People

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Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, Professor
Research Areas: Interactive effects of disturbance and spatial structure on plant community and population dynamics, especially for several rare plant species endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida.
I am a member of the science committee for the COMPADRE & COMADRE database project to create an open-access database of matrix population models for both animals and plants from all over the world to facilitate its usage for scientific and teaching purposes.
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David G. Jenkins, Professor
Research Areas: Macroecology, ecological biogeography, metacommunity ecology, aquatic & wetland ecology.
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I. Jack Stout, Professor Emeritus
Research Areas: Conservation biology of Florida, including beach mice, gopher tortoise, and lupines.
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Students

Michelle Bardales, MS
Research: My research explores drivers of global human appropriation of net primary production 1960-2010 and into the future.

 

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Jacob D. Hart, PhD
Research: I work at Manatee County Mosquito Control. My research examines how mosquito populations and diversity vary in time and space at regional scales. I also conducted an experiment on campus (in the picture) on ecological disturbance and productivity.

 

 

Alexandria

Alexandria Lacoursière
Research Interests: Evolutionary demography, spatial ecology, plant community structure, speciation processes, global change biology, mathematical ecology, modelling techniques, philosophy of science.

Current Projects: Spatial structure in multispecies demography of an endemic plant community, novel math methods to model spatiotemporal demographic shifts, temporal patterns in marine turtle nesting behaviour across scales and long-term consequences for population dynamics.

 

Alessandra

Alessandra Pandolfi email
Research Interests: Understanding how ecological processes in human-dominated ecosystems impact insect biodiversity, with an emphasis on beetles; mechanisms behind their diversity and ecological trait responses to environmental pressures; non-native species in urban areas. I also work in UCF’s Bug Closet and collaborate in various side projects involving beetle taxonomy. UCF Doctoral Trustees Fellowship 2021-2025.  CV

 

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