We study natural enemy conservation and sustainable pest management in urban landscapes. Specifically, we study: (1) environmental factors that influence arthropod pests, predators, and parasitoids on urban plants and (2) management practices that conserve natural enemies and simultaneously manage pests.

We apply a holistic perspective to urban landscapes entomology by examining how arthropod communities are linked across vegetation strata (trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and grasses) and how arthropod communities are influenced by anthropogenic disturbance (urban warming, impervious surface cover, habitat fragmentation). We do this work in parking lot islands, parks, golf courses, college campuses, home gardens and forest fragments.