Services for terrestrial studies and monitoring include:

  • Development of sampling plans and experimental designs for assessing wild and managed ecosystems including agroecosystems, rangeland, watersheds, biological reserves, wilderness…
  • Field sampling with expertise in pitfall-, malaise-, sweep-net-, bowl-Japanese Beetle-trap methods
  • Surveys of native or exotic invertebrate species including biocontrol agents, pollinators and pests
  • Sample processing
  • Taxonomic assistance and identification of invertebrate specimens
  • Length measurements and biomass estimation with mass-length regression models or drying ovens
  • Analyses: Univariate, multivariate, fine and coarse scale, population, community and landscape data
  • Indicator species analysis, guild analysis, development of terrestrial Indexes of Biotic Integrity (IBI), etc.
  • Habitat and climate modeling
  • Data interpretation
  • Assistance with writing grants (including Tribal grants under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act), report writing and preparation of manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals or presentations
  • Taxonomic workshops and grant writing/application workshops