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Our lab combines field ecology, laboratory experimentation, and statistical modelling to study the effects of environmental change on ecological communities. We work on a diverse array of organisms, including amphibians, reptiles, terrestrial and aquatic insects, plants, and fungal pathogens. General areas of research interest include: food web ecology, amphibian conservation, linkages between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and disease ecology. Some of our active research projects are described below:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Amphibian conservation<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

We have a number of projects focused on conserving at-risk amphibian species in western North America, especially in montane wetlands. Current research includes developing protocols for environmental DNA sampling for at-risk amphibians and potentially harmful invasive species, evaluating the effects of meadow restoration and fuels treatments, and re-establishing extirpated populations. (photo: Karen Pope).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Amphibian disease ecology<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

We are investigating the impact of chytrid fungal pathogens on host amphibians. In particular, we are interested in understanding the effects of climate on disease-related mortality, variation in virulence between strains of chytrid fungi, and variation in susceptibility between host species and life stages. (photo: Adam Clause)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Island food webs<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

We are engaged in long-term studies of food-web structure and dynamics on Bahamian islands. We recently completed a five-year field experiment exploring how food-web responses to seaweed deposition are influenced by the frequency and magnitude of deposition events and the presence of brown anole lizards. (photo: David Spiller)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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RESEARCH<\/p>\n

Our lab combines field ecology, laboratory experimentation, and statistical modelling to study the effects of environmental change on ecological communities. We work on a diverse array of organisms, including amphibians, reptiles, terrestrial and aquatic insects, plants, and fungal pathogens. General areas of research interest include: food web ecology, amphibian conservation, linkages between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and disease ecology. Some of our active research projects are described below:<\/p>\n

Amphibian conservation<\/h2>\n

We have a number of projects focused on conserving at-risk amphibian species in western North America, especially in montane wetlands. Current research includes developing protocols for environmental DNA sampling for at-risk amphibians and … » More …<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1798,"featured_media":90,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[]},"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/piovia-scott\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}