DonateKylie Etter
Kylie has a passion for insect-plant interactions.
As an ecology technician, Kylie Etter works with the Conservation Department at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden on various projects focusing on insect-plant interactions, habitat restoration and monitoring, and rare plant conservation research. Kylie earned her bachelor’s degree in ecology and her master’s in biology from the University of California, San Diego. Her master’s research focused on understanding the effect of nonnative fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) on pollinator visitation to the Santa Cruz Island buckwheat (Eriogonum arborescens). She has field experience, mainly focused on plant-pollinator interactions, across the canyons of San Diego, on Santa Catalina Island, and on Santa Cruz Island.
Research interests: invasion biology, restoration ecology, pollination biology, plant-pollinator interactions, community science
Publications
2022
Technical Reports and non-peer reviewed articles
Knapp, D.A., K. Etter, & S. Cusser. 2022. Floral visitors of Deinandra increscens ssp. villosa: 2021 findings report. Unpublished report prepared for Dudek by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA. 20 pages.
Cusser, S., Etter, E. & Knapp, D. Restoring Pollination Networks for the California Jewelflower, 2022 Preliminary Findings Report, BLM
2021
Technical Reports and non-peer reviewed articles
Collins, P.W., D.A. Knapp, & K. Etter. 2021. Channel Islands birds: A gap analysis of specimen and observation data. Unpublished report prepared for The Nature Conservancy by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California. 36 pages.
Guilliams, C.M., K.E. Hasenstab-Lehman, J. Lesage, K. Etter, & D. Knapp. 2021. Gap analysis of the California Channel Islands: Vascular plants. Unpublished report prepared for The Nature Conservancy by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California. 56 pages.
Knapp, D., B.V. Brown, K. Etter, and C. Richart. 2021. Channel Islands invertebrates: A gap analysis of specimen and observation data. Unpublished report prepared for The Nature Conservancy by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California. 128 pages.
Knapp, D., P.W. Collins, and K. Etter. 2021. Channel Islands mammals: A gap analysis of specimen and observation data. Unpublished report prepared for The Nature Conservancy by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California. 28 pages.
Knapp, D.A., K. Etter, C. Richart, & J. Lesage. 2021.Flower visitors of Deinandra increscens ssp. villosa: 2020 findings report. Unpublished report prepared for Dudek by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA. 35 pages.
Pauly, G.B., D. Knapp, and K. Etter. 2021. Assessing the history of reptile and amphibian specimen collecting on California’s Channel Islands. Unpublished report prepared for The Nature Conservancy by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California. 33 pages.
Etter, K.J., G. Junquera, J. Horvet-French, R. Alarcón, K.-L.J. Hung, & D.A. Holway 2021. Interspecific pollen transport between non-native fennel and an island endemic buckwheat: Assessment of the magnet effect. Biological Invasions, 24(1), 139–155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02626-0
Insights
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Small but Mighty: Rare Plant Visited by a Common Bee
Last month, I set out to the University of California Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve. The Carpinteria Salt Marsh is 230 acres in total. 120 of…
