My research program is centrally grounded in landscape ecology, the field that examines the interrelationship between environmental patterns and ecological processes. In my lab, we use geospatial technologies to visualize and analyze spatially explicit environmental data. Our primary focus is on the ecological consequences of anthropogenic sources of spatial heterogeneity, namely land-cover change. We strive to understand pattern-process relationships to be able to predict future outcomes of environmental change. Our goal is to provide ecologically informed recommendations to land-management and conservation stakeholders. 

Latest news from the McIntyre Lab:

• Welcome to the newest members of the lab: Nana-Esi Hanson (Ph.D. student) and Devenny Widmer (M.S. student)!

• Congratulations to new M.S. student Devenny Widmer, who is first author on a publication in Human Dimensions of Wildlife, based on research she conducted as an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut. 

• Congratulations to Julia Bullock (B.S.), Justin Dawsey (M.S.), and Sean Sutor (Ph.D.), who graduated in May! We'll miss you! Julia is heading to Montana for a post-baccalaureate fellowship working on the ecology of infectious diseases, and Sean is heading to a postdoc at Tennessee Tech.