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Botany Department
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

Dept. Chair:
Dr. Tom Ranker
Graduate Program Chair:
Dr. Kim Bridges

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Sean Giery

Sean Giery

  MS Student

Ecology Track
Mentor: Joe Fragoso
Incoming Class of 2006

Contact Information
Phone: (808) 956-5950
Fax: (808) 956-3923
Email: giery@hawaii.edu

University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

Affiliations
Botany


Thesis Title:
To be announced


Research Interests:

Basic Ecology
  • Community ecology and Ecosystem ecology: the role of species in communities and the effects of community composition on ecosystem ecology
  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
Disease Ecoloy
  • The role of species in the ecology of infectious disease
Biological Conservation
  • The effects of conservation efforts on ecosystems
Natural Resource Management
  • Monitoring local wildlife resources and helping to develop locally-based plans for subsistence societies

Publications:

  • Giery, S. T., and R. S. Ostfeld. 2007. The Role of Lizards in the Ecology of Lyme Disease in Two Endemic Zones of the Northeastern United States. J. Parasitol. 93(3): 511-517.  pdf