A Carbon Garden:  A Saint Louis-Based Model for Urban Bioenergetics Carbon Capture and Storage

A Carbon Garden:  A Saint Louis-Based Model for Urban Bioenergetics Carbon Capture and Storage

Rod Barnett, WashU (Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts)
Jacqueline Margetts, WashU (Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts)
Doug Ladd, WashU (Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts)
James Aronson, Missouri Botanical Garden

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigating Ecuadorian Species and Habitats

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigating Ecuadorian Species and Habitats

Lauren Augustine, Saint Louis Zoo
Mark Wanner, Saint Louis Zoo
Luis Coloma, Centro Jambatu
Carmen Ulloa, Missouri Botanical Garden
Nora Oleas, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica

A Synthesis of Patterns and Mechanisms of Diversity and Forest Change in the Andes: A Global Biodiversity Hotspot

A Synthesis of Patterns and Mechanisms of Diversity and Forest Change in the Andes: A Global Biodiversity Hotspot

J. Sebastian Tello, Missouri Botanical Garden
Jonathan Myers, WashU (Biology)
Selene Baez, Escuela Politécnica Nacional del Ecuador

Below-Ground Perspectives on Biodiversity: Root systems, Comparative Genomics, and Domestication of North American Grapevines

Below-Ground Perspectives on Biodiversity: Root systems, Comparative Genomics, and Domestication of North American Grapevines

Allison Miller, Saint Louis University
Ken Olsen, WashU (Biology)
Alex Harkess, Danforth Plant Science Center
Laura Klein, Saint Louis University

Biodiversity of Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Sangamon River (Illinois): Community Science in Action

Biodiversity of Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Sangamon River (Illinois): Community Science in Action

Danelle Haake, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
Sarah Douglass, Illinois Natural History Survey
Christy Edwards, Missouri Botanical Garden
Bob Coulter, Missouri Botanical Garden
Ed Spevak, Saint Louis Zoo
Bruce Colravy, Upper Sangamon River Conservancy

Biological Inventory and Conservation of Arevik National Park and Zangezur Sanctuary, Armenia

Biological Inventory and Conservation of Arevik National Park and Zangezur Sanctuary, Armenia

Robbie Hart, Missouri Botanical Garden
Jim Miller, Missouri Botanical Garden
Mark Wanner, Saint Louis Zoo

Canid Conservation Initiative

Canid Conservation Initiative

Fernando Nájera, WashU (LEC Post-doc)
Solny Adalsteinsson, WashU (Tyson Research Center)
Karen Bauman, Saint Louis Zoo
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Karen DeMatteo, WashU (Environmental Studies)
Regina Mossotti, Endangered Wolf Center
Lisa Kelley, Saint Louis Zoo
Jamie Palmer, Saint Louis Zoo

Collaborating with Community Scientists to Improve Conservation: A Case Study with Bee Visitation Networks

Collaborating with Community Scientists to Improve Conservation: A Case Study with Bee Visitation Networks

Nicole Miller-Struttmann, Webster University
Eric Goedereis, Webster University
Erin Tate, Saint Louis Zoo
Gerardo Camilo, Saint Louis University
Ed Spevak, Saint Louis Zoo
Mike Dawson, Saint Louis Zoo
Bob Coulter, Missouri Botanical Garden

Conserving Rare Plant Species through Ecological Restoration in Missouri Woodlands

Conserving Rare Plant Species through Ecological Restoration in Missouri Woodlands

J. Leighton Reid, Missouri Botanical Garden
Scott Mangan, WashU (Biology)
Claudia Stein, WashU (Tyson Research Center)
Mathew Albrecht, Missouri Botanical Garden
Quinn Long, Shaw Nature Reserve

Describing reproductive behavior and hormone patterns in Asian box turtles (Cuora galbinifrons complex) in an assurance population at the St. Louis Zoo.

Describing reproductive behavior and hormone patterns in Asian box turtles (Cuora galbinifrons complex) in an assurance population at the St. Louis Zoo.

