Team

Dr. Sydne Record (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Landscape Conservation, University of Maine, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology

PhD 2010 University of Massachusetts Amherst

BS 2003 University of Puget Sound

CV

Research Interests:  What drives the distribution and abundance of life on Earth across space and time? Within the context of this key question, research in our group focuses on two main themes: 1) understanding what processes (i.e., demographic, species interactions) result in the distribution of species and 2) determining drivers of genetic, trait, and species diversity across large landscapes (and oceans).  More specifically, our research program focuses on linking ecological theory and site-scale empirical data with collation of large data sets on regional and global ecological patterns using quantitative methods.

Our group also models an increasingly collaborative, network-based style of research for ecology. Given that much of our research spans continental spatial and long temporal scales, we leverage national and international collaborations with colleagues and federally funded networks (e.g., the Long Term Ecological Research Network [LTER] , the Smithsonian ForestGEO network, and the National Ecological Observatory Network [NEON]) to access infrastructure to make the work that we do possible.

Lizbeth 'Liz' Amador

PhD Student

Research: Modeling phenological responses to climatic change and land use 

Dr. Adam Eichenwald

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research: Scaling of forest diversity 

Jillian Fedarick

Ph.D. Student Co-advised with Dr. Christina Murphy

Research: Yellow Lamp Mussel historic, current, and future geographic dist

Margaret 'Maisie' Mertz

PhD Student Co-advised with Dr. Alessio Mortelliti

Research: Effects of risk perception and personality on small mammal microhabitat use and seed choice

J. Marcos Rodriguez

M.S. Student

Research:  Linking ecological theory and remote sensing