Dr. de Rivera studies how anthropogenic changes in habitat connectivity –whether because of biological invasion, the built environment, or sea level rise—affect animal populations and communities and ecosystem function. She and her students combine behavioral ecology techniques with modeling and experiments to address questions about invasions ecology, climate change ecology, ecology of the built environment, and restoration ecology. She aims both to provide resource managers with findings to help determine the best management options as well as to conduct basic research that helps promote our theoretical understanding of the ecology of marine, estuarine, and terrestrial systems.
Current Graduate Students
Emma Scott (MEM)
Laura Guderyahn (PhD)
Grace Hall
Isabel Mize