Principal Investigator

Lee Dyer, Professor
University of Nevada
Education: University of Colorado
Degree: PhD Ecology; BA Biochemistry; BA English
Born in: Newport News Virginia

My Qualifications

B.A. Biochemistry; B.A. English; University of California, Santa Barbara; 1983-1987 Ph.D. Ecology; University of Colorado, Boulder; 1991-1994 Founder, Western Colorado Center for Tropical Research P ...
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Previous SciFlies Projects


Awards

• 1999 – Mesa State College Distinguished Faculty Award • 2000 – Mesa County Colorado, Leader for the New Millennium Award • 2002 – New Orleans 40 under 40, young people making remarkable ...
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· www.caterpillars.org

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Passion/Philosophy

Although my life is dedicated to scientific discovery, conservation, and understanding biodiversity, I am also passionate about wilderness, rock climbing, poetry, music, and saving New Orleans, Louis ...
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Books I'm Reading

Insect books, conservation books, and a constant stream of modern and classical poetry, along with modern fiction.

Diversity of Interactions in a Tropical Rain Forest



Why? Interactions between organisms have profound effects on biodiversity, yet the number of interactions per unit area (“interaction diversity”) is ignored in ecological theory and biodiversity studies. The proposed research will contribute to the only extensive data sets appropriate for examining interaction diversity. High levels of diversity of interactions are also very important for maintain ...
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Ultimate Goal Over half of all described organisms in the world are involved in plant-insect-parasite interactions, yet basic ecological assumptions about diversity of these interactions still lack quantitative tests. This Sciflies proposal seeks funding to expand and continue the current ecological study of multitrophic interaction diversity at sites across the Americas, with the ultimate goal of completing t ...
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