Victoria A. Wojcik

Ph.D. Candidate
B.Sc.  Biological Sciences  University of Guelph, 2004

43 Mulford Hall, McBride Lab
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States 94720
vwojcik@berkeley.edu
 cell: 510-697-3890   fax: 510-643-5438     CV    Publications

I am increasingly interested in how human dominated landscapes affect native flora and fauna. My current research focuses on how urban landscapes influence native bee resource usage, both in California and in Central America. In particular, I am testing to see if the environmental heterogeneity of cities impacts the way in which bees perceive and use floral resources. The ultimate goal of this work is to create a habitat assessment and management tool for native bee conservation within urban and peri-urban landscapes.

A parallel interest of mine is the application of ecological knowledge to the planning and development of ecologically functional urban landscapes. My outreach in this area focuses on practitioners and professionals working in the built environment. I also participate in guideline development for the upcoming United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED Neighborhoods certification program.

I am a member of NAPPC, the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign; a tri-lateral partnership between Canada, the United States and Mexico charged with all aspects of pollinator conservation. I currently sit on the Canadian Steering Committee and on the Urban Task Force.

Top to bottom: Yours truly; Trumpet tree(Tecoma stans), one of my Costa Rican study species; an urban California Poppy(Eschscholzia californica) patch; California Yellow-faced Bumblebee(Bombus californicus) on California Poppy(Eschscholzia californica) in Berkeley, CA

Wojcik, V.A., G.W. Frankie, R.W. Thorp, and J.L. Hernandez. 2008. Seasonality in Bees and their Floral Resource Plants at a Constructed Urban Bee Habitat in Berkeley, California. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 81(1) 15-28.

Wojcik, V.A. 2007. Biodiversity in the Build Environment. Urban Land. June Feature pp 98-101.

Kevan, P. G., and V. A. Wojcik. 2007. Pollinator Services. in D. I. Jarvis, C. Padoch, and H. D. Copper, eds. Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems. Columbia University Press, New York, pp xi - 472.

Wojcik, V.A. 2006. Case Study 3: Enviropig. in: Convergence in Biotechnology Innovation: Case Studies and Implications for Regulation. GE3LS.ca, pp 1-75.

Frankie, G.W., Thorp, R.W., Hernandez, J.L., Rizzardi, M., Ertter, B., Pawleke, J.C., Witt, S.L., Schindler, M., Coville, R. and V.A. Wojcik. 2009. Native bees are a rich natural resource in urban California gardens. California Agriculture 63 (3): 113-120.