RESEARCH

While we know that the distribution of some species is changing, it is actually very difficult to make reliable inferences as to which species are declining and by how much from the often messy and complex historical and spatial datasets that we have to work with — for example, historical museum records, where species occurrences are aggregated from studies with different sampling procedures.

In order to address this gap, my research focuses on determining if and how statistical models can be applied to historical records without yielding biased trends.

In my research I also apply these statistical models to determine how the distribution of pollinators has changed through time, where museum records provide lots of information.

I am also interested in determining which drivers (e.g. pesticide use, climate change, land use change, etc.) are causing the most decline of the most pollinator species.