Student Researcher Slide Show

Meghan Barrett setting up bee bowls to sample bees in the Arboretum.

Bowen Wu performing PCR to amplify genetic markers called microsatellites in Arboretum ants.

Hannah Mrakovcik photographing leaves of shrubs to compare herbivore damage rates among species.

Josh Backhaus setting up experimental chambers to measure soil carbon dioxide emission rates beneath invasive shrubs.

John Coacci sorting through leaf litter collected for his project to estimate decomposition rates in the Arboretum.

Julian Koob collecting Monotropa uniflora for future sampling of root tissue to identify the fungal associate of this parasitic plant.

Hannah Loo doing PCR to test for the presence of Wolbachia endosymbionts in Arboretum ants.

Nikki Winchester measuring pH of soil collected from abandoned ant nests.

Gina Scandaglia next to one of the shrubs she is monitoring for fruit removal by birds.