Massasoit STEM

2019 ESA Annual Meeting (August 11 — 16), Louisville, KY

Papers pre­sent­ed by Mas­sas­oit Com­mu­ni­ty College:

• Bank­son, Michael A mod­el for pro­vid­ing intense and mean­ing­ful eco­log­i­cal research expe­ri­ences to 1^st and 2^nd year under­grad­u­ates at an urban Mass­a­chu­setts com­mu­ni­ty college 
• Moi­se, Belun­da, et al. Does for­est cov­er affect Osmia and oth­er cav­i­ty-nest­ing bee abundance?
• Auguste, Kinga, et al. The klep­topar­a­sitic bee Noma­da as a poten­tial indi­ca­tor of ecosys­tem health
• (Matt) How does per­cent imper­vi­ous land cov­er cor­re­late with bee abun­dance and rich­ness at dif­fer­ent spa­tial scales?
• Lyncee, Fegens, et al. Effects of dif­fer­ing land-use prac­tices on genus-lev­el met­rics of bee com­mu­ni­ty structure
• Taty, et al. How does per­cent imper­vi­ous land-cov­er affect the cor­re­la­tion between ground nest­ing and non-ground nest­ing bee abun­dance, rich­ness and diversity?
• Lopes, Vania, et al. The poten­tial of gen­der ratio in mason bees (Osmia spp.) as an indi­ca­tor of ecosys­tem health
• Thuotte, Zachary, et al. A method for iden­ti­fy­ing pollen resources for brood devel­op­ment in cav­i­ty-nest­ing native bees