Sara Prado
Area(s) of Expertise
Broadly, my research interests lie in promoting sustainable cities, communities and agricultural practices, which I believe can be achieved through targeted research programs and direct communication with those who can benefit most from these studies.
Publications
- Can behaviour and physiology mitigate effects of warming on ectotherms? A test in urban ants, JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY (2023)
- The influence of floral resources and microclimate on pollinator visitation in an agro-ecosystem, AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT (2021)
- A comparison of coffee floral traits under two different agricultural practices, Scientific Reports (2019)
- Accurate near surface air temperature measurements are necessary to gauge large-scale ecological responses to global climate change, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2018)
- Construction of a Compact Low-Cost Radiation Shield for Air-Temperature Sensors in Ecological Field Studies, JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS (2018)
- Resurgence of specialized shade coffee cultivation: Effects on pollination services and quality of coffee production, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2018)
- Optimal foraging by an aphid parasitoid affects the outcome of apparent competition, Ecological Entomology (2014)
- Compact plants reduce biological control of Myzus persicae by Aphidius colemani, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL (2013)
- Tritrophic effects of plant growth regulators in an aphid-parasitoid system, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL (2013)
Publications
Education
PhD, Zoology, North Carolina State University