The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Islands in the Forest: Spatiotemporal Patterns of Ecosystem Structure, Composition, and Function in Central African Forest Clearings​ 

Hockridge’s research in the Congo Basin seeks to understand the forest structure and biodiversity influences of baïs, unique nutrient-rich forest clearings that concentrate activity of large animal species and provide habitat to flora that could not survive in the rest of the forest landscape. Using remote sensing, soil nutrient analyses, camera traps, and other traditional fieldmethod tools, Hockridge will examine what factors contribute to the creation, maintenance, and vegetative diversity in and around Central Africa’s baïs.