Welcome to the Hung pollinator lab at the University of Oklahoma! Our research program seeks to achieve a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of environmental change on plant-pollinator mutualisms, and to quantify the consequences of such impacts on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem function. To that end, we apply techniques from community ecology, functional ecology, population biology, molecular biology, and pollination biology to our studies in both natural and human-modified ecosystems. Currently, research topics at the forefront of the lab include impacts of climate change and invasive species on pollinator and plant ecology and evolution, pollinator conservation in novel (anthropogenic) ecosystems, managing of wild pollinators for agricultural pollination, and refining of techniques for effective monitoring of pollinator populations.
As a member of the Oklahoma Biological Survey and the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, we are also working to construct an inventory and distribution map of pollinator taxa within the state of Oklahoma, starting with native bees.
As a member of the Oklahoma Biological Survey and the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, we are also working to construct an inventory and distribution map of pollinator taxa within the state of Oklahoma, starting with native bees.
