Total listings: 134

Name: Allen, Jenica (Researcher)

Institution: University of Massachusetts

Description of Expertise:

My research centers on understanding and forecasting invasive terrestrial plant distributions and abundances. I work at local, landscape, and continental scales to identify patterns and mechanisms of invasions in the face of climate and land use change.

Website: http://people.umass.edu/jenicaa/

Countries: United States, Japan

States: California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington

Species: Terrestrial plants, Wetland plants, Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Barberry (Berberis thunbergii), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculata), Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), Olive, Saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora)

Ecosystems: Forest

Research Areas: Human dimensions, Species demography, Mapping/modelling

Last updated: July 15, 2016 at 3:24 pm

Name: Amatangelo, Kathryn (Researcher)

Institution: The College at Brockport, SUNY

Description of Expertise:

My research focuses on the impacts of exotic and native invasive species on plant communities and ecosystems in wetlands and forests. I combine tool and methods from physiological, community, ecosystem, and paleoecology to link changes at the community scale to ecosystem impacts. I am also interested in the mechanisms behind invasion, particulary the contribution of phenotypic plasticity and unique physiological traits to invasive species success.

Website: http://holly2.brockport.edu/~kamatang/

States: California, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin

Species: Terrestrial plants, Wetland plants, Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculata), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.), Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), Wisteria (Wisteria spp.), Swallow-wort, Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea), Common reed (Phragmites australis), Narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia), Hybrid cattail (Typha x glauca)

Ecosystems: Forest, Grassland, Wetland

Research Areas: Other, Mapping/modelling

NY Regions: Finger Lakes

Last updated: June 24, 2016 at 3:20 pm

Name: Anadon, Jose (Researcher)

Institution: Queens College, City University of New York

Description of Expertise:

Determinant of invasion success, with particular focus on the role of niche. Use of dynamics models to simulate the spread of species.

Website: https://anadonlab.wordpress.com/

Countries: Portugal, Spain

Ecosystems: Agricultural, Forest

Research Areas: Mapping/modelling, Species demography

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Aronson, Myla (Researcher)

Institution: Rutgers University

Description of Expertise:

My research and applied work focuses on the conservation, restoration, and maintenance of biodiversity in human dominated landscapes. I am specifically interested in invasive species impacts and management and the ecological function of restored communities as well as understanding which species are best adapted to urban conditions.

States: Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Dakota

Species: Terrestrial plants, Wetland plants, Barberry (Berberis thunbergii), Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.), Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), Mile-a-minute vine (Persicaria perfoliata), Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculata), Privet (Ligustrum spp.), Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima), Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

Ecosystems: Forest, Grassland, Urban, Wetland

Research Areas: Impacts (ecological)

NY Regions: Finger Lakes, Lower Hudson, Long Island

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Ashpole, Sara (Researcher)

Institution: St. Lawrence University

Description of Expertise:

Since 1999, Sara’s research has been collaborative with NGO, government, First Nation peoples, and private landowners examining cumulative impacts to amphibian, reptile, and turtle populations in the Great Lakes and the South Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. Projects include long term amphibian population monitoring, wetland restoration and rehabilitation, road ecology, alien vertebrate species mitigation, agricultural eco-toxicology, landowner stewardship, community outreach and education.

Phone: (315) 229-5890

Website: https://www.stlawu.edu/people/sara-ashpole

Countries: Canada

Species: Aquatic vertebrates, American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus),

Ecosystems: Agricultural , Grassland, Riparian, Urban , Wetland

Research Areas: Extension and education, Human dimensions, Species demography, Impacts (ecological)

Last updated: June 4, 2019 at 2:37 pm

Name: Auker, Linda (Researcher)

Institution: St. Lawrence University

Description of Expertise:

My current research interests include: / / – impacts of invasive epibionts (organisms that overgrow other organisms) on basibiont (the organism being overgrown) biology, including stress; / / – long term distribution patterns in invasive species to better understand factors limiting their distribution.

Countries: New Zealand

States: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

Species: Aquatic invertebrates, Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus spp.), Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), Carpet sea squirt (Didemnum vexillum),

Ecosystems: Marine

Research Areas: Impacts (ecological), Mapping/modelling

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Ayres, Matthew (Researcher)

Institution: Dartmouth College

Phone: (603) 646-2788

Website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~mpayres/

Countries: Argentina, Portugal, South Africa, Spain

Species: Terrestrial Invertebrates, Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), Sawyer beetles (Monochamus scutellatus, M. notatus), Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio),

Ecosystems: Forest

Research Areas: Species demography

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Baines, Stephen (Researcher)

Institution: Stony Brook University

Description of Expertise:

My research concerns the role that organisms play in biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nutrient elements, and toxic contaminant elements. I am particularly interested in elucidating the traits that seem to be most critical for determining such effects, so that we can generalize across species and predict responses to community change.

Phone: 6316321092

Countries: United States

States: New York

Species: Aquatic invertebrates, Wetland plants, Mussel, zebra (Dreissena polymorpha), Common reed (Phragmites australis)

Ecosystems: Freshwater, Marine, Wetland

Research Areas: Impacts, Invasive species mapping or modelling

NY Regions: Long Island, Lower Hudson, Capital Mohawk

Last updated: May 13, 2019 at 12:28 pm

Name: Bang, Alok (Researcher)

Institution: Alternative Agriculture Resource Centre

Description of Expertise:

My research is on invasive insects in Mediterranean Europe and South Asia.

Countries: France, India

Species: Terrestrial invertebrates, Argentine ant,

Ecosystems: Agricultural , Forest, Grassland

Research Areas: Impacts, Species demography

Related Publications:

Title: Industrial rearing of edible insects could be a major source of new biological invasions
Citation: Bang, A., & Courchamp, F. (2020). Industrial rearing of edible insects could be a major source of new biological invasions. Ecology Letters.
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ele.13646

Title: Opinion: Biodiversity conservation during a global crisis: Consequences and the way forward
Citation: Bang, A., & Khadakkar, S. (2020). Opinion: Biodiversity conservation during a global crisis: Consequences and the way forward. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(48), 29995-29999.
Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/48/29995.short

Title: Live-in if you must: density-dependent nest-sharing between two competitive ant species
Citation: Alok, B., Luque, G. M., & Courchamp, F. (2017). Live-in if you must: density-dependent nest-sharing between two competitive ant species. Current Science, 112(8), 1631-1632.
Link: https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/112/08/1631.pdf

Last updated: February 9, 2021 at 11:41 am

Name: Beaton, Laura (Researcher)

Institution: York College, CUNY

Countries: Canada

States: Missouri

Species: Terrestrial plants, Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Chinese bushclower (Lespedeza cuneata), Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), Dames rocket (Hesperis matronalis),

Ecosystems: Forest, Grassland, Urban

Research Areas: Impacts

NY Regions: Long Island

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am