scape ecologists (Henning
Nottebrock) and economists (James Stone, Heidi Sieverding).We are using
Brassica carinata and other flowering crops, to study plant-pollinator
interactions in an agricultural ecosystem. Specifically, we will quantify
the parameters that maximize ecosystem functioning,
opportunity is to participate with a
team to investigate the role of pollinators in yield of a new crop,
Brassica carinata and how that crop can impact bee health. This team, in
addition to myself, includes insect ecologists (Jon Lundgren), plant
landscape ecologists (Henning Nottebrock