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Douglas Tallamy

Entomology & Wildlife Ecology

Phone: (302) 831-1304

Email: dtallamy@udel.edu

Office: 250B Townsend Hall

• Researches how plants that evolved elsewhere impact food webs and biodiversity.
• Tallamy speaks nationwide about his concerns that the approach to gardening must change. He contends the widespread planting of ornamental plants, native to other parts of the world, is creating ecosystem-wide problems.
• Author of best-selling garden book, "Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants."
• Has been featured/interviewed by New York Times, NPR, Associated Press, and various other outlets.
• Can also discuss entomology, human population growth and its impact on biodiversity, and extinction risk.

Web Site:
http://www.BringingNatureHome.net

Titles:
Chairperson, Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
Professor, Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
Professor, Biological Sciences

In The News:
Put a song in your garden (Associated Press)
Sandy?s devastating tree legacy and what homeowners can do to prevent a 'next time' (Mother Nature Network & Huffington Post)
Bringing nature home (The Journal Times)
Banner year for bugs? (Mother Nature Network)
Bugs, Birds, Blossoms: Biodiversity's Crucial Connections (Hartford Courant website)
Learn the difference between weeds and wildflowers (Dallas Morning News)
Come hither, bumblebee, and pollinate (New York Times)
Native Flowers Help Birds, Insects, Ecosystem (Associated Press)
Gardening with Native Plants (Science Friday, NPR)
To feed the birds, first feed the bugs (New York Times)

UDaily Articles:
Tallamy to deliver UDLA Annual Faculty Lecture March 10
Prof's new book focuses on critical role of native plants
BBC films UD entomologist's research

Keywords:
biological sciences, entomology, wildlife ecology