Diane Srivastava

Associate Professor,
University of British Columbia

Department of Zoology
E-mail: srivast@zoology.ubc.ca
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Research

My research is motivated by curiosity about the natural world, interests in conservation and a passion for ideas. I grew up exploring the forests and lakes of Nova Scotia, and my ecological fieldwork has since taken me around the world, with research in Central and South America, Africa, England and arctic and temperate Canada. Many of my research ideas are developed through mentoring students and postdoctoral fellows.

Examples of species studied

Insects


Publications

30- Terrestrial subsidies and light affect an aquatic micro-ecosystem in unexpected ways
Journal Article
Rogy P , Srivastava D S ,
2024 Freshwater Biology (Date Added: 2024-04-26)

29- Environmental heterogeneity at two spatial scales affects litter diversity–decomposition relationships
Journal Article
Ospina‐Bautista F , Srivastava D S , Realpe E , Fernández A M ,
2024 Ecology (Date Added: 2024-04-11)

28- Trophic cascades within and across ecosystems: The role of anti-predatory defences, predator type and detritus quality
Journal Article
Piccoli G C d O , Antiqueira P A P , Srivastava D S , Romero G Q ,
2024 Journal of Animal Ecology (Date Added: 2024-03-04)

27- Insects in the city: Determinants of a contained aquatic microecosystem across an urbanized landscape
Journal Article
Srivastava D S , Harris N , Páez N , Rogy P , Westwood N E , Sandoval‐Acuña P , Seetharaman K ,
2023 Ecology (Date Added: 2023-11-26)

26- Bromeliads compete with microorganisms for nutrients in their phytotelm
Journal Article
Rogy P , Srivastava D S ,
2023 Aquatic Botany (Date Added: 2023-04-29)

25- Functional traits and metacommunity theory reveal that habitat filtering and competition maintain bird diversity in a human shared landscape
Journal Article
Eyster H N , Srivastava D S , Kreitzman M , Chan K M A ,
2022 Ecography (Date Added: 2022-09-07)

24- Data rescue: Saving environmental data from extinction
Journal Article
Bledsoe, EK, Burant, JB, Higino, GT, Roche, DG, Binning, SA, Finlay, K, Pither, J, Pollock, LS, Sunday, JM, Srivastava, DS
2022 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2022-07-29)

23- Do bromeliads affect the arboreal ant communities on orange trees in northwestern Costa Rica?
Journal Article
Rost-Komiya B , Smith M A , Rogy P , Srivastava D S ,
2022 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2022-07-24)

22- Asynchronous recovery of predators and prey conditions resilience to drought in a neotropical ecosystem
Journal Article
Ruiz T , Carrias J , Bonhomme C , Farjalla V F , Jassey V E J , Leflaive J , Compin A , Leroy C , Corbara B , Srivastava D S , Céréghino R ,
2022 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2022-07-12)

21- Geographical variation in the trait-based assembly patterns of multitrophic invertebrate communities
Journal Article
Srivastava D S , MacDonald A A M , Pillar V D , Kratina P , Debastiani V J , Guzman L M , Trzcinski M , Dézerald O , Barberis I M , de Omena P M , Romero G Q , Ospina‐Bautista F , Marino N A C , Leroy C , Farjalla V F , Richardson B A , Gonçalves A Z , Corbara B , Petermann J S , Richardson M J , Melnychuk M C , Jocqué M , Ngai J T , Talaga S , Piccoli G C O , Montero G , Kirby K R , Starzomski B M , Céréghino R ,
2022 Functional Ecology (Date Added: 2022-06-20)

20- Functional redundancy dampens precipitation change impacts on species-rich invertebrate communities across the Neotropics
Journal Article
Céréghino R , Trzcinski M K , MacDonald A A M , Marino N A C , Acosta Mercado D , Leroy C , Corbara B , Romero G Q , Farjalla V F , Barberis I M , Dézerald O , Hammill E , Atwood T B , Piccoli G C O , Ospina Bautista F , Carrias J , Leal J S , Montero G , Antiqueira P A P , Freire R , Realpe E , Amundrud S L , Omena P M , Campos A B A , Srivastava D S ,
2022 Functional Ecology (Date Added: 2022-05-05)

19- Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: A global experiment
Journal Article
Romero G Q , Gonçalves‐Souza T , Roslin T , Marquis R , Marino N A , Novotny V , Cornelissen T , Orivel J , Sui S , Aires G , Antoniazzi R , Dáttilo W , Breviglieri C , Busse A , Gibb H , Izzo T J , Kadlec T , Kemp V , Kersch‐Becker M , Knapp M , Kratina P , Luke R , Majnarić S , Maritz R , Mateus Martins P , Mendesil E , Michalko J , Mrazova A , Novais S , Pereira C C , Perić M S , Petermann J S , Ribeiro S P , Sam K , Trzcinski M K , Vieira C , Westwood N , Bernaschini M L , Carvajal V , González E , Jausoro M , Kaensin S , Ospina F , Cristóbal‐Pérez E J , Quesada M , Rogy P , Srivastava D , Szpryngiel S , Tack A J , Teder T , Videla M , Viljur M , Koricheva J ,
2022 Global Change Biology (Date Added: 2022-04-01)

