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I am working with theoretical, observational, and experimental approaches to elucidate the mechanisms behind community structure and function.  In coastal BC, I use moss micro-arthropod systems to investigate the roles of dispersal and metacommunity/region size in community structure, i.e. species richness and relative abundances.  Here are some pics of experimental work in the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest (MKRF), and the GGE Scudder Ponds at UBC.  Thanks to Raenelle and Derek for some of the photos.

Collecting moss with Raenelle Parker, NSERC summer assistant 2003.

Katsky models the mobile field unit.

The experimental set-up, fruit of our labours.

One of the treatments.

Top view.

Experiment 1 at the MKRF.

Mike and Derek (NSERC summer assistants 2004) at the MKRF, smiling because moss is awesome.

Unsmiling Western toad of the road.