Kristy Ferraro
kristymferraro.bsky.social
Kristy Ferraro
@kristymferraro.bsky.social
Presidential Postdoc at the University of Michigan , PhD at Yale | ecosystem ecology | conservation ethics | #caribou, #moose, & other #mammal zoogeochemistry | she/her | #dyslexic misspelled posts mine own

www.kristymferraro.com
New Hampshire magic
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Excited to announce we're moving to Ann Arbor as I start a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship at the School for Environment and Sustainability at @umich.edu!

What a year it's been in Newfoundland, filled with beautiful wildlife, inspiring shorelines, good science, and great people.
October 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Wonderful visit with Joseph Bump in Newfoundland at @memorialu.bsky.social last week!! Any guesses what Joseph, @gadammeyer.bsky.social, and I talked about??🌲🦌🌲
October 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
New Scottish field site loading…
July 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Newfoundland in summer is magic.
July 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
When your PhD besties make it to your field site 🥰🥰🥰

@memorialu.bsky.social @yaleforestry.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Science white boarding while with the team in the field 🥰
June 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Our framework is applicable from the microcopic to megafaunal - fitting within fractal theories of ecology.

To show the framework in action, we assessed 3 forest community types at different scales (100 cm² → 100 km²). Each scale reveals different animals as key contributors to heterogeneity.
May 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Secondary predictors, including population strategy, overabundance, habitat preference, elemental composition, and predation, are nested within and influenced by body size and density. These traits influence where animals deposit elements and the content of the deposition.
May 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We highlight that the two main traits in predicting how animals will shape elemental heterogeneity or homogeneity are body size and population density. Relatively big or abundant animals tend to have outsized impacts, but there’s more...
May 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Winter field work in Newfoundland 💙🤍🦌
March 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM