The service I provide in my position complements my work as a teacher-scholar, and in some instances allows a direct venue to incorporate my research and teaching interests. A common theme that emerges in many of my service-oriented efforts is a dedication to natural history and conservation.
Animal-mediated seed dispersal is a focal area of interest in the lab. Current efforts center on ants and the seeds they disperse, as well as seed dispersal by vertebrates.
The effects of forest management and land-use change on biodiversity are of interest in the lab’s research portfolio. Biodiversity of interest include species that provide ecosystem services, including pollinators and seed dispersers.
Research and teaching on wildlife-plant interactions, and effects of global change on biodiversity
Contact: Charles Kwit, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996