Heidi Liere

Heidi Liere
Ph.D.student

B.S., Biology, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala


U-M affiliation
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Contact information
University of Michigan
2081 Kraus Natural Science Building
830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
Phone: (734) 764-1446
Fax: (734) 763-0544
Email: hliere@umich.edu

Field of study
Agroecosystems

Research interests
I am interested in the interaction of insect pests and their natural enemies in agroecosystems in the tropics. Specifically, I am interested in how complex community interactions affect species distribution and abundance patterns in this ecosystems, and how to make use of this knowledge to develop more sustainable and less harmful pest control strategies

Advisor
John Vandermeer

Academic background

Masters, University of Michigan

B.S., Biology (Licenciatura), Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

Vandermeer Lab

News
EEB bragging rights

Hearty congratulations to Heidi Liere for receiving a Graham Institute Fellowship for 2007 of $50,000 over two years. Liere works with Professor John Vandermeer on the interaction of insect pests and their natural enemies in agroecosystems in the tropics.

Select Publications

Liere, H., and I. Perfecto. 2008. Cheating on a Mutualism: Indirect Benefits of Ant Attendance to a Coccidophagous Coccinellid. Environmental Entomology 37(1):143-149.