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DR. LAUREN SCHMITT
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    • Plant-insect interactions in agro-ecosystems
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    • Insect life cycles in urban environments
    • Biodiversity & ecosystem function in forests
    • Biotic drivers of decomposition in agro-ecosystems
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Publications and CV

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CV (last updated May 2024)

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Peer reviewed publications 

Ferlauto, M., L. Schmitt,, & Burghardt, K. (2024). Legacy effects of long‐term autumn leaf litter removal slow decomposition
        rates and reduce soil carbon in suburban yards. Plants, People, Planet. doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10499

Butz, E.M., L. Schmitt, J.D. Parker and K. Burghardt. (2023). Positive tree divresity effects on arboreal spider abundance are
        tied to canopy cover in a forest experiment. Ecology, 104:e4116. doi: 10.1002/ecy.4116.

Schmitt, L., R. Greenberg, G. Ibarra Nunez, P. Bichier, C.E. Gordon and I. Perfecto. (2021).
          Cascading effects of birds and bats in a coffee agroforestry system: parasitoids are the missing link. Frontiers of
          Sustainable Food Systems
, 5:512998. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.512998.

Schmitt, L., and K. Burghardt. (2021). Urbanization as a disrupter and facilitator of insect
          behaviors and life cycles. Current Opinions in Insect Sciences, 45: 97-105. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.02.016

Schmitt, L., and I. Perfecto. (2021). Leaf litter decomposition of Coffea arabica and Coffea robusta at home and away: short-   
          term home field advantage in shaded coffee agro-ecosystems. Applied Soil Ecology, 161, 103854. ​

Schmitt, L, B. Aponte-Rolon and I. Perfecto. (2020). Evaluating community effects of Azteca sericeasur on Inga micheliana leaf
          litter decomposition in shaded coffee agro-ecosystems. Biotropica, doi.org/10.1111/btp.12833.

Schmitt, L., and I. Perfecto. (2020). Who gives a flux? Synchronous flowering of Coffea arabica accelerates leaf litter
          decomposition. Ecosphere, 11(7), e03186.

Hajian‐Forooshani, Z., Schmitt, L., Medina, N., and Vandermeer, J. (2019). Trophic‐specific responses to migration in
          empirical metacommunities. Oikos, 129(3), 413-419.

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    • Plant-insect interactions in agro-ecosystems
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    • Insect life cycles in urban environments
    • Biodiversity & ecosystem function in forests
    • Biotic drivers of decomposition in agro-ecosystems
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  • Teaching
  • Outreach
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