Natasha Khanna-Dang
MSC, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (EXPECTED GRADUATION, SPRING 2024)
THESIS TITLE:
Tree-species preferences of foraging birds in urban walnut woodlands of Greater Los Angeles
Brief Background
Natasha is conducting a bird foraging study to quantify the ecological significance of key tree and shrub species in Southern California black walnut- coast live oak woodlands. Natasha aims to better understand plant community composition and the role plants play within food webs for avifauna. Natasha’s work will contribute to understanding what value these woodlands provide to the larger ecosystem, how to improve biodiversity conservation in fragmented urban green spaces, and contribute to developing effective conservation policies.