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What does the PoCoEco lab do?
We study how interactions among species impact fitness, population dynamics and community composition. We test ecological theory by observing behaviour and natural history, monitoring interactions in the wild, conducting manipulative experiments, and using population genetics tools. We work in natural systems, agricultural systems, disturbed habitats, and at the interfaces among these. There is a focus on insect parasitoids, their herbivorous hosts and the plants they feed on, but we also study other taxa, such as endosymbionts and grassland plant communities.
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