My research focuses on the incoporation of exotic species into mutualistic and antagonistic food webs. How do exotics aquire mutualists and natural enemies in their new environs, and to what consequence?
Species: Terrestrial Invertebrates, Terrestrial plants, European fire ant (Myrmica rubra), Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), Earthworms, Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Burning bush (Euonymus alatus),
Ecosystems: Forest, Sonoran Desert
Research Areas: Impacts (ecological), Mapping/modelling
