as sustainable land management.

Natural Resources Ecology & Management

Research interests include forest ecosystem ecology, restoration ecology, and ecosystem management, focusing on the role of anthropogenic and natural disturbance in both temperate and tropical ecosystems.

I am a wildlife ecologist primarily interested in the causes and consequences of disease in wildlife populations.  My research focuses on characterizing relationships between host ecology and the transmission and distribution of disease, identifying ecological and environmental factors associated with disease outbreaks, and evaluating impacts of disease to wildlife populations.

Avian population ecology, including capture-recapture, estimation, population modeling, and other similar topics, especially as they apply to non-game birds and endangered species.

Limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, restoration ecology, landscape ecology and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. Watershed studies analyze the influence of the chemical and physical characteristics of aquatic ecosystems on phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and fish. Conservation studies emphasize freshwater mussels.

Ecology and epidemiology of diseases of fruit and vegetable crops. Emphasis is on developing and evaluating more cost-efficient, environmentally friendly management tactics.

Applied ecology as it relates to managing trees for various uses. Special emphasis on genetic variation in the response to competition.

Population ecology and behavior of grassland birds, both game and non-game.

Population ecology, population growth modeling, disease assessment, and crop loss modeling.

Population biology, and development and evaluation of statistical techniques for use in field ecology. Recent projects have involved construction of population models for harvest management of mourning doves, development of new statistical techniques for analysis of habitat selection studies, and breeding ecology of bobwhite quail.

Growth, production, habitat, and community relationships of fish in river, lake, and reservoir environments.

Ecology and management of fishes in lake, reservoir, stream, and large river systems; relative influences of abiotic and biotic processes on fish population dynamics and fish assemblage structure.

Ecosystem patterning and dynamics, with special emphasis on long time periods and broad spatial scales, as well as sustainable land management.

Agroforestry with special emphasis on riparian zone management systems, and the ability of these systems to diversify the landscape, provide wildlife habitat and diverse products for the landowner.

Evolutionary Ecology

Physiological, ecological and biophysical aspects of heat and mass exchange between organisms and their environments, with current research on the ecological physiology and biophysical ecology of reptile and avian eggs and embryos.

Ecological and evolutionary morphology; understanding ecological forces responsible for the evolution of community structure; species interactions; quantitative morphology (morphometrics).

Evolutionary genetics and population biology of life history variation in snakes. The evolution and persistence of senescence and the menopause in mammals.

Effects of complex landscapes on the dynamics and structure of animal communities.

Current research includes studies of: 1) biogeographic analysis of species/habitat relationships using GIS and remotely sensed data, 2) restoration of prairie communities, 3) habitat fragmentation in agroecosystems, and 4) global climate change.

Biology of weeds, including the biodiversity and population genetic structure of weeds; seed dormancy and germinability-dormancy states in soil seed banks. Biology of adaptive traits of weeds in agroecosystems.

Limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, restoration ecology, landscape ecology and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. Watershed studies analyze the influence of the chemical and physical characteristics of aquatic ecosystems on phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and fish. Conservation studies emphasize freshwater mussels.

Molecular and experimental evolutionary ecology, primarily of reptiles; the relative impact of environmental and genetic factors on variation in, and evolution of, adaptive physiological traits like sex-determining mechanisms; the genetic structure of, and relationships among, individuals, populations, and higher taxa.

Sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems and strategies; meta-analysis of literature to quantitatively review topics in behavioural ecology.

Weed ecology and management; plant population and community ecology; seedbank dynamics; impacts of diversified cropping systems.

Research interests include the spatial dynamics of ecological systems; relationships between ecological pattern and process; disturbance ecology; ecology of invasions; and the application of ecological knowledge in the process of restoration.

Population biology, and development and evaluation of statistical techniques for use in field ecology. Recent projects have involved construction of population models for harvest management of mourning doves, development of new statistical techniques for analysis of habitat selection studies, and breeding ecology of bobwhite quail.

Growth, production, habitat, and community relationships of fish in river, lake, and reservoir environments.

Pollination ecology, effects of GMO plants on native insect species and potential for gene flow between GMO plants and native plants.

Physiology, ecology and behavior of vertebrates, especially the interaction of reproduction, energetics, aging and environmental stressors, with particular emphasis on field studies in birds.

Ecological and Evolutionary genomics of phenotypic plasticity. Life history evolution, conservation and ecological genetics of turtles.

