Tracie Hayes

I am interested in organisms that rely on resource patches that are rare in space and time. These ephemeral resource patches often act as ecological epicenters, or what Charles Elton referred to as “centers of action,” where species interactions, niche partitioning, and behavioral/morphological adaptations are intensified. Particularly, I am using carrion beetles in coastal ecosystems to study the effects of ephemeral resource patches on reproductive output and population characteristics.