Introduction to the Science of Entomology laboratory
ENTO 4464
General Entomology
ENTO 3443/5443
Aquatic Entomology
Research interests:
I am interested in how disturbance impacts abundance, diversity and community composition of invertebrate assemblages. Individual invertebrate taxa, (bioindicators) and the composition of invertebrate assemblages are often very informative in making inferences related to the biotic integrity of a system. Disturbance may occur naturally in a system or result from agricultural processes such as tillage, patch-burn grazing, soil amendments, compaction or invasive plant species.
Current research interests focus on assessing invertebrate communities in different agricultural regimes, in patch-burn-grazing sequence habitats, and, in aquatic and riparian zones as indicators of biotic integrity.
Recent publications and presentations:
Carmen Marie Greenwood, M. E. Barbercheck, C. Brownie, G. 2005. Response of soil microarthropod communities to tillage and application of entomopathogenic nematode-infected cadavers. Applied Soil Ecology (pending)
Carmen Marie Greenwood, M. E. Barbercheck, C. Brownie. 2005 . Interactions between predators and entomopathogenic nematodes in no-till and conventional-till systems in North Carolina. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. (pending)
Greenwood, C.M. and E.G. Maurakis. 1998. Breeding Behaviors in Notropis alborus (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae). VA Journal of Science 49 (3): 163 -172.
Entomology Research and Education at Lake Superior State University. Michigan Entomological Society Annual Meeting 3-5 June 2005, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
Interactions between predators and entomopathogenic nematodes. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 26-29 Oct 2003, Cincinnati, OH (C.M. Greenwood and Mary Barbercheck)
Interactions between soil mites and entomopathogenic nematodes. Acarological Society of America annual meeting student competition, Montreal, Canada. December 4-7, 2000.
Integrated Pest Management instructor for Master Gardener series, Kinross, Michigan, May & November 2005.
Bugfest 2003; Natural Science museum, Raleigh, North Carolina; established the "Living Soil" exhibit; August, 2003
Invited presentation for the Sustainable Agriculture Internship Program; Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), Goldsboro, NC; 4-hour Soil Ecology workshop; June, 2002
Invited presentation on soil-dwelling pests and beneficial organisms . Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development Program (PDP) Soil Management Train -the -Trainer Workshop, Raleigh, NC. September 22-24, 1999