Interests are on the ecology and restoration of grasslands, especially the effects of disturbance and species diversity on community and ecosystem processes such as primary productivity, CO2 uptake and storage (an important component of global change), and herbivore consumption.

Population, Quantitative & Evolutionary Genetics

I am a wildlife ecologist primarily interested in the causes and consequences of disease in wildlife populations.  My research focuses on characterizing relationships between host ecology and the transmission and distribution of disease, identifying ecological and environmental factors associated with disease outbreaks, and evaluating impacts of disease to wildlife populations.

Evolutionary processes and genetic structure in natural population of animals, particularly behavioral ecology of birds, and conservation genetics of freshwater mussels.

Evolutionary genetics and population biology of life history variation in snakes. The evolution and persistence of senescence and the menopause in mammals.

Mycology and forest pathology with broad interests in evolutionary biology and ecology, emphasizing insect-fungus interactions and the genetics, systematics and evolution of fungi.

Molecular and experimental evolutionary ecology, primarily of reptiles; the relative impact of environmental and genetic factors on variation in, and evolution of, adaptive physiological traits like sex-determining mechanisms; the genetic structure of, and relationships among, individuals, populations, and higher taxa.

Population and conservation genetics of plants and their associated insect herbivores and pollinators. Topics of particular interest include the reproductive dynamics, genetic structuring, and phylogeography of obligate pollination mutualisms (e.g., figs and fig wasps), as well as the reproductive and genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in animal dispersed plant species, especially tropical trees.

Research interests include the conservation genetics, systematics, and evolution of freshwater organisms, including fishes, molluscs, and crustaceans.

Molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and evolution of developmental pathways; identification of genetic and environmental factors involved in complex trait evolution, with an emphasis on eyes and life history in molluscs.

Ecological and Evolutionary genomics of phenotypic plasticity. Life history evolution, conservation and ecological genetics of turtles.

Environmental Statistics, Stochastic Modeling, and
Quantitative Ecology & Evolution

Theoretical population and community ecology, population dynamic modeling, spatial ecological theory.

Dean Adams

Ecological and evolutionary morphology; understanding ecological forces responsible for the evolution of community structure; species interactions; quantitative morphology (morphometrics).

Estimation of population parameters from recapture data, integration of dispersal behavior into metapopulation modeling, and the effects of habitat fragmentation on predators.

Effects of complex landscapes on the dynamics and structure of animal communities.

Statistical ecology, population modeling, as well as rare plant biology and management.

Limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, restoration ecology, landscape ecology and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. Watershed studies analyze the influence of the chemical and physical characteristics of aquatic ecosystems on phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos and fish. Conservation studies emphasize freshwater mussels.

Forest pathogens and other fungi, including Ceratocystis, Ophiostoma, Heterobasidion and Armillaria, bluestain, bark beetle fungi, diseases of poplar and soybean, and the role of disease in forest ecosystems.

Molecular and experimental evolutionary ecology, primarily of reptiles; the relative impact of environmental and genetic factors on variation in, and evolution of, adaptive physiological traits like sex-determining mechanisms; the genetic structure of, and relationships among, individuals, populations, and higher taxa.

Statistical modeling of ecological relations. Current work includes the use of Markov Random Field specifications of conditional distributions in random parameter models that require dependence, such as in repeated measures and spatial applications.

Recent projects include applications of logistic regression models in testing theories of reaction of emergent wetland plant species to changing water levels, assessing effects of habitat on nest predation and abundance of bird species, cluster analysis of habitats, and uses of classification trees.

Research interests include: relation algebras, logic, combinatorics, computer science, and mathematical biology.

Research interests include the spatial dynamics of ecological systems; relationships between ecological pattern and process; disturbance ecology; ecology of invasions; and the application of ecological knowledge in the process of restoration.

Population and conservation genetics of plants and their associated insect herbivores and pollinators. Topics of particular interest include the reproductive dynamics, genetic structuring, and phylogeography of obligate pollination mutualisms (e.g., figs and fig wasps), as well as the reproductive and genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in animal dispersed plant species, especially tropical trees.

Interests include use of statistics in natural sciences, with particular emphasis on survey statistics for natural resource inventories and statistical methods for population and community ecology.

Population ecology, population growth modeling, disease assessment, and crop loss modeling.

Population biology, and development and evaluation of statistical techniques for use in field ecology. Recent projects have involved construction of population models for harvest management of mourning doves, development of new statistical techniques for analysis of habitat selection studies, and breeding ecology of bobwhite quail.