Summer 2020 REU Projects

Dalton Bundy, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Mentors: Dr. Luke Dodd and Reed Crawford. Assessing Predation Threats and Foraging Flexibility of Imperiled Indiana Bats at Veterans Memorial WMA.

Joshua Castle, Eastern Kentucky University, Mentors: Dr. David Brown and Dr. Kelly Watson. Breeding Season Spatial Ecology of Brown Thrashers: Home Range and Habitat Use.

DeAnna Kidd, Morehead State University, Mentors: Dr. Jennifer Koslow and Ted Brancheau. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Effects on Mesic Understory Communities in an Old Growth Forest.

Jennah Ruebens, Transylvania University, Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Malzone. Using Hydrostratigraphic Correlation of Soil Cores to Understand the Ephemeral Hydrology of Ridgetop Wetlands.

Jordan Stanton, Eastern Kentucky University, Mentors: Dr. Stephen Richter and Henderson Gull. Variation in the Seasonal Emergence of Cicadas and its Effects on the Eastern Copperhead.