The Ries Lab of Butterfly InformaticsMariana Abarca will be leading this project to compile data and develop models of thermal responses by tapping into 40 years of NSF research on Pierid butterflies. She will work with the Kingsolver lab at UNC who to compile data from their long...
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August 08, 2018: Ries lab receives new funding to re-use NSF-funded data on butterfly thermal ecology
August 05, 2018: Our first silver-spotted skipper paper accepted for publication!
Mariana is first author on a collaborative paper presenting the results of our first season of rearing of silver-spotted skippers where we used the data to develop a predictive model of phenology. In a collaboration with Martha Weiss and John...
Read moreMay 30, 2018: Two rounds of surveys completed for Hurricane Harvey impact study
Jeff Pippen and Ries Lab members Naresh Neupane and Andra Doherty completed over 120 surveys at sites in southeast Texas this spring to help study the impact Hurricane Harvey had on insect resources and butterfly populations.
March 15, 2018: Ries lab studying Hurricane Harvey impact on TX Monarch resources
Dr. Ries recently visited the wintering grounds of Monarchs in Oyamel forests of Mexico, witnessing the millions of Monarchs preparing for the spring migration.
The Ries lab is actively engaged in Monarch research and conservation, working...
Read moreMarch 06, 2018: Meeting on phenological mismatch
Members of the Ries lab were at University of Florida March 2-4, busy laying the groundwork for our collaborative research in phenological mismatch across trophic levels.
After a productive meeting,...
January 04, 2018: Ries lab recommended for funding on Hurricane Harvey project
A recent "RAPID" call for proposals was sent out after the devastating hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria swept through the US. Along with our collaborators, Elise Zipkin and Sarah Saunders at Michigan State University, we will be examining the...
Read moreOctober 27, 2017: Ries lab launches new website for phenology project
This website will be a way to track progress and output from a new collaborative grant focused on phenological mismatch across trophic levels and scales. (http://pheno-mismatch.org/)
October 25, 2017: Ries Lab hosts ButterflyNet Meeting
The Ries Lab is part of a multi-institution collaborative project (ButterflyNet) to aggregate data on phylogeny, distribution and traits. The most recent "all-hands" meeting was here at Georgetown (Oct 5-9) and we had 20 attendees!
September 18, 2017: Ries Lab hosts Phenology meeting
Our recently funded NSF grant on phenological mismatch kicked off this past weekend with all the project partners come together for a great 3-day meeting at Georgetown. In addition to some serious organizational activity, we took a stroll around...
Read moreAugust 31, 2017: Ries Lab Recruiting
We are looking for two independent and detail-oriented undergraduate research assitants to start as soon as possible in the fall 2017 semester. Research assistants will be paid $12.50/hour and will work on both experimental ecology of...
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