Targeted mosquito control is needed to limit the spread of vector borne pathogens, but efforts must be balanced between protecting public health and limiting environmental harm. This dissertation addresses these needs from two directions: 1) Studying the impacts of mosquito adulticides on nontarget insects and 2) advanced joint-species distribution models of mosquitoes to target control efforts. We conducted two multi-year …
Biology Department CalendarUnderstanding the functional and evolutionary significance of morphology is key to interpreting the tree of life. Recent tools enable broad-scale analysis of morphological data and entire phenomes, helping re-establish morphology as central to evolutionary biology. This is especially critical for hyperdiverse groups like Ichneumonidae, the most species-rich family of parasitoid wasps, which show repeated morphological convergence, complex life histories, and …
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