Welcome to the Horvitz Lab (the Zebra Lab?)
Stochastic BioDemography
How and why do vital rates vary over time and space?
Cephaloleia horvitzae Staines New species
Staines, C.L. and García–Robledo (Accepted 2013) Monograph - The genus Cephaloleia. Zookeys._: ____ - ____. Named for Carol C. Horvitz in recognition of her many contributions to the understanding of the ecology of Zingiberales and their insect herbivores and her collegiality over the years.
Staines, C.L. and García–Robledo (Accepted 2013) Monograph - The genus Cephaloleia. Zookeys._: ____ - ____. Named for Carol C. Horvitz in recognition of her many contributions to the understanding of the ecology of Zingiberales and their insect herbivores and her collegiality over the years.
IN THE COMMUNITY
March for Science, Miami 2017
"Community Day" 2017 at usda subtropical horticultural research station, chapman field, with Steve Pearson, Director of the Gifford Arboretum
RESEARCH
recent publications
Erickson, Kelley D., Pratt, Paul D., Rayamajhi, Min B. and Carol C. Horvitz. In Press. (May 2017). Introduction history influences aboveground biomass allocation in Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius) Invasive Plant Science and Management.
Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, Carol C. Horvitz,W. John Kress, A. Nalleli Carvajal-Acosta, Terry L. Erwin, and Charles L. Staines. In press (Apr 2017). Experimental assemblage of novel plant-herbivore interactions: ecological host shifts after 40 million years of isolation. Biotropica.
Matlaga, David P; Snyder, Rachel K; Horvitz, Carol C. 2017. Dispersal of Goeppertia marantifolia clonal offspring increases with greater canopy openness and larger plant size. Journal of Tropical Ecology 33: 107-113.
Westerband, Andrea C. and Horvitz, C.C. 2017. Early life conditions and precipitation influence the performance of widespread understorey herbs in variable light environments. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12757
Westerband, A. C. and Horvitz, C. C. 2017. Photosynthetic rates influence the population dynamics of understory herbs in stochastic light environments. Ecology, 98(2): 370–381.
recent publications
Erickson, Kelley D., Pratt, Paul D., Rayamajhi, Min B. and Carol C. Horvitz. In Press. (May 2017). Introduction history influences aboveground biomass allocation in Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius) Invasive Plant Science and Management.
Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, Carol C. Horvitz,W. John Kress, A. Nalleli Carvajal-Acosta, Terry L. Erwin, and Charles L. Staines. In press (Apr 2017). Experimental assemblage of novel plant-herbivore interactions: ecological host shifts after 40 million years of isolation. Biotropica.
Matlaga, David P; Snyder, Rachel K; Horvitz, Carol C. 2017. Dispersal of Goeppertia marantifolia clonal offspring increases with greater canopy openness and larger plant size. Journal of Tropical Ecology 33: 107-113.
Westerband, Andrea C. and Horvitz, C.C. 2017. Early life conditions and precipitation influence the performance of widespread understorey herbs in variable light environments. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12757
Westerband, A. C. and Horvitz, C. C. 2017. Photosynthetic rates influence the population dynamics of understory herbs in stochastic light environments. Ecology, 98(2): 370–381.
awards
Carol Horvitz was awarded the Society of Women Geographers Outstanding Achievement Award at the SWG Triennial in Asilomar, CA in May 2017. This award is bestowed on a member of the Society in recognition of an
outstanding contribution or service of lasting benefit to Science, the Arts, or Humanity.
meetings
Carol Horvitz presented a talk at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Evolutionary Demography Society in Charlottesville, VA, fall 2016.
Carol Horvitz presented an invited talk and Kelley Erickson presented a poster at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, August 2016.
Carol Horvitz was awarded the Society of Women Geographers Outstanding Achievement Award at the SWG Triennial in Asilomar, CA in May 2017. This award is bestowed on a member of the Society in recognition of an
outstanding contribution or service of lasting benefit to Science, the Arts, or Humanity.
meetings
Carol Horvitz presented a talk at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Evolutionary Demography Society in Charlottesville, VA, fall 2016.
Carol Horvitz presented an invited talk and Kelley Erickson presented a poster at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, August 2016.
