Biodiversity

Functional ecology of biogeochemically important microbial populations.

Seed dispersal processes; bird behavior; plant invasions; tropical ecology; parasitic plants

Ecosystem ecology; effects of eutrophication on the biogeochemistry of lakes, streams, and wetlands; effects of food web alterations on microbial biodiversity and productivity.

Soil formation and biogeochemistry due to land use and ecosystem change; soil and water degradation, and the remediation of soil physical and chemical properties in urban environments.

Evolutionary ecology. Molecular evolution and systematics of vertebrates; biogeography; connections between biological evolution and Earth history.

Biodiversity science; biodiversity assessment and monitoring; ecology of community assemblages; ecology of guilds; community ecology and coevolution of parasitic arthropods and vertebrates; conservation of transboundary ecosystems; forensic entomology.

Population and community ecology: how the nature of interactions between species can shift over time, in response to changes in the environment and corresponding selection pressures.

Microbial ecology; microbial role in weathering and soil processes; controls on microbial diversity; ecological interactions in microbially dominated systems (ancient earth analogs).

Integrated pest management; impact of pesticides on non-target species; sampling strategies.

The ecology, genecology, and physiological ecology of forest regeneration following disturbance.

Paleobotany; paleoecology; extinction and recovery of past ecosystems; responses of organisms to climate change.