iEcoLab

Welcome to the iEcoLab -- the Integrative Ecology Lab run jointly by Jocelyn Behm and Matthew Helmus at the Center for Biodiversity in the Biology Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. The mission of the iEcoLab is to integrate biodiversity science with human ecology to understand contemporary patterns of biodiversity and its functioning within ecosystems. Check out our recent activity on our news page and on Facebook and Instagram.

Dr. Jocelyn Behm is currently recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2022. Please see the formal announcement here and more information about applying as a graduate student on our Join Us page.

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15 farms visited in summer 2017 Farm Ecosystem Service Project

So far, we’ve visited 15 farms to collect data for our summer 2017 Farm Ecosystem Service Project. Dr. Behm, Dan, Camille, Hannah, Lahari, and Christina…

New paper out in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Drs. Behm and Helmus are co-authors on a new paper in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography. Rapacciuolo et al. (2017) examines how human pressures…

First official day of summer field work!

Yesterday was our first official day of field work for the summer season! We started at Love Grows CSA in Morrisville, PA. We’ll be visiting…

Brenna and Haseeb graduate!

Congrats to Haseeb Goheer and Brenna Waite on their graduation from Temple–Class of 2017! Here’s Haseeb presenting his research on biodiversity and sustainability with Dr.…