Dr. Kristina A. Ernest
Professor
Terrestrial Ecology

         Collecting herbivory data from canopy crane          Wind River, WA

Teaching
 

           Community Ecology Field Trip          Friday Harbor, WA

 Basic Biology BIOL 110

General Ecology BIOL 360

Community Ecology BIOL 461

Wildlife & Fisheries Ecology BIOL 462

Conservation Biology BIOL 466/566 
 

Research
 
 
 

Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana)

 Plant-herbivore Interactions
Current research interests and projects include:
  • quantifying impacts of insect and mammalian herbivory on plants
  • investigating indirect effects among various herbivores mediated through a shared host plant
  • comparing whole-forest rates of herbivory around the world

Tropical Ecology
Population and community ecology of small mammals; plant-herbivore interactions in the Neotropics

Graduate Students
 
Master's students in my lab have worked on a diversity of thesis topics within population and community ecology.

Current and previous graduate student projects

Biological Sciences Faculty
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