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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 9/00-12/05 Ph.D. Biology
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 9/00-10/02 M.S. Biology
Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD 9/95-5/99 B.S. /cum laude/ Biology INVITATIONS, HONORS AND FELLOWSIHPS 2006
2005
2004
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS "Impacts of randomized sample site selection on ant survey data and richness estimators" invited symposia speaker, International Union for the Study of Social Insects Congress, Washington, D.C., August 2006 "Studies on the ants, alien and native plants, and ant sampling methods in a U.S. National Park." presentation and defense of Ph.D. dissertation, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., 1 December 2005 "Alien plants in an eastern riparian forest: is there an impact on ants and native plants?" presentation to the Washington Biologists' Field Club, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., 22 April 2005 "The Ants of Dyke Marsh Preserve: Are Alien Plants Changing the Native Ant Community?" Presentation to the Entomological Society of Washington, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., 3 March 2005 "Using Coldfusion, Discoverlife.org, and the internet to monitor and identify species: Demonstrations of a literature database, a sampling event database, online matrix keys, and real-time mapping of species information online." Presentation to National Park Service employees from the Rock Creek Park and the Center for Urban Ecology, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, 11 February 2005 "Alien Invasion In The U.S. Capital: Arthropod and Plant Community Changes Associated With Introduced Plant Species." poster presented at the 7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 3-7 November 2003 Kjar, D. S. and E. M. Barrows. 2004. Arthropod community heterogeneity in a Mid-Atlantic forest highly invaded by alien organisms. Banisteria. 24: 26-37 Kjar, D. S. and T. R. Suman. A first record of the Japanese Ant /Vollenhovia emeryi/ (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Virginia, and previously unpublished records of this ant in three Eastern U.S. States. The Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109: 596 - 604 WEBSITES Barrows, E. M. and D. S. Kjar. 2004. Arthropods of Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Virginia: A Searchable Online Database (ADMWPD). Website. http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/barrowse/nps/dmwp.cfm Barrows, E. M. and D. S. Kjar. 2004. Biodiversity Database of the Washington, D.C., Area (BDWA). Website. http://biodiversity.georgetown.edu Barrows, E. M., D. S. Kjar, C. R. Bird, B. Q. Chung, T. Q. Chung, and M. R. Minor. 2004. Arthropods of the Washington, D.C., Area: A Searchable Online Database (AWDCAD). Website. http://data.georgetown.edu/faculty/barrowse/nps Kjar, D.S. Smithsonian Ant Type Specimen Image and Literature Database. Website. http://141.161.196.100/nmnhtypedb (in prep)
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