Once a year, there is an annual Bioblitz that takes place in different locations, generally parks or natural areas that are protected, around Oklahoma. These have occured for the past 15 years in this state and I think really help bring together a diversity of people who love nature. Priscilla Crawford leads the organization of theseContinue reading “Oklahoma BioBlitz 2018”
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Quantifying invertebrate responses to nutrient additions in North American grasslands
A slight delay in posts as I have been gone or busy writing up portions of my dissertation. In September, our lab finished off the last sampling on the SALT grant for the year at three locations in the midwest United States. Having never visited two of these states before, I was quite excited toContinue reading “Quantifying invertebrate responses to nutrient additions in North American grasslands”
NEW PAPER OUT! The role of temperature in competition and persistence of an invaded ant assemblage
Third paper of 2018 is out in Ecological Entomology! Here we look at daily temperature changes, and how such changes regulate activity of red imported fire ants and other native species. This was a pretty fun project that arose from observations during data collection for my first dissertation chapter. Specifically, I was noticing that fireContinue reading “NEW PAPER OUT! The role of temperature in competition and persistence of an invaded ant assemblage”
NEW PAPER OUT! Using metabolic and thermal ecology to predict temperature dependent ecosystem activity: a test with prairie ants
Second paper of 2018 is out in Ecology! This one was led by Rebecca Prather, fellow graduate student in the Kaspari lab, and demonstrates how seasonal and daily temperature differences affect foraging for resources by ants. The abstract is listed below and sums up some of the key results… “As ecosystems warm, ectotherm consumer activity shouldContinue reading “NEW PAPER OUT! Using metabolic and thermal ecology to predict temperature dependent ecosystem activity: a test with prairie ants”
Summer is here…
2018 will be my last field season as a PhD student, which is a bittersweet thing to think about. This summer I will be headed back to one of my favorite places to do research, the University of Oklahoma Biological Station. Here I will be collecting more data on the traits of ants, running some behavioral trialsContinue reading “Summer is here…”
The Ants of Oklahoma Project is now funded by The Alongside Wildlife Foundation
We were recently awarded a grant from The Alongside Wildlife Foundation to support our citizen science research project: The Ants of Oklahoma! For the past few years, Diane and I have been talking and writing about some of the cool ants we have discovered in Oklahoma. In 2017, we decided we could do more. BasedContinue reading “The Ants of Oklahoma Project is now funded by The Alongside Wildlife Foundation”
Media coverage of our paper examining how floods impact invertebrate communities
Our recent work on the 2015 flood at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station and its impact on invertebrate communities was just covered in a EurekAlert from AAAS and by the Entomology Today blog hosted by the Entomological Society of America. You can find links to both below. EurekAlert: [CLICK HERE] Entomology Today Blog: [CLICK HERE] Paper:Continue reading “Media coverage of our paper examining how floods impact invertebrate communities”
NEW PAPER OUT! Disturbance mediates homogenization of above and belowground invertebrate communities
Our manuscript about the impact of flooding on invertebrate communities at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station (UOBS) has been officially accepted at Environmental Entomology! This project has some interesting origins. In between my written and oral comprehensive exams, I desperately wanted to be outside doing well….anything. We had heard that an area of the UOBSContinue reading “NEW PAPER OUT! Disturbance mediates homogenization of above and belowground invertebrate communities”
New year, New goals
This time of year is always nice to take a break, relax, think back on the past year, and plan for the future. 2017 was incredibly exciting and contained memories I will never forget. Top 5 moments… Diane and I traveled to England. Collected ants across the US from Massachusetts to California. Published my firstContinue reading “New year, New goals”
NEON ANTS Fieldwork Finale
Fieldwork for NEON ants is now complete. From Oregon to Southern California across to Florida and then up to Massachusetts—35 sites were resampled in deserts, grasslands, and forests. There is a hell of a lot of data from this project and I am very grateful that I was able to partake in part of it.Continue reading “NEON ANTS Fieldwork Finale”
Roeder Lab 