Emily Wortman-Wunder

• University of Colorado

This personal essay explores the role of landscape loss in the development of dementia, exploring theories of landscape, memory, solastalgia and the ideas of Keith Basso through the lens of a white woman living on the Colorado Front Range. It examines the rapid urbanization of the I25 corridor and how the resulting mental dislocation may have contr...

Written communication is a key research skill, yet the current model of pre- and postdoctoral training in the biomedical sciences lacks consistent formal training in this area, leading to crises of confidence when tackling research writing. A 15-hour non-credit workshop, "Secrets of Successful Scientific Writing," was developed in collaboration wit...

This chapter examines the history of the field of chemical ecology and along the way provides concepts and interesting scientific stories. The chemical ecology examples involve several kingdoms involving positive and negative interactions. The scientific instruments and techniques that have facilitated the advance of this field are portrayed. The i...

This chapter provides a framework for the rest of the book, by defining biodiversity, describing techniques to measure biodiversity, and listing the Earth’s biodiversity hotspots as identified by Norman Myer. The chapter then gives a brief discussion of theories of the causes of biodiversity, starting with the earliest theories, published in the 19...

Thirty-three Lincoln's sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) territories were studied in Four-mile Park (2,600 m elev.), Garfield County, Colorado. This population was characterized by a low population density, a low, constant territorial defense rate, and a large number of concurrently overlapping territories. Territories on the periphery of the populatio...

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Colorado State University, 2003.