Rachel Marie Durben

Research Summary: I am studying the influence of beaver herbivory on the arthropod communities of Fremont and narrowleaf cottonwood. I am interested in community ecology, plant-herbivore interactions and plant defensive chemistry.

Present Address: rmd6@nau.edu

Education:

B.S. Zoology, Northern Arizona University, 2001

Academic Positions:

2010 Teaching Assistant, Invertebrate Zoology I (BIO 221), Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University.

2009 Teaching Assistant, Parasitology (BIO 475), Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University.

2007 Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology (BIO 181), Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University.

Fellowships and Grants:

Publications:

Curmi, R. M., K. M. Adkins, R. L. Ketner, K. M. Serrato, M. White, H. V. Yarborough, J. Learned and S. M. Shuster. 2002. Species diversity within tests of the barnacle, Tetraclita squamosa, at Pelican Point, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico. J. Ariz. Nevad. Acad. Sci. 37:10-11.

Posters and Presentations:

Curmi, R. M., S. M. Shuster and T. G. Whitham. 2009. Beavers and Bugs: A mammalian herbivore changes arthropod communities on Populus fremontii, Oral presentation- Arizona Riparian Council Annual Meeting, April 2009.

Curmi, R. M., S. M. Shuster and T. G. Whitham. 2009. Beavers and Bugs: A mammalian herbivore changes arthropod communities on Populus fremontii, Poster presentation- Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2009