We study the dynamics of food webs and ecosystems.
Through analysis of interactions among predators, herbivores, plants and decomposers, we resolve the functional role of species within aboveground and belowground food webs and how those roles determine attendant ecosystem functioning. We combine empirical research with mathematical modeling and deal with a variety of ecosystems and study species, ranging from lions in Kenyan savannas, caribou in Newfoundland boreal forests, to insects and their spider predators in New England grasslands.
Lab News
- Former doctoral student Julia Monk has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at New York University
- Congratulations to Nathalie Sommer on winning the P.E.O. Scholar Award
- Mary Burak was awarded the Voss Postdoctoral Fellowship at Brown
- Congratulations to Vivian Hawkinson for an NSF GRFP and Janey Lienau for an NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
- Dylan Feldmeier won a UK NERC independent research fellowship
- Undergraduate Daviana Berkowitz-Sklar was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship
- Former postdoc James Lichtenstein has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at Sacred Heart University
Recent Publications
Schmitz, O.J., M. Sylvén, T.B. Atwood, E.S. Bakker, F. Berzaghi, J.F. Brodie, J.P.G.M. Cromsigt, A.B. Davies, S.J. Leroux, F.J. Schepers, F.A. Smith, S.Stark, J.-C. Svenning, A. Tilker, H. Ylänne. 2023. Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions. Nature Climate Change.
Ferraro, K.M., A.L. Ferraro, A.Z. Andis, and N.R. Sommer. Revisiting Two Dogmas of Conser- vation Science. Conservation Biology.
Schmitz, O.J. and M. Sylvén. 2023. Animating the carbon cycle: How wildlife conservation can be key to mitigating climate change. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development.
Sommer, N.R., Y.A. Alshwairikh, A.Z. Andis Arietta, D.S. Skelly, R.W. Buchkowski. 2023. Prey metabolic responses to predators depend on predator hunting mode and prey antipredator defenses. Oikos.
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Ferraro, K.M., A.L. Ferraro, A.Z. Andis, and N.R. Sommer. Revisiting Two Dogmas of Conser- vation Science. Conservation Biology.
Schmitz, O.J. and M. Sylvén. 2023. Animating the carbon cycle: How wildlife conservation can be key to mitigating climate change. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development.
Sommer, N.R., Y.A. Alshwairikh, A.Z. Andis Arietta, D.S. Skelly, R.W. Buchkowski. 2023. Prey metabolic responses to predators depend on predator hunting mode and prey antipredator defenses. Oikos.
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