RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Effects of fragmentation and introduced species on biodiversity of the southeastern United States; plant-animal interactions; biology of social insects; effects of herbivores on plant communities; behavioral ecology and conservation biology.

CURRENT RESEARCH:

• Tropical plant population responses to mammalian and insect herbivory. With W. Carson, U. of Pittsburgh.
• Organization of the foraging system in leafcutting ants (Atta and Acromyrmex), with Martin Burd, Monash University, Australia.
• Herbivory patterns and the responses of plant individuals, populations and communities
  Impact of the invasive tree species Sapium sebiferum on ecosystem properties and food webs of bottomland forests