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| Gaining field experience in a research project while an undergraduate is quickly becoming an educational cornerstone at top ecology and environmental programs. We offer undergraduates a diverse array of research opportunities for credit or salary. If you would like to learn more about a project, or are interested in a summer field opportunity in any of the labs, please contact the professor doing the work. At right, ENSP student Pete Lovell is collecting soil samples for a seed bank study of the prairie before transplanting. Pete is now working on a manuscript with Dr. Tom Rosburg for the American Journal of Botany. |
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Interests: community ecology, conservation biology, restoration ecology, management native species, particularly birds and invertebrates.
Dr. Keith Summerville maintains active research projects dealing with questions of: (i) wetland restoration and habitat use by migratorial birds and (ii) Tallgrass prairie management and butterfly / moth communities, and (iii) design of nature preserves to best protect species diversity. Every summer, Dr. Summerville employs 2-4 students as assistants in his lab, and every year 1-2 students completes an independent study project that Dr. Summerville has mentored.
Recent papers:
Summerville, K.S., C.J. Conoan*, and R.M. Steichen (in review). Beyond site-specific assembly rules: species traits as predictors of the frequency of occurance of Lepidoptera in restored Tallgrass prairies. Submitted to Ecological Applications. Abstract
Anderson, S.H., and K.S. Summerville (in preparation for Wilson Bulletin). Do restored wetlands provide suitable habitat for migratory waterfowl? Abstract
Summerville, K. S., M. N. Lewis*, and R. M. Steichen*. 2005. Restoring lepidopteran communities to savanna remnants: contrasting effects of habitat quantity and quality. Restoration Ecology, 13, 120-128. Abstract
Summerville, K.S., T.D. Wilson*, J.A. Veech, and T.O. Crist. 2005. Do body size and diet breadth affect partitioning of species diversity? A test with forest Lepidoptera. Diversity and Distributions. Abstract
* indicates undergraduate researcher.
keith.summerville@drake.edu
Interests: numerical modeling of dynamic systems and populations, environmental and ecological economics, quantitative methods in environmental policy.
Dr. Courard-Hauri maintains active research in a number of areas at the interface of environmental science and policy, including: (i) the use of monte carlo methods in economics to more accurately represent observed behavior and decision-making heuristics (ii) the income/happiness paradox, where consumption and subjective well being fail to correlate beyond a threshold value, (ii) modeling of population movement and dispersal, with an eye towards designing better conservation strategies in tallgrass ecosystems.
Recent papers:
Courard-Hauri, D. (in preparation) Using Monte Carlo to Investigate the relationship between overconsumption and uncertain access to one's personal utility function. Abstract
Courard-Hauri, D., A. Wick*, L. Kneubuhler*, and K.S. Summerville (in review) Patch-scale movement dynamics and intra-seasonal redistribution in two species of Iowa grassland butterflies. Submitted to Ecological Entomology. Abstract
Courard-Hauri, D., The effect of income choice on bias in policy decisions made using cost-benefit analysis, Ecological Economics, 2004. Abstract
* indicates undergraduate researcher.
david.courard-hauri@drake.edu
