Current Research:
I am investigating the effects of tallgrass prairie restoration on native bee communities in northeastern Illinois. I am interested in how land management history, as well as landscape scale factors may affect native pollinators, specifically bees.
Since 2007 I have been working with Intrinsic Landscaping to determine the bee populations of multiple green roofs in and around Chicago.
Publications:
Tonietto, Rebecca K. and John S. Ascher. 2009. Occurrence of the Old World bee species Hylaeus hyalinatus, Anthidium manicatum, Anthidium oblongatum, Megachile sculpturalis, and the native Coelioxys banksi, in Illinois (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae, Megachilidae). Great Lakes Entomologist
Links:
Chicago Wilderness http://www.chicagowilderness.org/
Discover Life http://www.discoverlife.org/
Bee Hunt http://www.discoverlife.org/bee/
Sisters 4 Science http://www.projectexploration.org/s4s/
Project Bud Burst http://www.budburst.ucar.edu/
Completing a vegetation survey at a degraded prairie site.
