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SMALL BUT MIGHTY:
ANT-PLANT INTERACTIONS IN HUMAN-MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS
by
Kaitlyn Mathis, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Biology Department
​Clark University

Wednesday September 27th
7 p.m.
Rutland Public Library,
280 Main Street (Rte.122A) Rutland

​What can ants tell us about how organisms will respond to an increasingly warm and urban world? How, when and why can ants impact agroecosystems? In this talk, Dr. Mathis will tell three stories that show how important ants can be to helping us understand the ecology of our increasingly human dominated world. The talk will highlight local research performed recently by members of her lab.

Dr. Mathis earned a Bachelor of Arts in Insect Biology and Biochemistry from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy and Management from the University of California, Berkeley where she studied trophic interactions between ants and their predators in Mexican coffee agroecosystems. After a NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona she joined the Biology Department at Clark University as an Assistant Professor of Ecology. Her research combines observational studies, manipulative field experiments, and chemical ecology techniques to examine the ecology of ants in human-managed ecosystems.

HIKING QUABBIN RESERVOIR RESERVATION:
​5,000 MILES 
with Jim Morelly
Wednesday October 25th 7 p.m.
Rutland Public Library 280 Main Street (Route 122A)

What started out as casual hiking around the Quabbin Reservoir Reservation turned into Jim's quest to log 5,000 miles on foot while observing wildlife and taking photographs. He has set out numerous non-intrusive trail cameras enabling him to study wildlife behaviors, populations, and movement.  This twelve-year journey has resulted in a wealth of unique wildlife experiences. Please join us as Jim shares his stories about these wildlife encounters.

To follow Jim's terrific blog go to: hikingcamera.blogspot.com/