I'm an ecosystem ecologist generally interested in how to incorporate animals into current ecological paradigms. Presently, I explore how animals interact with their environments, as well as how conservation considers and incorporates animals into decision making.
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Appointments: Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Univeristy Board Member, Alaska Future Ecology Institute Education: Ph.D, Yale School of the Environment (2024) MPhil., Yale School of the Environment (2022) MSc., Vanderbilt University (2018) BSc., Boston College (2015) Contact: email: [email protected] Bluesky: @kristymferraro.bsky.social google scholar CV Pronouns: She/Her |
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Storytelling in ecological and conservation writing is essential, but relying on tropes such as the hero-villain is problematic. Check out our paper that outlines the problems with the hero-villain narrative in science writing, and provides fun alternatives.
We often ask how a species affects an ecosystem. But what about all of them—together? Our paper outlines a framework that predicts how animals of all shapes and sizes act within their communities to influence elemental distribution on landscapes.
New paper on how the term 'ecosystem services' is used and abused in ecology.
I'm honored to have won the Georgina Mace Prize from Ecological Solutions and Evidence for our paper quantifying the nutrients lost from Scottish landscapes due to deer culling practices!
Excited to announce I've been awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow from NSERC and have begun at Memorial University, working with the WEEL and LeRoux labs. Stay tuned for more deer-related science.
New paper demonstrating how animal zoogeochemical inputs may promote site fidelity, using simulated caribou calving. We call it the biogeochemical boomerang!
Check out my interview with YSE after winning the Bormann Prize.
We often ask how a species affects an ecosystem. But what about all of them—together? Our paper outlines a framework that predicts how animals of all shapes and sizes act within their communities to influence elemental distribution on landscapes.
New paper on how the term 'ecosystem services' is used and abused in ecology.
I'm honored to have won the Georgina Mace Prize from Ecological Solutions and Evidence for our paper quantifying the nutrients lost from Scottish landscapes due to deer culling practices!
Excited to announce I've been awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow from NSERC and have begun at Memorial University, working with the WEEL and LeRoux labs. Stay tuned for more deer-related science.
New paper demonstrating how animal zoogeochemical inputs may promote site fidelity, using simulated caribou calving. We call it the biogeochemical boomerang!
Check out my interview with YSE after winning the Bormann Prize.