Landscape Ecology of Insects
Hard work by lab post-doc Christina Locke has paid off – the State of Wisconsin Pollinator Protection is complete! This collaborative effort, spearheaded by DATCP and the Gratton lab (Christina and Claudio), suggests best practices for managing for pollinators across the state of Wisconsin. See the Universtiy of Wisconsin feature on this plan, here!
We had a little fun during our lab meeting this week – take a look at our insect-clad gingerbread house!
Videographers had a chance to catch up with Kiley at her poster to get her research story from this summer. Check it out below!
A nice article from our labmate Kaitlin Stack Whitney in the American Scientist about some common misconceptions people have about pollinator health, declines, and conservation. http://www.americanscientist.org/blog/pub/6-misconceptions-about-saving-the-bees
Kaitlin has been awarded a 2015 Graduate Peer Mentor Award from the UW Graduate school! Congratulations to her for her dedication to training some of the very talented undergraduate scientists our lab is fortunate to host. Additionally, thank you to Kaitlin for helping guide some of the newer graduate students and always providing a wealth …