REU students in the EISI program (https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/eisi) will present their final summer projects, based on field work and modeling of plant-pollinator networks and stream networks in the HJ Andrews Forest.
Thursday, August 23, 2-4 PM
Kelley Engineering Center Rm 1001
2:00 PM – Welcome
2:05 – 2:20 PM. Longitudinal stream concavity as a predictor of solute transport behavior at the reach scale. Hunter Stanke, Michigan State University
2:20 – 2:35 PM. Cross-sectional area and roughness as predictors for solute transport behavior at the reach scale. Tadd Bindas, Marist College
2:35 – 2:50 PM. Characterizing fluvial geomorphology for modeling of solute transport in mountain headwater streams. William J. Stansfield, University of Connecticut
2:50 – 2:55 PM. Break.
2:55 – 3:10 PM. Niche differentiation and competition between three Bumblebee species in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Ryan Cook, Lewis & Clark College
3:10 – 3:25 PM. Similarities of pollinator preferences for selected flower species. Blanca Peto, University of California, Davis
3:25 – 3:40 PM. Interaction classification using plant-pollinator traits with varied machine learning algorithms. Rachel Towner, UNC-Wilmington
3:40 – 3:55 PM. Using climate data to predict summer peaks in pollinator activity. Gareth Redfield Jones, Whitman College