I had a great time at the Ecological Society of America’s annual meeting in Portland, OR. I presented work I have been doing with Albert Kim of Smith College titled, “Estimating species-specific competition coefficients with a Bayesian hierarchical model of the neighborhood effect of competition on tree growth.” If you would like a copy of slides from the talk please contact me!

My student, Laura Bashor, gave a poster titled, “The effect of elevation on ecological determinants of Lyme disease risk in central Vermont.” Great work Laura! While there we met up with Bill Landesman, a fellow VT tick researcher, and some of his students.