Kristine Grayson
Biology
Richmond American International University in London
United Kingdom
Biography
Kristine Grayson received her PhD in 2010 from the University of Virginia for her work on population dynamics and migration in salamanders. Her postdoctoral work has ranged from studying reptiles threatened by climate change in New Zealand to testing how thermal limits impact the spread of the gypsy moth, an invasive forest pest in eastern North America.
Research Interest
Population ecology, Physiological ecology, Conservation of amphibians and reptiles, Spread of invasive forest pests
Publications
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Grayson KL, Mitchell NJ, Monks JM, Keall SN, Wilson JN, Nelson NJ. Sex ratio bias and extinction risk in an isolated population of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). PLoS One. 2014 Apr 8;9(4):e94214.
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Grayson KL, Parry D, Faske TM, Hamilton A, Tobin PC, Agosta SJ, Johnson DM. Performance of wild and laboratory-reared gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae): a comparison between foliage and artificial diet. Environmental entomology. 2015 May 5;44(3):864-73.
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Thompson LM, Grayson KL, Johnson DM. Forest edges enhance mateâ€finding in the invasive European gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 2016 Mar 1;158(3):295-303.
