Riparian forests benefit the local communities in which they exist by providing ecosystem services, contributions made through natural functions and processes that assist humans. As urban encroachment on these forests grows ...

Native fish reintroduction can be a valuable conservation tool used to curb declines in biodiversity. Previous native fish reintroduction projects have focused on monitoring population responses of the target species, yet ...

Pollinators are an extremely valuable and biodiverse group of organisms that contribute to food security and ecosystem health worldwide. Bees and butterflies are two important insect pollinators. The world is currently ...

Winter can have important demographic consequences for wintering resident avian species that reside in the temperate zone. Shortened days and inclement weather challenge survival, with urbanization and climate change only ...

To resist the modern global decline of biodiversity, proactive conservation efforts are crucial to bolster species persistence before local extinctions become inevitable. Such extirpations of species have become increasingly ...

We are currently amidst a 6th mass extinction event precipitated by anthropogenic alterations of the environment, specifically urbanization. There have been declines across all classes of vertebrates, however amphibians ...

Growth during the larval stage can have important effects on future foraging and growth performance, as well as subsequent survival and recruitment to the fishable population. Preferred prey abundance and temperature have ...

Land use change across North America has greatly reduced the extent of prairies and grasslands and replaced them with agriculture. Grasslands and prairies provide biodiversity, habitat for many animals and pollinators, and ...

The purpose of this study was to determine what effect, if any, the removal of honeysuckle (Lonicera maacki) has on the diversity and abundance of terrestrial invertebrates in riparian areas. The study took place at 10 ...

As of April 21, 2021, COVID-19 is still impacting the needs of community members in Paterson, New Jersey. The community-based organizations interviewed and studied in this undergraduate thesis from March 2020 – April 2021, ...