Last week MSc student Matthew Dean (co-supervised by the wonderful Erin Cameron at SMU) spent a few days in Victoria…
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New Paper: Supplementing beef cattle diets with brown seaweed affects dung use by coprophagous beetles!
MSc Alumnus – Samantha Bennett recently published the first paper from her MSc. Sam’s thesis was looking at the downstream…
Matt & Em Slay on Grad Research Day
Today, both Matt and Em completed their grad research day presentations. It’s always so rewarding to see a thesis come…
New Paper: Dung beetles do not effectively reduce splash contamination of E. coli to leafy greens
Here at the Insect Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Lab – we’re big believers in better understanding the power of insects to…
Welcome to the lab Carlie!
Carlie Ashton has joined the lab to work on using aerial yellowjackets as bioindicators of metal pollution for her BSc…
New Paper: How to sustainably manage adult japanese beetles in ornamental plants.
The Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) is an invasive pest that causes all kinds of issues for many different people. One…
Welcome to the lab Rochelle!
During a rather confusing and hectic time where Dalhousie Faculty Members were locked-out of buildings, labs, etc – we had…
Big Week: ATC completed, MSc Defended!
July has started with a roar! While the team has been furiously un-sticking leafhoppers, carefully weighing out cow dung, and…
New publication: Dung Beetles- What’s Going On Down There?
New publication alert! Research led by PhD student Alexe Indigo while she was an undergraduate has recently been published in…
New Paper on Goldenrod Galls!
New research from our lab has been published – led by PhD student Alexe Indigo. Alexe brings a wealth of…