Dr. Katie Turo is a community ecologist and conservation biologist
who combines molecular and quantitative tools to examine the mechanisms driving insect biodiversity, fitness, and plant-pollinator interactions in the Anthropocene.
A central theme of her work is reconciliation ecology, or the advancement of land management strategies to satisfy human needs while preserving healthy ecosystem functioning. As such, she often works in anthropogenic landscapes, including forested, agricultural and urban systems, and she integrates human dimensions into her conservation research.
Currently, Katie is a postdoctoral fellow in the Winfree lab where she investigates (1) how do forest bees respond to timber harvesting across large spatial and temporal scales? and (2) can pollen DNA reveal which forest plants are important forage?
Recent Collaborators
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Rachael Winfree
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
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Kass Urban-Mead
XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION
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Thijs P.M. Fijen
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
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Ainhoa Magrach
BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
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Mary M. Gardiner
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
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Rodney T. Richardson
WEST, INC
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Kayla I. Perry
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
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Frances S. Sivakoff
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
