Melissa DeSiervo

Research interests

I am a population and community ecologist interested in species interactions and movement in a rapidly changing world. In my research I develop and apply mathematical models to uncover the ecological mechanisms that drive spatial and temporal variation in the abundance of organisms in nature. My research lies at the intersection of theory and empirical science, and I primarily work with plants and insects in a variety of local and non-local ecosystems including grasslands, forests, and small ponds.
Specific research interests include: Insect pests, mosquito larval ecology, density dependence, disease ecology, species interactions, Arctic and alpine regions, forest ecology, disturbance ecology, multivariate statistics, time series