18- Subtle structures with not-so-subtle functions: A data set of arthropod constructs and their host plants
Journal Data Paper
Pereira C C , Novais S , Barbosa M , Negreiros D , Gonçalves‐Souza T , Roslin T , Marquis R , Marino N , Novotny V , Orivel J , Sui S , Aires G , Antoniazzi R , Dáttilo W , Breviglieri C , Busse A , Gibb H , Izzo T , Kadlec T , Kemp V , Kersch‐Becker M , Knapp M , Kratina P , Luke R , Majnarić S , Maritz R , Martins P M , Mendesil E , Michalko J , Mrazova A , Perić M S , Petermann J , Ribeiro S , Sam K , Trzcinski M K , Vieira C , Westwood N , Bernaschini M , Carvajal V , González E , Jausoro M , Kaensin S , Ospina F , Pérez J C , Quesada M , Rogy P , Srivastava D S , Szpryngiel S , Tack A J M , Teder T , Videla M , Viljur M , Koricheva J , Fernandes G W , Romero G Q , Cornelissen T ,
2022 Ecology (Date Added: 2022-03-20)

17- Wildcards in climate change biology
Journal Article
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2021 Ecological Monographs (Date Added: 2022-07-07)

16- Maintaining momentum for collaborative working groups in a post-pandemic world
Journal Article
Srivastava D S , Winter M , Gross L J , Metzger J P , Baron J S , Mouquet N , Meagher T R , Halpern B S , Pillar V D ,
2021 Nature Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

15- Predators override rainfall effects on tropical food webs
Journal Article
Ospina‐Bautista F , Srivastava D S , González A L , Sparks J P , Realpe E ,
2021 Biotropica (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

14- In situ resistance, not immigration, supports invertebrate community resilience to drought intensification in a Neotropical ecosystem
Journal Article
Bonhomme C , Céréghino R , Carrias J , Compin A , Corbara B , Jassey V E J , Leflaive J , Farjalla V F , Marino N A C , Rota T , Srivastava D S , Leroy C ,
2021 Journal of Animal Ecology (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

13- Climate influences the response of community functional traits to local conditions in bromeliad invertebrate communities
Journal Article
Guzman L M , Trzcinski M K , Barberis I M , Céréghino R , Srivastava D S , Gilbert B , Pillar V D , de Omena P M , MacDonald A A M , Corbara B , Leroy C , Ospina Bautista F , Romero G Q , Kratina P , Debastiani V J , Gonįalves A Z , Marino N A C , Farjalla V F , Richardson B A , Richardson M J , Dézerald O , Piccoli G C O , Jocqué M , Montero G ,
2021 Ecography (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

12- Genomic variation among populations provides insight into the causes of metacommunity survival
Journal Article
Guzman L M , Srivastava D S ,
2020 Ecology (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

11- On the Perils of Ignoring Evolution in Networks
Journal Article
Segar S T , Fayle T M , Srivastava D S , Lewinsohn T M , Lewis O T , Novotny V , Kitching R L , Maunsell S C ,
2020 Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

10- Strategies and support for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in ecology and evolutionary biology
Journal Note
Tseng M , El-Sabaawi R W , Kantar M B , Pantel J H , Srivastava D S , Ware J L ,
2020 Nature Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

9- Extreme rainfall events alter the trophic structure in bromeliad tanks across the Neotropics
Journal Article
Romero G Q , Marino N A C , MacDonald A A M , Céréghino R , Trzcinski M K , Mercado D A , Leroy C , Corbara B , Farjalla V F , Barberis I M , Dézerald O , Hammill E , Atwood T B , Piccoli G C O , Bautista F O , Carrias J , Leal J S , Montero G , Antiqueira P A P , Freire R , Realpe E , Amundrud S L , de Omena P M , Campos A B A , Kratina P , O’Gorman E J , Srivastava D S ,
2020 Nature Communications (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

8- Thermal tolerances and species interactions determine the elevational distributions of insects
Journal Article
Amundrud S L , Srivastava D S ,
2020 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

7- Ecological response to altered rainfall differs across the Neotropics
Journal Article
Srivastava D S , Céréghino R , Trzcinski M K , MacDonald A A M , Marino N A C , Mercado D A , Leroy C , Corbara B , Romero G Q , Farjalla V F , Barberis I M , Dézerald O , Hammill E , Atwood T B , Piccoli G C O , Ospina-Bautista F , Carrias J , Leal J S , Montero G , Antiqueira P A P , Freire R , Realpe E , Amundrud S L , Omena P M , Campos A B A ,
2020 Ecology (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

6- Evolution of an inferior competitor increases resistance to biological invasion
Journal Article
Germain R M , Srivastava D , Angert A L ,
2020 Nature Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

5- Habitat size thresholds for predators: Why damselflies only occur in large bromeliads
Journal Article
Srivastava D S , Ware J L , Ngai J T , Starzomski B M , Amundrud S L ,
2020 Biotropica (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

4- Bromeliads affect the interactions and composition of invertebrates on their support tree
Journal Article
Rogy P , Hammill E , Smith M A , Rost-Komiya B , Srivastava D S ,
2020 Oecologia (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

3- The Role of Evolution in Shaping Ecological Networks
Journal Article
Segar S T , Fayle T M , Srivastava D S , Lewinsohn T M , Lewis O T , Novotny V , Kitching R L , Maunsell S C ,
2020 Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

2- Species niches, not traits, determine abundance and occupancy patterns: A multi-site synthesis
Journal Article
Marino N A C , Céréghino R , Gilbert B , Petermann J S , Srivastava D S , Omena P M , Bautista F O , Guzman L M , Romero G Q , Trzcinski M K , Barberis I M , Corbara B , Debastiani V J , Dézerald O , Kratina P , Leroy C , MacDonald A A M , Montero G , Pillar V D , Richardson B A , Richardson M J , Talaga S , Gonçalves A Z , Piccoli G C O , Jocqué M , Farjalla V F ,
2020 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2021-11-05)

1- Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research
Journal Article
Gonzalez A , Germain R M , Srivastava D S , Filotas E , Dee L E , Gravel D , Thompson P L , Isbell F , Wang S , Kéfi S , Montoya J , Zelnik Y R , Loreau M ,
2020 Ecology Letters (Date Added: 2020-02-10)