What’s that bug up to, anyway? Insect socioecology in urban gardens, with Azucena Lucatero

Episode 44 May 03, 2021 00:53:54
 What’s that bug up to, anyway?  Insect socioecology in urban gardens, with Azucena Lucatero
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What’s that bug up to, anyway? Insect socioecology in urban gardens, with Azucena Lucatero

May 03 2021 | 00:53:54

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Show Notes

“Gosh, I never realized there was a social ecology in my backyard!”

Find out just what those bugs are up to in your garden, as host Ronnie Lipschutz welcomes Azucena Lucatero, a third-year PhD student in Dr. Stacy Philpott's lab at UC Santa Cruz. Lucatero studies the socio-ecology of urban gardens in the California central coast with special interests in biological pest control, community and population ecology, landscape ecology, and food justice.  The ladybugs are already home!

You can find information & publications about "BUGS" (Biodiversity in Urban Gardens) at https://www.urbangardenecology.com/.  This includes the BUGS Garden Report 2019 and lots more!

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