Ellie Tate (’21), Amber Pitt, Myles Little (’21), Joe Tavano, and Max Nickerson published research in the journal, Amphibia-Reptilia, that revealed the pathway in which a generalist species, the red-eared slider, expanded its range and increased its population as a result of habitat degradation and reduced competition. Read more here.
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New publication elucidating invasive rusty crayfish and hellbender interactions
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Sean Hartzell, Amber Pitt, and Steve Davis published research in the journal, Herpetological Conservation & Biology, that elucidated hellbender and invasive rusty crayfish interactions. They found that adult and subadult hellbenders can and will prey upon invasive rusty crayfish. Read More
Skye Embray named a 2022 Goldwater Scholar!
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Skye Embray is named a 2022 Goldwater Scholar! The Goldwater Scholarship is a highly competitive, prestigious national scholarship for sophomores and juniors in natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. See more information about Skye and all of the 2022 Goldwater Scholars here. Read More
New publication on invasive rusty crayfish ecology!
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Sean Hartzell, Amber Pitt, & Steve Davis published new research evaluating the behavior of invasive rusty crayfish relative to imperiled native spiny-cheek crayfish in Pennsylvania. Results indicated rusty crayfish have an indirect competitive advantage over spiny-cheek crayfish. This paper was published in the Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science. Read More
New research published on river turtle ecology!
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Amber Pitt, Ellie Tate (’21), Myles Little (’21), Joe Tavano, and Max Nickerson published their river turtle research in Acta Oecologica. Their research evaluated the changes in a river turtle community over the past 50 years. Read More
New paper published on biodiversity patterns of small wetlands in forests
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Amber Pitt, along with collaborators at the University of Florida, Clemson University, and Virginia Tech, published a new paper entitled, Diversity patterns associated with varying dispersal capabilities as a function of spatial and local environmental variables in small wetlands in forested ecosystems, in the journal Forests. Read More
Lupita Barajas is going to San Diego State University for grad school!
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Pitt Lab alumna Lupita Barajas (’17) will be entering a PhD program at San Diego State University this fall! Since graduating from Trinity College, Lupita has been busy conducting climate research in Barrow Alaska, which is the northernmost point in the US and within the Arctic Region. As her next step, Lupita will be applying… Read More
Amber Pitt, Ellie Tate, & Myles Little present research at the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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This July, Amber Pitt, Ellie Tate (’21), and Myles Little (’21) presented their river turtle research at the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Their research evaluated the changes to a river turtle community that have occurred over the past 50 years. Read More
Shane McLaughlin & Hazel Robertson successfully defend their Honors Theses!
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Shane McLaughlin (Environmental Science) and Hazel Robertson (Biology) successfully defended their Honors Theses. Shane’s thesis was entitled, Total mercury accumulation and spatial distribution in Beachland Park Pond, West Hartford, CT and Keney Park Pond, Hartford, CT. Hazel’s thesis was entitled, Concentration of mercury in the biota of an urban pond. Congratulations, Hazel and Shane! Read More
Pitt Lab Represents Trinity College at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology
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Joe Ruggiero, Shane McLaughlin, and Amber Pitt represented Trinity College at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology held 21-26 July 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ruggiero and McLaughlin summarized research that they implemented along with Bobbie Imwalle and Pitt, in a presentation entitled, Mercury accumulation in urban park streams and ponds: has urbanization changed would-be… Read More
