Publications by authors named "Dylan Dittrich-Reed"
Knowledge construction is an essential scientific practice, and undergraduate research experiences (UREs) provide opportunities for students to engage with this scientific practice in an authentic context. While participating in UREs, students develop conceptualizations about how science gathers, evaluates, and constructs knowledge (science epistemology) that align with scientific practice. However, there have been few studies focusing on how students' science epistemologies develop during these experiences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe origin of novelty is a critical subject for evolutionary biologists. Early geneticists speculated about the sudden appearance of new species via special macromutations, epitomized by Goldschmidt's infamous "hopeful monster". Although these ideas were easily dismissed by the insights of the Modern Synthesis, a lingering fascination with the possibility of sudden, dramatic change has persisted.
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- The study investigates the impact of introduced generalist invertebrate herbivores, especially nocturnal ones like slugs and earwigs, on plant communities in North America, which has been less studied compared to Europe.
- Researchers found that 96% of herbivores at their California site were introduced generalists and examined how these herbivores affect the distribution, growth, and survivorship of 12 native and introduced plant species.
- Their results revealed that native seedlings were not more vulnerable or palatable to the generalists than introduced species, countering the initial hypothesis that native plants would be more affected due to a lack of evolutionary history with these herbivores.