A5029381215- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Plant and animal studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Data Analysis with R
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
University of Illinois Chicago
2022-2024
Virginia Commonwealth University
2021-2022
Purdue University West Lafayette
2015-2019
Summary The exponential growth of scientific literature – which we call the ‘big literature’ phenomenon has created great challenges in comprehension and synthesis. traditional manual synthesis processes are often unable to take advantage big due human limitations time cognition, creating need for new methods address this challenge. In paper, discuss a highly useful approach, automated content analysis ( ACA ), not yet been widely adopted fields ecology evolutionary biology. is suite machine...
Aim Stronger inferences about biological invasions may be obtained when accounting for multiple invasion measures and the spatial heterogeneity occurring across large geographic areas. We pursued this enquiry by utilizing a multimeasure, multiregional framework to investigate forest plant at subcontinental scale. Location United States of America (USA). Methods Using empirical data from national survey USA forests, we compiled mapped richness (number invasive species) prevalence (percentage...
Abstract Identifying potentially invasive species and preventing their introduction establishment are of critical importance in invasion ecology land management. Although an extensive body research has been dedicated to identifying traits that confer invasiveness, our current knowledge is still often inconclusive due limitations geographic extent and/or scope analyzed. Here, using a comprehensive set 45 traits, we performed case study displayed by exotic woody plants the United States (U.S.)...
Climate change is expected to impact the distribution of invasive plants, with certain species forecasted expand, contract and/or shift their ranges. However, mechanisms and associated traits driving these distinct biogeographical responses are not well understood. In this study, we investigate relationships between functional niche plant range climate change. We leveraged previously published models for terrestrial plants in United States, as a comprehensive database, assemble dataset...
Abstract Studies of biological invasions at the macroscale or across multiple scales can provide important insights for management, particularly when localized information about invasion dynamics environmental contexts is unavailable. In this study, we performed a analysis roles drivers on local scale high‐profile pest, Lymantria dispar L., with purpose improving prioritization vulnerable areas treatment. Specifically, assessed relative effects various anthropogenic and variables...
Although the impacts of invasive plants on soil ecosystems are widespread, role and invader root traits in structuring microbial communities remain poorly understood. Here, we present a macroecological study investigating how plant invaders their affect communities, spanning data from 377 unique plots across United States sampled multiple times, totaling 632 sampling events 94 species. We found that native harbor different average, with possessing higher specific lengths having tissue...
Conservation requires both a needs assessment and prioritization scheme for planning implementation. Range maps are critical understanding conserving biodiversity, but current range often omit content, negating important metrics of variation in populations places. Here, we integrate myriad conditions that spatially explicit across distributions carnivores to identify gaps capacity necessary their conservation. Expanding on traditional gap analyses focus almost exclusively quantifying...
Forests worldwide are increasingly threatened by a wide range of human-induced socioecological challenges, such as urbanization, invasive species, and climate change. Using automated content analysis, we analyzed 14,855 abstracts published in seven prominent applied forestry journals between 2000 2013 to determine the degree which these publications providing forest managers with information needed address challenges. We found that most articles still focus on more traditional topics (e.g.,...
Abstract BACKGROUND Treatments for the suppression and eradication of insect populations undergo substantial testing to ascertain their efficacy safety, but generally limited spatial temporal scope such studies limit knowledge how contextual factors encountered in operational contexts shape relative success pest management treatments. These potentially include ecological characteristics treated area, or timing treatments phenology weather events. We used an extensive database on over 1000...
Abstract Aim Biological invasions are an escalating environmental challenge due to their substantial ecological and socio‐economic consequences. Accurate near‐term forecasts of future areas occupied by invasive species could enhance the efficiency efficacy invasion monitoring management but spread forecasting models have been developed tested for few thus far. Location Northeastern USA. Methods We a quantitative model forecast 1‐year‐ahead occupancy Lymantria dispar , expanding forest insect...
Abstract Conflicting conservation goals that lead to management tradeoffs are not uncommon in practice. In this study, we explore a potential conflict between the of destructive invasive insect pest, Lymantria dispar , and widely declining iconic species, monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ). Specifically, assess risk exposure susceptible larvae aerial applications Btk Lepidoptera‐specific larvicide used L. suppression eradication. Our findings indicate minimal conservation, as spatial...