Helen Clawitter, Saint Louis Zoo
Corinne Kozlowski, Saint Louis Zoo
Patricia Parker, University of Missouri – Saint Louis (Biology) and Saint Louis Zoo
Lauren Augustine, Saint Louis Zoo

Developing the Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus) as a Model for Studying Genomic Responses of Freshwater Species to Urban Environments

Developing the Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus) as a Model for Studying Genomic Responses of Freshwater Species to Urban Environments

Jason Knouft, Saint Louis University
Wesley Warren, WashU (McDonnell Genome Institute, School of Medicine)

Ecological Niche Modeling to Examine the Interactions Between Climate-related Environmental Change, Food Security, Landscape Diversity and an Emerging Infectious Disease 

Ecological Niche Modeling to Examine the Interactions Between Climate-related Environmental Change, Food Security, Landscape Diversity and an Emerging Infectious Disease 

Ted Lawrence, Saint Louis University (Taylor Geospatial Institute)
Enbal Shacham, Saint Louis University (College for Public Health and Social Justice  and Taylor Geospatial Institute)
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Allison Miller, Saint Louis University, Danforth Plant Science Center
Carolyn Lesorogol, WashU (Brown School of Social Work)
Eric Fèvre, University of Liverpool
Vasit Sagan, Saint Louis University

Evaluating Planned Grazing as an Approach to Improving Rangeland Habitat for Grevy’s Zebra and Pastoralists in Kenya

Evaluating Planned Grazing as an Approach to Improving Rangeland Habitat for Grevy’s Zebra and Pastoralists in Kenya

Martha Fischer, Saint Louis Zoo
Belinda Low Mackey, Grevy’s Zebra Trust
Peter Lalampaa, Grevy’s Zebra Trust
Sheila Funnell, Grevy’s Zebra Trust
Carolyn Lesorogol, WashU (Brown School of Social Work)

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

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

Fangqiong Ling, WashU (McKelvey School of Engineering)
Maris Brenn-White, Saint Louis Zoo
Kathleen Apakupakul, Saint Louis Zoo
Sharon L. Deem, Saint Louis Zoo

Floral Scent Differentiation as a Mechanism for Pollinator Partitioning in the Genus Anthurium (Araceae)

Floral Scent Differentiation as a Mechanism for Pollinator Partitioning in the Genus Anthurium (Araceae)

Monica M. Carlsen, Missouri Botanical Garden
Nathan Muchhala, University of Missouri – Saint Louis (Biology)
Gerardo Camilo, Saint Louis University (Biology)
Edward Spevak, Saint Louis Zoo

Forest Park Living Lab: Exploring the Biodiversity and Natural History of One of the World’s Great Parks

Forest Park Living Lab: Exploring the Biodiversity and Natural History of One of the World’s Great Parks

Joseph Steensma, WashU (Brown School of Social Work)
David Webb, WashU (Environmental Studies)
Carolyn Cosgrove Payne, WashU (Environmental Studies)
Anthony Dell, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
Amy Witt, Forest Park Forever

Genetic Diversity of Peter’s Angola Colobus Monkey Populations in Northern Tanzania and in Accredited American Zoos

Genetic Diversity of Peter’s Angola Colobus Monkey Populations in Northern Tanzania and in Accredited American Zoos

Monica McDonald, Saint Louis Zoo
Emily Wroblewski, WashU (Anthropology)
Pamela M. K. Cunneyworth, Colobus Conservation

Genomic Investigation of Gut Microbiome Associations in Freshwater Fish Assemblages

Genomic Investigation of Gut Microbiome Associations in Freshwater Fish Assemblages

Fangqiong Ling, WashU (McKelvey School of Engineering)
Jason Knouft, Saint Louis University

Going Wild in Forest Park:The Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web

Going Wild in Forest Park:The Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web

Anthony Dell, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, WashU
Stephen Blake, Saint Louis University
Stan Braude, WashU, University of Missouri – Saint Louis
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Amy Witt, Forest Park Forever
Jason Knouft, Saint Louis University, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

Integrating Stable Isotopes and DNA Metabarcoding of Cave Guano to Develop a Unique Paleoenvironmental Archive for the Humid Tropics 

Integrating Stable Isotopes and DNA Metabarcoding of Cave Guano to Develop a Unique Paleoenvironmental Archive for the Humid Tropics 

Xinyi Liu, WashU (Anthropology)
Christy Edwards, Missouri Botanical Garden
Rachel Reid, WashU (Anthropology)
J. Leighton Reid, Missouri Botanical Garden
Bronwen Konecky, WashU (Earth and Planetary Sciences)

Land Management Effects on Microbiome Diversity in Disease Vectors

Land Management Effects on Microbiome Diversity in Disease Vectors

Solny Adalsteinsson, WashU (Tyson Research Center)
Adrianus Boon, WashU School of Medicine
David Wang, WashU School of Medicine
Kim Medley, WashU (Tyson Research Center)
Jonathan Myers, WashU (Biology)

Malaria Infection in a Shifting Disease Landscape: Genomic Signals of Susceptibility or Resistance in Apes

Malaria Infection in a Shifting Disease Landscape: Genomic Signals of Susceptibility or Resistance in Apes

