The Insect Ecology and Plant Ecophysiology Project is supervised by Dr. Leon G. Higley, Associate Professor of Entomology. Our project currently has six members, four of whom are graduate students. We are conducting several research projects.
Most projects involve characterizing the physiological responses of plants to arthropod injury.
However, we are also involved with studies on the population dynamics of spider mites on maize, the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle, and IPM theory. The Salt Creek Tiger Beetle, an Endangered Nebraska Species Instructional Multimedia Projects List of Peer-reviewed Publications from the Insect Ecology Project Books, Chapters, etc.