A5053795056- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Research Data Management Practices
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
- Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
Rochester Institute of Technology
2017-2025
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2015-2016
Cornell University
2010
Abstract Open science practices such as publishing data and code are transforming water by enabling synthesis enhancing reproducibility. However, research increasingly bridges the physical social domains (e.g., socio‐hydrology), there is potential for well‐meaning researchers to unintentionally violate privacy security of individuals or communities sharing sensitive information. Here we identify contexts in which violations most likely occur, working with high‐resolution spatial from remote...
Landscape composition affects ecosystems services, including agricultural pest management. However, relationships between land use and insects are not well understood, many complexities remain to be explored. Here we examine whether nonagricultural landscapes can directly suppress pests, how multiple spatial scales of concurrently affect insect populations, the regional populations. We tracked densities three specialist corn (Zea mays) pests (Ostrinia nubilalis, European borer; Diabrotica...
Abstract Urbanisation is occurring globally, leading to dramatic environmental changes that are altering the ecology and evolution of species. In particular, expansion human infrastructure loss fragmentation natural habitats in cities predicted increase genetic drift reduce gene flow by reducing size connectivity populations. Alternatively, ‘urban facilitation model’ suggests some species will have greater into within higher diversity lower differentiation urban These alternative hypotheses...
Rapid adaptation during invasion has historically been considered limited and unpredictable. We leverage whole-genome sequencing of >2600 plants across six continents to investigate the relative roles colonization history worldwide Trifolium repens. Introduced populations contain high levels genetic variation with independent histories evident on different continents. Five large structural variants three chromosomes exist as standing within native range, exhibit strong signatures parallel...
Abstract Increases in natural or noncrop habitat surrounding agricultural fields have been shown to be correlated with declines insect crop pests. However, these patterns are highly variable across studies suggesting other important factors, such as abiotic drivers, which rarely included landscape models, may also contribute variability population abundance. The objective of this study was explicitly account for the contribution temperature and precipitation, addition composition, on...
Plastic pollution in oceans, also known as marine debris, is a growing problem at local and global scales. Anthropogenic debris poses serious threat to many species, both through physical harm such ingestion or entanglement by carrying toxins pathogens. This accumulates oceanic gyres, concentrating these effects some specific areas. In addition, may have devastating impacts on tourism fishing-based economies, especially where ocean currents direct this debris. Recently, nonprofit...
The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, an exotic species in North America that has been detected 21 U.S. states and Canada, is a major pest for can reduce maximum photosynthetic capacity yields. Our existing knowledge based on relatively few studies do not span wide variety of environmental conditions, often focus high damaging population pressure. We examined the effects varied populations duration aphids rates yield two experiments. In 2011 field study, we found plants with low...
Abstract Noxious species, i.e., crop pest or invasive alien are major threats to both natural and managed ecosystems. Invasive pests of special importance, knowledge about their distribution abundance is fundamental minimize economic losses prioritize management activities. Occurrence models a common tool used identify suitable zones map priority areas (i.e., risk maps) for noxious species management, although they provide simplified description dynamics no indication on density). An...
Abstract Macrosystem‐scale research is supported by many ecological networks of people, infrastructure, and data. However, no network sufficient to address all macrosystems ecology questions, there much be gained conducting sharing resources across multiple networks. Unfortunately, macrosystem challenging due the diversity expertise skills required, as well issues related data discoverability, veracity, interoperability. The environmental science community could substantially benefit from...
Open science practices such as publishing data and code are transforming water by enabling synthesis enhancing reproducibility. However, research increasingly bridges the physical social domains (e.g., socio-hydrology), there is potential for well-meaning researchers to unintentionally violate privacy security of individuals or communities sharing sensitive information. Here, we identify contexts in which violations most likely occur, working with high-resolution spatial from remote...
Overwintering monarch ( Danaus plexippus ) populations have declined since the 1990s. In response, restoration of milkweeds, including Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed), an important host plant in their breeding grounds, has become increasingly common. However, latitudinal variation milkweed suggests possibility regional adaptation and potential for seed provenance to affect success. Using seeds from 20 throughout range A. , we tested whether mass, germination success, time greenhouse...
Abstract Field guides have been a vital part of biology disciplines for centuries. This article focuses on recent pedagogical innovations in biological fieldwork, fields such as entomology and ecology—specifically, the creation informal field guide photographs that depict insects ecologists-in-training are most likely to encounter them: dead squished cards, nets, other types insect traps. examines training ecology technicians identify collected laboratory. Technicians (whether students or...
Two organizations found ways to be more intentional about encouraging participation by a diverse spectrum of attendees at scientific meetings—the community can learn from their experiences.
Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe authors received no funding for this work.Notes on contributorsKaitlin Stack WhitneyDr. Kaitlin Whitney is an assistant professor in Science, Technology & Society department at Rochester Institute Technology.Kristoffer Kristoffer Technology. They co-parent young deaf children. were inspired write piece after researching comparative...
The use of scientific web applications (SWApps) across biological and environmental sciences has grown exponentially over the past decade or so. Although quantitative evidence for such increased in practice is scant, collectively, we have observed that these tools become more commonplace teaching, outreach, science coproduction (e.g., as decision support tools). Despite popularity SWApps, researchers often receive little no training creating tools. rolling out SWApps can be a relatively...
Understanding how study design and monitoring strategies shape inference within, synthesis across, studies is critical across biological disciplines. Many field are short term limited in scope. Monitoring for informing public health about potential vectors of concern, such as Ixodes scapularis (black-legged ticks). Black-legged ticks a taxon ecological human concern due to their status primary Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that transmits Lyme disease. However, variation black-legged...
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic significantly impacted undergraduate education and fundamentally altered the structure of course delivery in higher education. In field‐based biology ecology courses, where instructors students typically work collaboratively in‐person to collect data, this has been particularly challenging. context, faculty from Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) collaborated with National Observatory (NEON) design five free‐flexible learning projects for use by...
Banff National Park (BNP) is Canada’s oldest national park and a very popular one, with both year-round residents millions of annual visitors. In turn, this means there are several busy road rail transportation routes throughout the park. These factors can have number negative effects on local wildlife. The wildlife crossing structures Trans-Canada Highway in BNP become key conservation tool to conserve biodiversity beyond. As first large-scale operation highway mitigation its kind North...
Scientific culture and structure organize biological sciences in many ways. We make choices concerning the systems questions we study. Our research then amplifies these into factors that influence directions of future by shaping our hypotheses, data analyses, interpretation, publication venues, dissemination via other methods. But are shaped more than objective curiosity-we influenced cultural paradigms reinforced societal upbringing scientific indoctrination during training. This extends to...
Virtual water is heralded as the solution to unequal access freshwater. British geographer John Anthony Allan invented concept, advocating that it would allow water-scarce nations effectively import freshwater through international trade. Yet virtual was not widely adopted until after awarded a prestigious prize for his idea in 2008. While advances modeling have surely also contributed uptake of role prizes on intellectual movements understudied. Increased use has led more nuance—virtual...