Landscape Ecology of Insects
Yesterday the annual Biology 152 poster session took place in Union South, and three of the more than three hundred and sixty posters in Varsity Hall came from the Gratton Lab. Heidi, Rachel, and I have been mentoring undergraduates through independent research as part of this course. It is a lot of fun and very …
[singlepic id=33 w=320 h=240 float=right]When are multiple species better than one? This question has intrigued ecologists for over a century, and has relevance both for conservation and agriculture. Recently, Ben Werling, Claudio Gratton and their coauthors published work examining the benefits of diversifying potato agroecosystems, both at the top and bottom of the food chain. …
At which scale should conservation of non-crop habitat take place to sustain such important ecosystem services as the control of crop pests? To help understanding the consequences of land-use decisions, Ben Werling and Claudio Gratton examined the impact of local and broad scale landscape structure on the predation of two insect pests of potatoes in …