https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1582826546767-VCIW72RULGBAGKADAO8G/DSC_6190.jpg Blog https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog/2024/9/12/sophies-summer-internship monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1b083dde-8f9c-4d74-8482-aeaba5849e11/cranefly+pic.jpg Blog - Notes from Sophie's Summer Internship - Make it stand out Fig 1. Cranefly collected by vacuum sampling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/b2c3456a-9413-4d0e-9d68-4eb90a28388e/tree+pic.jpg Blog - Notes from Sophie's Summer Internship - Make it stand out Fig 2. Sophie and Maggie recording observations on a street tree in Baltimore, MD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/e51c11cb-dc1c-49c5-925c-6a6748cbc7ab/tussock+pic.jpg Blog - Notes from Sophie's Summer Internship - Make it stand out Fig 3. A milkweed tussock moth caterpillar found near a focal tree site. https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog/2024/9/11/autumn-gold-dont-let-your-leaf-litter-go-to-waste monthly 0.5 2024-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/27fb2037-3ec6-4831-874f-59968096c005/fig1.png Blog - Autumn Gold: Don’t let your leaf litter go to waste! - Make it stand out Figure 1: Removing leaves can negatively impact soil health and beneficial insect populations through many potential pathways. Illustration credit: Maggie Lin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/9d0dc4fa-3377-4a39-99bc-c2d106f0a55d/fig2.png Blog - Autumn Gold: Don’t let your leaf litter go to waste! - Make it stand out Figure 2: Examples of common overwintering locations for insects include tree holes, branches and twigs, in fallen leaves, and burrowed below the soil surface. 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Image credit: Karin Burghardt https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog/2024/9/4/branching-out-my-summer-in-urban-forestry monthly 0.5 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/3bf3cc05-1e93-4e78-8593-f67f335e9c3f/maple_map.png Blog - Branching Out: My Summer in Urban Forestry - Make it stand out Fig 1. Map depicting sampled Norway (green markers) and Red (orange markers) Maple trees throughout the city of Baltimore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/06d1fcb5-7c85-420c-be46-b3415092148d/1720015522638.jpg Blog - Branching Out: My Summer in Urban Forestry - Make it stand out Fig 2. Kelsey and Anne measuring DBH on a street tree in Baltimore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/00783d0c-deb2-41ff-96b3-3f8c7144892c/IMG_6610.jpg Blog - Branching Out: My Summer in Urban Forestry - Make it stand out Fig. 3 This southern red oak (Quercus falcata) was one of our more substantial tree finds along the streets of Baltimore during sampling. https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog/2023/8/11/insects-our-most-under-appreciated-neighbors monthly 0.5 2024-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/662ee49f-7bf3-44fb-9841-76401e35e5a1/34177934374_190d764040_w.jpg Blog - Insects: Our Most Under-Appreciated Neighbors - Make it stand out An adult samurai wasp lays eggs in a mass of brown marmorated stink bug eggs. 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All three are open at the top, meaning that the wasp has already emerged and flown away. Photo credit: K. McGurrin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1600205467915-6IQXW3TZCEUZTZK1LVDA/chew+damage.JPG Blog - Raining Cats and Wasps Red circle highlights one area of the tree above my car with quite a bit of leaf tissue missing. This is likely from the feeding of many caterpillars. Photo credit: K. McGurrin https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog/2020/8/18/two-lab-members-presented-posters-at-the-ecological-society-of-america-virtual-conference monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog/2020/6/9/the-wonderful-world-of-soybeans monthly 0.5 2020-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1591728643262-YINU0VMEIUR80CZI08MU/Picture1.png Blog - The Wonderful World of Soybeans The soybean experimental garden in raised beds at SERC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1591728790731-K93CGA3KT903ZEOU0A2F/Picture2.png Blog - The Wonderful World of Soybeans A group of 6 plants comprises one treatment combination. These combinations were either all 1 soy variety, 2 different soy varieties, or 3 different soy varieties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1591728966536-IPPLK5S3P8CWMM1XLYT5/Picture3.png Blog - The Wonderful World of Soybeans Taking photosynthesis measurements on the soybean plants using the Photosynq tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1591738768558-8M4GNK9YKHKD7FC7ABIX/Picture4.jpg Blog - The Wonderful World of Soybeans - Healthy Beans Varieties 31, 32, 67, and 83 with their average healthy bean number per individual plant in monoculture, 2-variety combinations and 3-variety combinations. Varieties 31 and 32 seemed to do better overall, with no clear trend between bean count and diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1591738860232-UA5WC1YS4WWGG7V93XYV/Picture5.jpg Blog - The Wonderful World of Soybeans - Bean Weight The average bean mass per plant for each variety (31, 32, 67, 83) in monoculture, 2-variety, and 3-variety polycultures. Variety 67 once again did worse while the other plants produced a greater mass of beans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1591739016514-YIJ4XYFWLBI6C9HGLMIX/Picture6.jpg Blog - The Wonderful World of Soybeans - Trichome Count This graph again shows the Varieties 31, 32, 67, and 83. Only the monoculture and 3-variety polycultures were measured for trichomes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1591739133697-MWDAEB9JBEG52K6WNU3I/Picture7.jpg Blog - The Wonderful World of Soybeans - Insect Damage Average percent damage on the 2nd highest leaf on the plant, for all varieties in all diversity treatments. https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog/2020/4/29/leaf-litter-blog monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1588175169724-7OYBCMNNGNHPKJ0TQQT6/blog+post.png Blog - My Year Playing with Litter Conceptual model proposing the effects of litter disturbance and diversity. 