Profile TabsProfileFrances SivakoffAssistant Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Courtesy Appointment in Entomologysivakoff.3@osu.eduhttps://u.osu.edu/sivakofflab/(740) 725-6019Office: Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, OSU at Marion1461 Mount Vernon Ave., Marion, OH 43302 Professional InformationResearch Area(s): Insect Ecology Population and Community Ecology Conservation BiologyBiography: Research in the Sivakoff Lab explores the factors that regulate arthropod abundance and distribution, from common agricultural pests to rare endangered butterflies, across agricultural, natural and urban landscapes. Across these systems, we aim to gain a mechanistic understanding of how changes in habitat quality influences arthropods to improve habitat management and promote ecosystem services. Changes in habitat quality often arise from habitat manipulation, and can be done intentionally (as in the installation of hedgerows to promote beneficial species) or unintentionally (as in the case of anthropogenic contamination of urban soils). Regardless, habitat manipulation can have profound consequences on species interactions, including those between plant-pollinator, plant-insect, and predator-prey, and ultimately affect arthropod species abundance and distribution Works - Any -Journal articleBook/book chapterReportWorking paperPolicy briefPresentationData