The Ries Lab of Butterfly InformaticsThe large-scale distribution of organisms is a fundamental question of ecology. We explore how species distributions change in space and time with a special focus on phenology, climate, and using thermal tolerance models to predict how species’ distributions and year-to-year dynamics.
Distribution and Phenology
Phenology in adult and larval Lepidoptera from structured and unstructured surveys across eastern North America
Climate drivers of adult insect activity are conditioned by life history traits
Consistent Trait-Temperature Interactions Drive Butterfly Phenology in Both Incidental and Survey Data.
A novel model to accurately predict continental-scale timing of forest green-up
IntBIO Collaborative Research: An integrative approach for projecting insect responses to a rapidly changing climate
A project with fellow Biology faculty Peter Armbruster. This is a 5-instituion collaborative award totally almost $3M! 2128242 (Greg Breed @ Univ of AK-Fairbanks), 2128245 (Louie Yang @ UC-Davis), 2128244 (Joel Kingsolver @ UNC-Chapel Hill), 2128243 (Angela Smilanich @ University of NV-Reno)