Pollinator ResearchRebecca Dalton
2016 The Garden Club of America Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship
Rebecca M. Dalton is a PhD candidate in Ecology at Duke University. Her research will assess the mechanisms of coexistence between two spring ephemerals, Eastern spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) and star chickweed (Stellaria pubera) under a changing climate. From 1978-1982 in Durham, NC, Alexander Motten and Diane Campbell studied the timing of flowering plants and their pollinators in the forest understory. She is returning to their field sites to compare flowering times and the pollinator community and to determine if flowering species compete for pollinators and other resources.
The Garden Club of America Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship
To provide funding to study the causes of pollinator decline, in particular bees, bats, butterflies, and moths, which could lead to potential solutions for their conservation and sustainability.
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