Biodiversity Fellows

Primary subject(s) of interest: Community conservation, sustainable living

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: North America

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban Areas

Primary subject of interest: Urban ecology, disease ecology, ticks, birds, small mammals

Primary geographic interest: Midwest and mid-Atlantic US

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Land Management Effects on Microbiome Diversity in Disease Vectors

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Plant systematics and floristics

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Colombia, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Deserts

Primary subject(s) of interest: Plant conservation, threatened plants and communities

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: North America (Ozarks and Southeastern US)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Grassland

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Conserving Rare Plant Species through Ecological Restoration in Missouri Woodlands

Primary subject of interest: Herpetology, conservation

Primary geographic area of interest: Guam, Mexico

Primary subject(s) of interest: Tropical plant ecology, functional traits, plant-soil interactions

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Latin America, Southeast Asia

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Urban ecology, population ecology, conservation biology, herpetology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (Saint Louis, Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Freshwater, Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest: Conservation medicine, one health

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global (Africa, North America, South America)

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Expanding the Toolset for Chelonian Conservation: Understanding the Diversity, Distribution and Dynamics of Box Turtle Microbiomes

Primary subject of interest: Plant taxonomy, medicinal plants, natural product discovery

Primary geographic interest: United States, Madagascar

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest ,Savanna, Shrubland

Primary subject of interest: Reproductive and behavioral sciences

Primary geographic area of interest: Latin America,  Mexico

Primary subject of interest: Bryology

Primary geographic area of interest: North America

Primary subject(s) of interest: Herbaria, global change biology, hyperspectral botany, phenology, ecology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Urban Areas, Botanic Gardens and Herbaria

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Animal behavior

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos

Primary subject of interest: Population genetics and plant conservation

Primary geographic area of interest: United States

Primary subject(s) of interest: All species, especially canids and ungulates; reproduction, wildlife technologies

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Ex situ, North America, global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Evolutionary, molecular, and genetic analyses of animal behavior and sociality; The genetics of organismal resilience to environmental stress; Drosophila models of neuronal and psychiatric disorders

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Primary subject(s) of interest: Conservation genetics, herpetology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Primary subject(s) of interest: Pollination; Anthophilous insects (bees, beetles, syrphid flies, butterflies and moths); flowering plant groups (orchids and other petaloid monocots), montane wildflowers of the Himalayas; Proteaceae of Australia; plant systematics and phytogeography of the floras of southern Australia; redbuds and dogwoods of Missouri; pollination in urban versus rural flora native to North America; popular illustrations and depictions of flora and their pollinators from the 19th-21st century; the history of the writings of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries on floral adaptation/evolution; bee diversity on rural versus urban trees of redbud (Cercis canadensis) and dogwood (Cornus florida) in St. Louis and its counties. Observations and collections of the rose mallow bee (Ptilothrix bombiformis) in urban, suburban and rural sites

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Australia (NSW, Victoria, Western Australia), China (Yunnan), America (Missouri, Kansas)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Shrubland, Grassland, Urban Areas, Botanical Gardens

Primary subject of interest: Management of protected areas (including sustainable use of natural resources, forest restoration, monitoring, control of invasive plant species) and ex-situ plant conservation (including field gene-banks)

Primary geographic interest: Madagascar

Primary subject(s) of interest: Community Engagement, Conservation Education

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest: Ecology and conservation of mega vertebrates

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Congo Basin, Galapagos Islands, Central Africa, Saint Louis, MO

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Agricultural land, Urban areas

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Going Wild in Forest Park: Tracking the Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web

Primary subject(s) of interest: Plant systematics, floristics, molecular systematics, anatomy, microscopy, ecology, sustainability, palynology, teaching

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: USA, Mexico

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest:  Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Deserts, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest: Virology and virus ecology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  USA

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Land Management Effects on Microbiome Diversity in Disease Vectors

Primary subject of interest:  Microbial Ecology, Climate Change, Climate Action

Primary geographic interest:  United States, Puerto Rico, Argentina, India

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Palm oil sustainability, public education, local conservation

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Tropical rainforests, Forests, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Climate change education, enhancing biodiversity, community-based conservation engagement, nature-based education, urban biodiversity

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Saint Louis region (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban biodiversity

Primary subject(s) of interest: One Health, Resource Management, Urbanity, History

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: South Africa

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Primary subject of interest: Ecology, taxonomy, and conservation of bryophytes

Primary geographic area of interest: USA, Madagascar, Philippines

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Deserts

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Science and Literature in Latin America, Ecocriticism

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

Primary subject(s) of interest: Genetics, Entomology, Virology, Herpetology

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban Areas