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Hometown:
Boise, ID (Ada County)
School:
Boise State University
Graduate student
Biological Sciences
Funded by EPSCoR Award:
GEM3 | OIA-1757324
Research Location(s):
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA
COUNTIES: Ada, Elmore
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT(S): District 22, District 23
Research Statement:
Eden Ravecca, a graduate student in the MS Raptor Biology program at Boise State University and participant in the Idaho NSF EPSCoR GEM3 Program, is evaluating how landscape changes in the Sagebrush Steppe have impacted predators and prey. Ravecca is assessing how prey distributions have potentially shifted in degraded habitats and whether those changes have modified predator foraging decisions, with a particular focus on raptors. Eden's research interests include trophic interactions, population dynamics, and apex predator-prey relationships, with the ultimate goal to meaningfully contribute to raptor and ecosystem conservation through research and to help inform conservation strategies and management decisions.
Research Impact:
Practicing restoration ecology traditionally assumes that if we restore plant communities, prey and predators which previously occupied the habitat will return. I am assessing how prey distributions have potentially shifted in degraded habitats and whether those changes have modified predator foraging decisions, with a particular focus on raptors.