Living Landscapes Lab

We integrate natural and social sciences to address fundamental research questions and real-world conservation problems. Follow us for lab news and updates!

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

🌿 Curious about the work we do in our lab?

Check out @_LeslieSpencer_'s inspiring research on wild pollinator conservation and education! 🐝

She was recently featured by the @uvmvermont Office of Research—watch the feature here: https://t.co/Zptd0Y9fD5

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

Featured in @Newsweek, @TaylorHRicketts discusses why federal action in Western US is so consequential for wildlife 📢
https://t.co/cAiu70pjGj

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

Congratulations to lab member @AuraAlonsoRodz and colleagues on their recent publication! They evaluated hurricane effects on taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of tropical forest moths 🥳

[Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, PhD @AuraAlonsoRodz]

Honored to share my publication on how rainforest moth communities in Puerto Rico responded to back-to-back hurricanes Irma and María. I began this project eight years ago, and it’s incredibly exciting to finally see it out in the world! 🦋
🔗 https://t.co/EHHhXcdQFw

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

She also recently received a grant from @OneHiveFondatio for her environmental education work at Shelburne Farms and a research award from UVM to fund a summer bee identification course!
🐝🐝🐝@GundInstitute

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

🥳Congrats to lab member @_LeslieSpencer_ on her win in @uvmvermont Three-Minute Thesis competition! 🎊

Leslie's work focuses on wild pollinator conservation and education. Read more about it in this article from @UVMCALS:
https://t.co/6Hhopz9XtR

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

The Living Landscapes Lab was well represented at the @GundInstitute Gund Slam last week! 🌟
@_LeslieSpencer_ @AuraAlonsoRodz @TaylorHRicketts

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

🚨 New pub alert 🚨
"The risk that locally successful nature conservation may be shifting problems elsewhere can no longer be ignored"

https://t.co/ORWBPl7K2W

[Gund Institute for Environment @GundInstitute]

"...so often in conservation, we forget that the costs might happen to someone else, someplace else or at a later time," says @uvmvermont prof @bpkfish.

Yet, say Fisher and @TaylorHRicketts, these hidden costs are critical to conservation decisions: https://t.co/6NZc4s29QM

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

On this #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, we want to celebrate our amazing lab members @_LeslieSpencer_ , @AuraAlonsoRodz, Anna Maassel, Carina Manitius, Jessica Balerna, Lara de Macedo Monteiro, and the inspiring women scientists that came before them! 👩‍💻👩‍💼👩‍🏫👩‍🔬

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

Inspiring resolution @_LeslieSpencer_ !
#pollination #bees #ecosystemservices #conservation #education #outreach

[UVM Institute for Agroecology @Agroecology_UVM]

✨What are IfA's resolutions?✨⁠
1: @_LeslieSpencer_ resolves to deepen relationships to create accessible educational programs that equip community to impact pollinator conservation efforts (📸 by @estey_andrea)
2: Cheryl resolves to connect through story and love in her work

[Taylor Ricketts @TaylorHRicketts]

Just back from #IPBES11. 3 years of work by 130+ researchers from all over the world - all presented, debated, and adopted last week in #Namibia. Really proud to be part of the #NexusAssessment expert team!

[Gund Institute for Environment @GundInstitute]

Facing complex issues like declining biodiversity means integrating diverse viewpoints & variables.

@uvmvermont's @TaylorHRicketts & colleagues from across the world collaborated on the @IPBES report to address these issues.

From @nytimes' @CatrinEinhorn:https://t.co/saSUs7a3Qc

[Taylor Ricketts @TaylorHRicketts]

I'm here in #Namibia with the amazing #NexusAssessment leadership team, getting ready for an intense week presenting our work to delegates to #ipbes11. It all starts tomorrow!

[Taylor Ricketts @TaylorHRicketts]

Deforestation can make bednets less effective. Whoah. New findings from Tafesse Estifanos and team at @gundinstitute. These interactions between nature and health are everywhere, as highlighted this week by the #NexusAssessment here at #IPBES11 in Namibia .

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

📢 New study by former postdoc @TafesseEstifan1 "shows that a widespread malaria-fighting strategy—bed nets—becomes less effective as deforestation rises. The research underscores how important a healthy environment is for human health."

Read more 👇 https://t.co/YDzWe9Yqfd

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

Last Friday, we joined the Vermont Pollinator Working Group Annual Conference to discuss issues related to habitat and pesticides!
@_LeslieSpencer_ (PhD cand) shared her research on pollinators, pests & blueberries, and CJ (MS student) connected with VT's pollinator experts. 🐝

[Gund Institute for Environment @GundInstitute]

You've heard about bees' role in feeding the world. But if you also enjoy delicious coffee, thank a bee.

New research from @AristiNati, @TaylorHRicketts & colleagues shows bee pollination improves coffee's flavor.

Read more from @CATIEOficial: https://t.co/wFRTyvwOOV

[Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, PhD @AuraAlonsoRodz]

Just returned from another inspiring @HHMINEWS #GilliamFellows meeting! It’s truly empowering to connect with so many brilliant and passionate scientists, all dedicated to advancing inclusion and equity in STEM. 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻 #LatinainSTEM

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

Congratulations to @AristiNati, who recently crushed her PhD defense and moved on to bigger and better things! We miss her already but can't wait to see what amazing things she does next! 🎉 #Proud

[Taylor Ricketts @TaylorHRicketts]

I am speaking at NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY SOCIETY INAUGURAL CONFERENCE. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #nssseattle - via #Whova event app

[Living Landscapes Lab @RickettsLabVT]

Thrilled to welcome @carina_mani to the lab! 🎉 Carina's research focuses on the social and economic impacts of conservation policies, aiming for a just transition for nature. At UVM, she'll explore how expanding protected areas affects the agricultural sector and food systems.🌍