The lab of Dr. Judith L. Bronstein
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lab and Office Phone:
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1.(520)621-3534
BSW 310, University of Arizona
Tucson AZ 85721
LAB NEWS
Lab Group Schedule
Lab meetings for Fall 2011 are on Mondays at 10:30am, and everyone is welcome. We discuss papers and manuscripts, present practice talks and research proposals, and talk about what's new in the lab! Come to BSW 409 or email Judie for the schedule. There may be snacks.
Welcome to new lab members! We have three new lab members joining us in fall 2011. Paul CaraDonna is an incoming EEB PhD student with interests in pollination biology at the community scale. Nicole Rafferty is a new PERT postdoctoral fellow who will be studying pollination, flowering phenology, and global change. Lyn Loveless will be on sabbatical from College of Wooster (Ohio); she’s a plant population biologist with interests in pollination and protection mutualisms. We’re glad you’re joining us!
Check out what’s new at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Judie is now on the Board of Trustees and chair of the Science and Conservation Council.
Read The American Naturalist. You know you should. Judie’s an editor.
See who’s been visiting the Bronstein lab!
Judie is the PI for the BioME (Biodiversity from Molecules to Ecosystems) program at the University of Arizona. This program brings quality science education to Tucson classrooms while providing an opportunity for graduate students to gain teaching experience. For more information about BioME, click here.
About the Lab
Judie Bronstein’s lab focuses on the study of
interspecific interactions, particularly on the
poorly-understood, mutually beneficial ones
(mutualisms). Specific conceptual areas of interest
include: (i) conflicts of interest between mutualists
and their consequences for the maintenance of
beneficial outcomes in these interactions; and
(ii) context-dependent outcomes in both mutualisms and antagonisms. Using a combination of field observations and experiments, she is examining how population processes, abiotic conditions, and the community context determine net effects of the interactions for the fitness of each participant species. She is also collaborating on theoretical and empirical investigations of (i) the fragility of mutualism in light of conservation threats and mechanisms of restoring disrupted interactions; and (ii) the causes and consequences of "cheating" within mutualism.
Photo: G. Fitzpatrick
A barrel cactus at the
Tumamoc Hill Desert Laboratory.
Photo: M. Lanan
The flower of Datura wrightii, a night-blooming plant that is frequently visited by hawkmoths. Photo: M. Lanan
At the University of Arizona
From Left to Right: Sevan Suni, Loren Albert, Judith L. Bronstein, Wallace M. Meyer III (Marty), Brigitte Marazzi, Ginny Fitzpatrick, Michele Lanan, Bryan Helm, Steve Foldi
