Landscape Ecology of Insects
With the Autumnal Equinox just around the corner (Saturday the 22nd in fact…) we find the Fall semester here at UW-Madison well under way. The Gratton Lab has is saying “Farewell!” to our postdocs David, who has already left for NEON, and Heidi who will be leaving us shortly for Sewanee. We’ve also added a …
Interested in graduate school? Want to work at an exotic, remote field site near the arctic circle? Interested in the linkages between lakes and land. Then read on! PhD Research Assistantship in Terrestrial Food Web Ecology University of Wisconsin – Madison We are looking for a motivated student interested in pursuing a PhD at the …
From the UW site: Claudio is co-PI on this new effort. $3 million grant to train new scientists to collaborate on conservation challenges By Nicole Miller A new type of forest is taking root in Puerto Rico’s abandoned sugar cane fields. The new stands are full of invasive trees, but they harbor large numbers of …
Our recent projects in the lab have increasingly included native bees and describing how their diversity and assemblages vary as a function of the management of farmland and the landscape around farms. These studies depend in large part on the ability to identify native bees to species. For anyone who has tried this identification of …
The fruits of 2012 have already arrived in Wisconsin! Strawberries are ready to be picked about 20 days earlier than usual. Farmers and consumers have been wondering how the spring temperature swings and frosts will affect this year’s crop yield. My field work takes me to apple orchards throughout Wisconsin, …