Presentation Year
2023
College or Department
Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)
Spiders are very effective biocontrol agents, particularly when their communities are more diverse. In the progression of more sustainable and natural agriculture, supporting spider communities in California vineyards has potential to keep vines safer from pests. I decided to observe spider taxonomic and guild richness, as well as abundance, on crop and non-crop vegetation in vineyards, while recording a site’s plant species richness and assigning each of those species to be native or not. I set out to determine what factors support more spider diversity, and ultimately, how those factors may encourage spider communities on the vines themselves.
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Yes
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Primary Contact: First Name
Brooke
Primary Contact: Last Name
Culler
Primary Contact: Email
bc214@humboldt.edu
Primary Contact: I am a
Undergraduate Student
Primary Contact: Phone Number
4023054211
Primary Contact: Academic Departments
Biological Sciences
Node ID
1392
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