Saint Louis University

Primary subject of interest: Herpetology, conservation

Primary geographic area of interest: Guam, Mexico

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 of interest: Community ecology, temperature, metabolic scaling, behavior

Primary geographic range of interest: Global, with current work in Saint Louis, Nebraska, Tahiti, Iceland, and Australia

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Forest Park Living Lab: Exploring the Biodiversity and Natural History of One of the World's Greatest Parks
• Going Wild in Forest Park: Tracking the Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology, vibrational communication, biotremology, climate change, evolution of complex traits, animal communication

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Saint Louis, Eastern North America

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

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Disease ecology, environmental racism, population genetics

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Photosynthetic microbes, photosynthesis adaptation mechanisms, coral bleaching, natural light energy harvesting diversity

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: USA, global (marine, coral symbiont dinoflagellates), Mideast (Israel)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Deserts, Agricultural land

Primary subject(s) of interest: Anthropology, primatology, primate social behavior, ecology, genera Cebus & Alouatta, ecotourism, sustainability, conservation, fieldwork ethics, urban green spaces, human-wildlife interfaces

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Central America, South America

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Urban Areas

Primary subject of interest: freshwater fish diversity, phylogenetics, diversity, classification, phylogeny, and evolution of Cypriniformes fishes

Primary geographic interest: North America, Asia, Chile, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Mexico

Primary subject of interest: Pollination ecology, science education

Primary subject of interest: Plant diversity and evolution, crop genetic resources, crop improvement, sustainable agriculture

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Below-Ground Perspectives on Biodiversity: Root systems, Comparative Genomics, and Domestication of North American Grapevines
• Ecological Niche Modeling to Examine the Interactions Between Climate-related Environmental Change, Food Security, Landscape Diversity and an Emerging Infectious Disease

Primary subject of interest: Ecology, Desertification, Communities and behaviors

Primary geographic area of interest: United States (Arizona)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Grassland, Deserts

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Comparative Animal Physiology, Ecophysiology, Metabolism, Thermal Biology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Midwestern United States from Missouri to the Canadian border

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Urban areas