Montana Atwater | Moth and Flower Research

 

 

 

​My main research interests encompass the ecology and evolution of moths and their interactions with flowers - from unique ecosystems of high priority for conservation to backyard pollination studies. I am currently completing my Dissertation on the diversity and pollination ecology of flower-settling moths, which has led me from the Pine Sandhills of Florida up to the snow-capped Northern Andean Páramos of Colombia. Overall, I seek to explore the life history and evolutionary processes that shape moth-flower interactions, and the role of flower-settling moths for the long term stability and resilience of pollination systems in general.