
Liz Nichols e-mail: nichols@amnh.org CV Education M.A., Conservation Biology. Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University B.S., Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Research I am currently a PhD student at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Columbia University and an Invertebrate Biodiversity Specialist at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (American Museum of Natural History). My interests center on understanding the cascading impacts of biodiversity loss on secondary loss of species and ecosystem function. My current research focuses on linked community disassembly patterns in mammal and dung beetle assemblages in persistently over-hunted tropical forests. I also help coordinate the Scarabaeinae Research Network – a NSF Research Coordination Network focused on improving the utility of dung beetles as a focal taxa for biodiversity conservation. Publications *RESEARCH ARTICLES* Nichols, E ., Gardner, T., Peres, C. A., Spector, S. Accepted. “Co-declining mammals and dung beetles: an impending ecological cascade” Oikos. Spector, S. and E. Nichols (in press). "It’s dirty work, but dung beetles do it for free." Wings. Newton, P., E. Nichols, W. Endo, and C. Peres. In review. Consequences of actor level livelihood heterogeneity for additionality in an undifferentiated payment-based tropical forest PES program. Global Environmental Change. Nichols, E., Gómez A., 2011. Conservation education needs more parasites. Biological Conservation 114:937-941. Nichols, E. and Gardner, T. A. Dung Beetles as a Candidate Study Taxon in Applied Biodiversity Conservation Research. 2011. In: Simmons, L. W. and Ridsdill-Smith, J. (eds.), Dung Beetle Ecology and Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell Gómez, A., Nichols, E., Perkins, S., Parasites, Conservation Medicine, and Ecosystem Health. In: Aguirre A. Daszak, P et al. (eds). 2011. Conservation Medicine, Second Edition. Louzada, J.N.C and Nichols, E. Detritivorous Insects. 2011. In Bioecologia e Nutrição de Insetos: Base Para o Manejo Integrado de Pragas. Embrapa. Nichols, E., Gardner, T., Peres, C. A., Spector, S. 2009. Co-declining mammals and dung beetles: an impending ecological cascade. Oikos 118(4) 481-487 Nichols, E., S. Spector, J. Louzada, T. Larsen, S. Amezquita, M. Favila and Scarabnet, 2008. Ecological functions and ecosystem services of Scarabaeine dung beetles: a review. Biological Conservation 141(6): 1461-1474 Nichols, E., Larsen, T., Spector, S., Escobar, E., Favila, M.E, Davis, A., Vulinec, K. 2007. Dung beetle response to tropical forest modification and fragmentation: a quantitative literature review and meta-analysis. Biological Conservation 137:1-19 *CONSERVATION EDUCATION* Nichols, E . and S. Spector (2008). "The Importance of Invertebrate Conservation." Lessons in Conservation. http://ncep.amnh.org/ Gómez, A. and E. Nichols (2008). "Biodiversity Conservation and Human Health." Lessons in Conservation. http://ncep.amnh.org/ *LETTERS TO THE EDITOR* Nichols, E ., T. Larsen, S. Spector, A. L. Davis, F. Escobar, M. E. Favila and K. Vulinec (2008). "Response to Radtke et al." Biological Conservation 141(3): 615-616.

Liz Nichols

e-mail: nichols@amnh.org
CV

Education

M.A., Conservation Biology. Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University B.S., Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.

Research

I am currently a PhD student at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Columbia University and an Invertebrate Biodiversity Specialist at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (American Museum of Natural History). My interests center on understanding the cascading impacts of biodiversity loss on secondary loss of species and ecosystem function. My current research focuses on linked community disassembly patterns in mammal and dung beetle assemblages in persistently over-hunted tropical forests. I also help coordinate the Scarabaeinae Research Network – a NSF Research Coordination Network focused on improving the utility of dung beetles as a focal taxa for biodiversity conservation.

Publications

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Nichols, E ., Gardner, T., Peres, C. A., Spector, S. Accepted. “Co-declining mammals and dung beetles: an impending ecological cascade” Oikos.
Spector, S. and E. Nichols (in press). "It’s dirty work, but dung beetles do it for free." Wings.
Newton, P., E. Nichols, W. Endo, and C. Peres. In review. Consequences of actor level livelihood heterogeneity for additionality in an undifferentiated payment-based tropical forest PES program. Global Environmental Change.
Nichols, E., Gómez A., 2011. Conservation education needs more parasites. Biological Conservation 114:937-941.
Nichols, E. and Gardner, T. A. Dung Beetles as a Candidate Study Taxon in Applied Biodiversity Conservation Research. 2011. In: Simmons, L. W. and Ridsdill-Smith, J. (eds.), Dung Beetle Ecology and Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell
Gómez, A., Nichols, E., Perkins, S., Parasites, Conservation Medicine, and Ecosystem Health. In: Aguirre A. Daszak, P et al. (eds). 2011. Conservation Medicine, Second Edition.
Louzada, J.N.C and Nichols, E. Detritivorous Insects. 2011. In Bioecologia e Nutrição de Insetos: Base Para o Manejo Integrado de Pragas. Embrapa.
Nichols, E., Gardner, T., Peres, C. A., Spector, S. 2009. Co-declining mammals and dung beetles: an impending ecological cascade. Oikos 118(4) 481-487
Nichols, E., S. Spector, J. Louzada, T. Larsen, S. Amezquita, M. Favila and Scarabnet, 2008. Ecological functions and ecosystem services of Scarabaeine dung beetles: a review. Biological Conservation 141(6): 1461-1474
Nichols, E., Larsen, T., Spector, S., Escobar, E., Favila, M.E, Davis, A., Vulinec, K. 2007. Dung beetle response to tropical forest modification and fragmentation: a quantitative literature review and meta-analysis. Biological Conservation 137:1-19

CONSERVATION EDUCATION

Nichols, E . and S. Spector (2008). "The Importance of Invertebrate Conservation." Lessons in Conservation. http://ncep.amnh.org/
Gómez, A. and E. Nichols (2008). "Biodiversity Conservation and Human Health." Lessons in Conservation. http://ncep.amnh.org/

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Nichols, E ., T. Larsen, S. Spector, A. L. Davis, F. Escobar, M. E. Favila and K. Vulinec (2008). "Response to Radtke et al." Biological Conservation 141(3): 615-616.