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Oak species are highlighted in red. https://www.karinburghardt.com/blog/2020/1/6/a-very-hungry-caterpillar monthly 0.5 2020-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1578326477489-O1K0IIG0MQC4IY1N6UJB/01polyphemus.jpg Blog - A Very Hungry Caterpillar Adult male polyphemus moth (Credit: University of Florida) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1578327153488-ZTPXV6BV5XF8G4V9SW54/polyphemus+1.JPG Blog - A Very Hungry Caterpillar Early instar caterpillar that the sampling team found in June (Credit: Burghardt Lab) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1578327416330-QNVQTEGVAIQU4JL61FYR/polyphemus%2B2%2527.jpg Blog - A Very Hungry Caterpillar Action shot of the same caterpillar a few months later. 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Bottom left shows a sycamore monoculture, bottom right is a (slower growing) white oak monoculture, and polyculture plots can be seen in the middle distance. Photo credit: @SmithsonianWls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516594492075-ER9259XYWRG5IZBWTT1Y/PBI_expdesign_fig_8.23.17.png Research Within the BiodiversiTREE experiment, our sampling uses a focal tree design that examines plants within a similar spatial array but that differ in the diversity neighborhood they grow within. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/05e84039-f659-448b-b588-5320f7e7067c/IMG_4842.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/2d4becd4-9ba7-4216-9c26-fc2837e38536/Eva+Kristin+BDT.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516559616646-MIJS0D7P42S2IFSAE9W9/fullsizeoutput_1eae.jpeg Research - Nerice bidentata “Double-toothed Prominent” (Notodontidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516559586000-O9CZW4U2DB7YOJV6AX92/P9019163.JPG Research - Estigmene acrea “Salt Marsh Caterpillar” (Arctiidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516559317284-CP2OB570ZIQ0IVE5FVLR/fullsizeoutput_17b5.jpeg Research - Heterocampa guttivitta “Saddled Prominent” (Notodontidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516558491664-M6ORQ24Q3KD38GM7NJKT/P8088566.JPG Research - Hyparpax aurora “Pink Prominent” (Notodontidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516558493811-AZYSZDVUVLY02LJ30LI9/P9220193.JPG Research - Phobetron pithecium “Monkey Slug” (Limacodidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516558512729-TD6TGCPPTC4MJTW5VJA7/P8048375.JPG Research - Adoneta spinuloides “Purple-crested Slug” (Limacodidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516558526707-PSBI7TKBCXKN70HYVYPL/IMG_2677.JPG Research - Hyalophora cecropia “Cercropia Moth” (Saturniidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516558520769-MVGCSPZCUYSENPKVOE70/fullsizeoutput_17e3.jpeg Research - Polygonia interrogationis “Question Mark” (Nymphalidae) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516594851139-UHKR17X5XF7GPMZLPHMU/cat_div_SERC1-_combo_PBI_8.23.17.png Research So far we find that moths and butterflies do indeed discriminate against trees within a low diversity neighborhood. Almost all species of tree support a more diverse and abundant caterpillar community when they are surrounded by tree individuals of a different species than themselves. We are also delving into how these patterns are further related to insect damage, tree growth rates, and leaf chemistry and traits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/e8230287-cf16-406f-a422-2b317672e439/20210602_130944.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/0a21d4df-02dc-4e0d-96f2-fe579165db2d/IMG_3965.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/75109397-61dc-4c48-bc3d-ac90c5a5de81/20210602_120241.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/9be979b5-4319-41b2-819a-ec822fda7610/20210601_125400.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/ad1d1fc2-082b-468b-9d46-5aefa82a6b82/image-asset.jpg Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/1516595922429-I39K4YIJYGYRROR1KOTZ/nsf_fungi_conceptual_fig.svg.2017_03_08_17_38_17.0.svg.png Research - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555e4bbce4b05809c67e16b3/b2c3456a-9413-4d0e-9d68-4eb90a28388e/tree+pic.jpg Research - Make it stand out Sophie McCloskey, undergraduate, and Maggie Schaefer, Master’s student, assessing the health of a street tree. 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Additionally, trees found in green neighborhoods were significantly more diverse containing more types of trees than in red neighborhoods. (a) Smoothed kernel density estimate of tree sizes (dbh) for each HOLC grade. The dotted lines indicate the dbh cutoffs used to classify “small” and “large” tree designations used for the “old” versus “young” community comparisons. (b) Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) of large and small tree communities. Ellipse denotes the 95% confidence interval for that distribution of points. (c) Reordering and species turnover of large and small trees among HOLC grades. 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