Email: kealoha.freidenburg@yale.edu
Office: Greeley Laboratory, Room 119
Lab Phone: (203) 432-5321
Fax: (203) 432-3929

EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The distribution of organisms in space is of fundamental interest to ecologists. In my research I have focused on spatial distributions at multiple scales and in the mechanisms that connect patterns at one scale to patterns at another scale.  I have used field observations extensively and integrated understanding of the revealed patterns with experiments conducted in both field and laboratory.

One of the clearest insights from these studies has been the realization that even a generalist species such as the wood frog that is broadly distributed over much of North America is highly sensitive to spatial gradients that can operate on scales of centimeters.  Reconciling an understanding of this small scale sensitivity with ecological success of broad geographic scales is a focus of current and future work.