I have been involved in various projects that use fecal DNA metabarcoding to interpret ecosystem questions through predator-prey relationships. For more information on this technique, these projects, and the SCAT team at Cornell, reach out to Dr. Gemma Clucas (gemma.clucas@cornell.edu) at the Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Led by Jen Walsh + Gemma Clucas
A USDA Hatch Grant funded project to assess ecological and economic services of songbirds in organic apple orchards.
In short: are songbirds eating apple orchard pests?
Led by Andrew Stillman + Gemma Clucas
The emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle, is primed to destroy the US elm tree population. How are woodpecker species helping in the fight?
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