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I am a first year PhD student at Florida Atlantic University who is broadly interested in symbiosis theory, plant & pollination ecology, and parasitic plants. My research focuses on symbiosis theory and how multipartite interactions can reshape how we interpret costs and benefits in parasitic plants systems along a mutulaist-parasite continuum.
Using stigma-based pollen transfer approaches to understand how Pedicularis spp. shape pollen movement in the low Arctic, moving beyond pollinator visitation as a proxy..
Exploring how parasitic plants influence host interactions with common oak herbivore Hemileuca Warreni through field and lab based approaches.
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In my free time I love to photograph birds, bees, and pollinator interactions for my Inaturalist account.
Yellow Billed Loon on Toolik lake
Alaskan Marmot fighting off a swarm of mosquitoes
Judgemental Xylocopa at Deluca
Early morning Asclepias lanceolata in Big Cypress National Park
Research in pollination ecology, symbiosis theory, plant interactions, and Arctic field ecology.
Field monitoring, plant tissue collection, ecological data collection, and long term biodiversity work in South Florida and the Caribbean.
Training in plant science, field biology, and research methods that now inform my current work in ecology.
Email: Jcarcache2025@fau.edu
GitHub: github.com/yourusername
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