Emily Wroblewski, WashU (Anthropology)
Crickette Sanz, WashU (Anthropology)

Microrefugia Against Climate Change

Microrefugia Against Climate Change

Kimberly Medley, WashU (Tyson Research Center)
Adam B. Smith, Missouri Botanical Garden
Stephen Murphy, Missouri Botanical Garden
Jonathan Myers, WashU (Biology)

Migration, Urbanization, and the Microbiomes of the Galapagos Giant Tortoises

Migration, Urbanization, and the Microbiomes of the Galapagos Giant Tortoises

Fangqiong Ling, WashU (McKelvey School of Engineering)
Jonathan Losos, WashU (Biology)

Origin and Diversification of the Flowering Plants of the Gulf of Guinea Archipelago

Origin and Diversification of the Flowering Plants of the Gulf of Guinea Archipelago

Patricia Barberá, Missouri Botanical Garden
Joan Garcia-Porta, WashU (Biology)
Nathan Muchhala, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Tariq Stévart, Missouri Botanical Garden
Michael Landis, WashU (Biology)

Páramo Biodiversity Farms: A Collaborative Conservation Project (Colombia)

Páramo Biodiversity Farms: A Collaborative Conservation Project (Colombia)

Iván Jiménez, Missouri Botanical Garden
Derek Hoeferlin, WashU (Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts)

Protecting Biodiversity and Human Health through Wild Edible Plants of Alandraza-Agnalavelo Sacred Forest, Madagascar

Protecting Biodiversity and Human Health through Wild Edible Plants of Alandraza-Agnalavelo Sacred Forest, Madagascar

Tabita Randrianarivony, Missouri Botanical Garden
Lora Iannotti, WashU (Brown School of Social Work)
Armand Randrianasolo, Missouri Botanical Garden
Robbie Hart, Missouri Botanical Garden

Quantifying Effects of Parasites on Ecosystem Nutrient Cycling

Quantifying Effects of Parasites on Ecosystem Nutrient Cycling

Amanda Koltz, WashU (Biology)
Sharon L. Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Vanessa O. Ezenwa, University of Georgia
Rachel Penczykowski, WashU (Biology)

Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict in East Africa Using Participatory Action Research

Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict in East Africa Using Participatory Action Research

Krista Milich, WashU (Anthropology)
Carolyn K. Lesorogol, WashU(Brown School of Social Work)
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo

Socio-economic and Cultural Adaptation to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change: Analysis and Intervention Efficacy Study in Three Madagascar Subsistence Communities

Socio-economic and Cultural Adaptation to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change: Analysis and Intervention Efficacy Study in Three Madagascar Subsistence Communities

Armand Randrianasolo, Missouri Botanical Garden
Nivo H. Rakotoarivelo, Missouri Botanical Garden
Fortunat Rakotoarivony, Missouri Botanical Garden
Judi McLean Parks, WashU (Olin Business School)
Robbie Hart, Missouri Botanical Garden

Testing the Role that Biotic Interactions Play in Shaping Elevational-Diversity Gradients:  An Ecological Metabolomics Approach

Testing the Role that Biotic Interactions Play in Shaping Elevational-Diversity Gradients:  An Ecological Metabolomics Approach

Jonathan Myers, WashU (Biology)
J. Sebastian Tello, Missouri Botanical Garden
Nathan Muchhala, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Brian E. Sedio, University of Texas - Austin
David Henderson, WashU (PhD student)
Belen Alvestegui, University of Missouri – St. Louis (MS student)

The Search for Critically Endangered or Possibly Extinct Ecuadorean Frogs using eDNA

The Search for Critically Endangered or Possibly Extinct Ecuadorean Frogs using eDNA

Christine Edwards, Missouri Botanical Garden
Mark Wanner, St. Louis Zoo
Lauren Augustine, St. Louis Zoo
Luis Coloma, Centro Jambatu

Using iDNA to Increase the Protected Status of the Djeke Triangle and Enhance Disease Surveillance in the Congo Basis

Using iDNA to Increase the Protected Status of the Djeke Triangle and Enhance Disease Surveillance in the Congo Basis

Crickette Sanz, WashU (Anthropology)
Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Peter Fischer, WashU (School of Medicine)
Maris Brenn-White, Saint Louis Zoo
Heidi Hellmuth, Saint Louis Zoo
Fabian Leendertz, Robert Koch Institute
Livia Patrano, Robert Koch Institute
Wen Mayoukou, Wildlife Conservation Society
David Morgan, Lincoln Park Zoo