Welcome to the Horvitz Lab (the Zebra Lab?)
Stochastic BioDemography
How and why do vital rates vary over time and space?
We study...
plant population biology
the biology of aging
life history evolution
plant-animal interactions
tropical diversity
forest light dynamics
invasion biology
mathematical modeling
population dynamics
...and cake
We study...
plant population biology
the biology of aging
life history evolution
plant-animal interactions
tropical diversity
forest light dynamics
invasion biology
mathematical modeling
population dynamics
...and cake
IN THE COMMUNITY (April 2015):
Andrea Westerband, Kelley Erickson and Carol Horvitz hosted 50 South Florida Girl Scouts at The Gifford Arboretum, for Naturalist Badge Day.
Andrea Westerband, Kelley Erickson and Carol Horvitz hosted 50 South Florida Girl Scouts at The Gifford Arboretum, for Naturalist Badge Day.
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.
RESEARCH news
Westerband, A. and C. C. Horvitz,2015. Interactions between plant size and canopy openness influence vital rates and life-history tradeoffs in two neotropical understory herbs. American Journal of Botany, 102(8), 1290-1299.
Matlaga, D. and C. C. Horvitz, 2015. Large size and high light do not lower the cost of reproduction for the Neotropical herb Goeppertia marantifolia. American Journal of Botany, 102(3), 350-357.
Horvitz, C.C., A.L. Koop, K. E. Erickson, 2015. Time-invariant and stochastic disperser-structured matrix models: invasion rates of fleshy-fruited exotic shrubs. DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS-SERIES B, 20(6), 1639-1662.
McElderry, R., Salvato, M. and C.C. Horvitz. (2015). Population viability models for an endangered endemic subtropical butterfly: effects of density and fire on population dynamics and risk of extinction. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-20.
Carol Horvitz coauthored a paper on experimental demography with Susan Kalisz and Rachel Spigler,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
"In a long-term experimental demography study, excluding ungulates reversed invader's explosive population growth rate and restored natives"
Westerband, A. and C. C. Horvitz,2015. Interactions between plant size and canopy openness influence vital rates and life-history tradeoffs in two neotropical understory herbs. American Journal of Botany, 102(8), 1290-1299.
Matlaga, D. and C. C. Horvitz, 2015. Large size and high light do not lower the cost of reproduction for the Neotropical herb Goeppertia marantifolia. American Journal of Botany, 102(3), 350-357.
Horvitz, C.C., A.L. Koop, K. E. Erickson, 2015. Time-invariant and stochastic disperser-structured matrix models: invasion rates of fleshy-fruited exotic shrubs. DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS-SERIES B, 20(6), 1639-1662.
McElderry, R., Salvato, M. and C.C. Horvitz. (2015). Population viability models for an endangered endemic subtropical butterfly: effects of density and fire on population dynamics and risk of extinction. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-20.
Carol Horvitz coauthored a paper on experimental demography with Susan Kalisz and Rachel Spigler,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
"In a long-term experimental demography study, excluding ungulates reversed invader's explosive population growth rate and restored natives"
Kelley Erickson received the Everglades Foundation "ForEverglades Scholarship" awarded in 2014 to support her dissertation research on how the invasive plant Brazilian Pepper spreads across South Florida.
Carol Horvitz, Andrea Westerband, and lab alums Josiane LeCorff and Orou Gaoue, attended 3rd Annual Meeting of the Evolutionary Demography Society in Lunteren, the Netherlands October 2015.
Carol Horvitz, Robert McElderry gave invited talks at ESA100 the Centennial meeting of the Ecological Society of America August 2015 in Baltimore.
Carol Horvitz, Robert McElderry and Andrea Westerband attended
2nd Annual Meeting of the Evolutionary Demography Society
at Stanford University, in Stanford, CA November 2014.
Andrea Westerband received UM's College of Arts and Sciences
Summer Graduate Fellowship for Summer 2014.
Carol Horvitz and Robert McElderry attended
1st Annual Meeting of the Evolutionary Demography Society
in Odense, Denmark, October 2013.
Andrea Westerband and Carol Horvitz attended
50th Anniversary Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and of the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica in June 2013
AW presented a poster entitled "Linking forest light availability to morphological and physiological adaptations in two understory herbs" and CH presented a poster (with co-authors Orou Gaoue, Julie Denslow and Amanda Uwolo) entitled "Integral projection population dynamic model of an invasive tree in a Pacific island rain forest: Strawberry guava in Hawaii." Zebra lab alum Carlos Garcia-Robledo was Program Co-Chair of this major scientific conference.
Carol Horvitz attended
The Keyfitz Centennial Symposium on Mathematical Demography at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute in Columbus, Ohio in June 2013 where she presented an invited talk "Stochastic Demography of Tropical and Subtropical Plants."
Carol Horvitz, Robert McElderry gave invited talks at ESA100 the Centennial meeting of the Ecological Society of America August 2015 in Baltimore.
Carol Horvitz, Robert McElderry and Andrea Westerband attended
2nd Annual Meeting of the Evolutionary Demography Society
at Stanford University, in Stanford, CA November 2014.
Andrea Westerband received UM's College of Arts and Sciences
Summer Graduate Fellowship for Summer 2014.
Carol Horvitz and Robert McElderry attended
1st Annual Meeting of the Evolutionary Demography Society
in Odense, Denmark, October 2013.
Andrea Westerband and Carol Horvitz attended
50th Anniversary Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and of the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica in June 2013
AW presented a poster entitled "Linking forest light availability to morphological and physiological adaptations in two understory herbs" and CH presented a poster (with co-authors Orou Gaoue, Julie Denslow and Amanda Uwolo) entitled "Integral projection population dynamic model of an invasive tree in a Pacific island rain forest: Strawberry guava in Hawaii." Zebra lab alum Carlos Garcia-Robledo was Program Co-Chair of this major scientific conference.
Carol Horvitz attended
The Keyfitz Centennial Symposium on Mathematical Demography at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute in Columbus, Ohio in June 2013 where she presented an invited talk "Stochastic Demography of Tropical and Subtropical Plants."
