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Overview

Barbara L. Peckarsky is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in ecology and its related subfields.

The main areas of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Environmental Chemistry

Research topics covered in their work span several ecological and environmental themes:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Barbara L. Peckarsky has contributed to multiple scientific articles, notable among them are:

  • From Insects to Frogs, Egg-Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes (2021), published in Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Nonconsumptive effects of Brook Trout predators reduce secondary production of mayfly prey (2020), published in Freshwater Science
  • Consequences of nuisance algal blooms of Didymosphenia geminata on invertebrate communities in Rocky Mountain streams (2024), published in Freshwater Science

The most frequent venues for publications include:

  • Freshwater Science (2 publications)
  • Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics (1 publication)

Collaborations feature recurrent co-authors such as Barbara J. Downes, Jill Lancaster, William D. Bovill, Maria Alp, and Mairead S. Brogan.

Best Publications

  • REVISITING THE CLASSICS: CONSIDERING NONCONSUMPTIVE EFFECTS IN TEXTBOOK EXAMPLES OF PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Peter A. Abrams;Daniel I. Bolnick;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Predator-Prey Interactions between Stoneflies and Mayflies: Behavioral Observations

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Barbara L. Peckarsky

  • Sublethal Consequences of Stream-Dwelling Predatory Stoneflies on Mayfly Growth and Fecundity

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Cathy A. Cowan;Marjory A. Penton;Chester Anderson

  • Prey Exchange Rates and the Impact of Predators on Prey Populations in Streams

    Scott D. Cooper;Sandra J. Walde;Barbara L. Peckarsky

  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North America

    Barbara Lynn Peckarsky

  • LIFE HISTORIES AND THE STRENGTHS OF SPECIES INTERACTIONS: COMBINING MORTALITY, GROWTH, AND FECUNDITY EFFECTS

    Mark A. McPeek;Barbara L. Peckarsky

  • Non-visual communication in freshwater benthos: an overview

    Stanley I. Dodson;Todd A. Crowl;Barbara L. Peckarsky;Lee B. Kats

  • Stable isotopes identify dispersal patterns of stonefly populations living along stream corridors

    Kate H. Macneale;Barbara L. Peckarsky;Gene E. Likens

  • Elemental Dynamics in Streams

    Judy L. Meyer;William H. McDowell;Thomas L. Bott;Jerry W. Elwood

  • Alternative Predator Avoidance Syndromes of Stream-Dwelling Mayfly Larvae

    Barbara L. Peckarsky

  • Fitness and community consequences of avoiding multiple predators

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Angus R. McIntosh

  • Emergence cues of a mayfly in a high-altitude stream ecosystem: potential response to climate change.

    Matthew P. Harper;Barbara L. Peckarsky;Barbara L. Peckarsky

  • VARIATION IN MAYFLY SIZE AT METAMORPHOSIS AS A DEVELOPMENTAL RESPONSE TO RISK OF PREDATION

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Barbara L. Peckarsky;Brad W. Taylor;Brad W. Taylor;Angus R. McIntosh;Angus R. McIntosh;Mark A. McPeek

  • FROM INDIVIDUALS TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: TOWARD AN INTEGRATION OF EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Jonathan H. Grabowski;Barbara L. Peckarsky;Evan L. Preisser

  • DO STONEFLY PREDATORS INFLUENCE BENTHIC DISTRIBUTIONS IN STREAMS

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Stanley I. Dodson

  • Aquatic Insect Predator-Prey Relations

    Barbara L. Peckarsky

  • Hydrologic and behavioral constraints on oviposition of stream insects: implications for adult dispersal

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Brad W. Taylor;Christopher C. Caudill

  • Stonefly predation along a hydraulic gradient: a field test of the harsh - benign hypothesis.

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Barbara L. Peckarsky;Steven C. Horn;Bernhard Statzner

  • PREDATOR CHEMICALS INDUCE CHANGES IN MAYFLY LIFE HISTORY TRAITS: A WHOLE-STREAM MANIPULATION

    Barbara L. Peckarsky;Angus R. McIntosh;Angus R. McIntosh;Brad W. Taylor;Brad W. Taylor;Jonas Dahl;Jonas Dahl

  • Do predaceous stoneflies and siltation affect the structure of stream insect communities colonizing enclosures

    Barbara L. Peckarsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Angus R. McIntosh
Angus R. McIntosh University of Canterbury
Andrea C. Encalada
Andrea C. Encalada Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Scott D. Peacor
Scott D. Peacor Michigan State University
James R. Vonesh
James R. Vonesh Virginia Commonwealth University
Mark A. McPeek
Mark A. McPeek Dartmouth College
John L. Orrock
John L. Orrock University of Wisconsin–Madison
Geoffrey C. Trussell
Geoffrey C. Trussell Northeastern University
Stanley I. Dodson
Stanley I. Dodson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Evan L. Preisser
Evan L. Preisser University of Rhode Island
Jonathan H. Grabowski
Jonathan H. Grabowski Northeastern University

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