Climate change, land use change, and other large-scale disturbances are altering ecosystems globally and at an accelerating rate. Documenting, understanding, forecasting, and mitigating the ecological impacts of global change are key challenges of the 21st century, and necessary for the preservation of ecosystem services, the conservation of endangered species, and the control of pests, diseases, and invasive species. Members of the Molnár Lab combine the development of mathematical and statistical models with field data collection and the analysis of existing long-term datasets to identify the mechanisms driving change, forecast likely future impacts of global change, and propose mitigation strategies to address conservation and wildlife health concerns. We take a global perspective and work on a variety of systems, ranging from the High Arctic to the tropical rainforests of Central America, with current efforts primarily focusing on how global change impacts the population and community dynamics of wildlife, their interactions with parasites, and the spread of disease.
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