Kirsten M. Prior
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Kirsten M. Prior
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Community ecologist - biodiversity, species interactions, insects (ants & wasps). Associate Prof. @Binghamton University SUNY - http://priorecologylab.com
#EntSoc2025 Aly Milks is presenting on host-parasitoid interactions in oak gall wasps, and Sarah Groh - a Beckman Scholar - on the effect of diet and season on CHCs in ants!
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Check out two #ant presentations today at #EntSoc2025! Rosebelle Ines presents on task partitioning and Chris DeAngelis on drivers of variation in CHCs - both in the Aphaenogaster seed disperser complex!
November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Congratulations to Catherine Farrell on her successful MS defense — on land use change impacts on forest arthropod communities! 🐜🌱🪲🕷️
April 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Non-native slugs damage forest wildflower seeds, removing fleshy appendages necessary for dispersal by ants. New study led by Rosebelle Ines finds that slugs & ants prefer similar seeds. Yet, differences in foraging phenology dampen effects of slugs on seed dispersal by ants.
tinyurl.com/m86nh3x3
December 2, 2024 at 1:48 PM