Bried lab
wetlands | odonates | insect conservation | applied plant ecology | community ecology
Ecological Health Assessment
We're interested in the ecological sensitivity of species and communities to environmental degradation. Mainly we've studied wetland floristic quality assessment and odonates as potential bioindicators.
Insect Conservation
We're interested in prioritization, monitoring, and vulnerability of insects. We're currently assessing climate change vulnerabilities of Midwest aquatic insects, and surveying rare dragonflies and bumblebees of Illinois.
Community Ecology
We dabble in coexistence theory, metacommunity thinking, and ecogeographic patterns. We recently explored dispersal mass effects and are now investigating community stochasticity in the artificial pondscape.
