Daniel Gruner-Ecologist
I am a terrestrial community ecologist with active projects in diverse ecological field systems, using a variety of analytical and synthetic tools. Generally, I research the dynamics of multispecies interactions within food webs and the maintenance of biodiversity in ecological communities and ecosystems. I seek to understand spatial patterns of community structure, the factors that promote or impair local persistence and species coexistence, and the interplay among food web trophic structure and ecosystem processes such as nutrient limitation and cycling. I research these topics primarily using arthropods in terrestrial ecosystems, but I work in soils and in treetops, with organisms from nematodes to birds to herbaceous plants, and in both temperate and tropical regions. Finally, I believe it is important to apply basic science to address problems concerning biological invasions, pest management, and conservation.
Daniel Gruner |
Email: dsgruner _at_ umd.edu Phone: 301 405 3957 Fax: 301 314 9290 |
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"If you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so
that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in
fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of
days."
--- Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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