Habitat loss and fragmentation are likely to seriously impact parasites, a less studied but
critical component of ecosystems, yet we lack long‐term experimental evidence. Parasites …

Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to biodiversity and ecosystem processes.
Our current understanding of the impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation is based largely …

Habitat fragmentation can alter the trophic structure of communities and environmental
conditions, thus driving changes in biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Quantifying niches …

Habitat conversion and fragmentation threaten biodiversity and disrupt species interactions.
While parasites are recognized as ecologically important, the impacts of fragmentation on …

This dissertation examines the distribution and ecological responses of a host-parasite
community and a community of predatory ground beetles in response to experimental …

A crucial ecological question for the twenty-first century is how organisms will respond to the
threat of habitat fragmentation. My dissertation is focused on determining the impacts of long …