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Shalene Jha
Ph.D. student
B.S., Rice University, 2004
U-M affiliation
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Contact information
University of Michigan
2078 Kraus Natural Science Building
830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
Phone: (734) 761-9463
Fax: (734) 763-0544
Email: sjha@umich.edu
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Fields of study
Pollination biology and tropical ecology
Research interests
I'm interested in studying tropical pollination systems and how pollinator communities can influence plant populations. I'm particularly interested in studying fragmented forest communities, where I hope to investigate the influences of the agro-ecological matrix and its impact on the pollen dispersing abilities of native plants.
Academic background
B.S. Rice University. 2004. Biology Major, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Concentration. Senior Thesis: The Decline of American Beech trees in Southern Hardwood Forests. Junior Thesis: Worker regulation in the vespid wasp Polistes instabilis.
Advisors
Chris Dick, John Vandermeer
Lab Website
Vandermeer Lab
Recent publications
Jha, S. (in preparation) Microsatellite primers for Miconia affinis (Melastomataceae)
Jha, S. (in preparation) Bee foraging in coffee agro-ecosystems: sociality mediates response to resource scales
Jha, S., J. Vandermeer, & I. Perfecto. (in preparation) Assesment of stage-specific population densities of sessile insects using digital photography.
Jha, S. (in preparation) Bee diversity and habitat management in coffee agroecosystems of Chiapas, Mexico
Jha, S. (in review) Habitat quality mediates recruiting dominance of Africanized Apis mellifera
Jha, S., Casey-Ford, R.G., Platt, T., Queller, D.C., & J.E. Strassmann. (2006) The queen is not the pacemaker in colonies of the small-colony wasps Polistes instabilis and P. dominulus. Journal of Animal Behavior 71: 1197-1203.
Jha, S., P.A. Harcombe & I.S. Elsik. (2004) Analysis of American beech death at Wier Woods. Texas Journal of Science 21: 328-339.
Jha's home page
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