Rizzuto, M., Retez, G., Schmitz, O. J. Rewiring the cycle: an applied modeling approach to estimate potential carbon benefits of integrating animal influences on ecosystem biogeochemistry into nature‑based solutions.

June 29, 2026

Oral presentation, "Nature-based Solutions: Who benefits, who decides, who pays?" Symposium organized by the British Ecological Society, York, UK

Rizzuto, M., Khattar, G., Peres-Neto, P.R. From dispersal to productivity: assembling biomass in metacommunities.

May 14, 2026

Oral presentation, 20th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rizzuto, M., Leroux, S. J., Schmitz, O. J. Modeling the zoogeochemical effects of herbivores on ecosystem carbon cycles: theory and ptactice.

July 02, 2025

Oral presentation, 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico

Rizzuto, M., Leroux, S. J., Schmitz, O. J. Modeling the zoogeochemical effects of herbivores on ecosystem carbon cycles.

August 09, 2023

Oral presentation, For All Ecologists Annual Meeting 2023 Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, USA

Rizzuto, M., Leroux, S. J., Schmitz, O. J. Modeling the zoogeochemical effects of herbivores on ecosystem carbon cycles.

May 25, 2022

Oral presentation, 6th Annual Symposium Yale Postdoc Association, New Haven, CT, USA

Rizzuto, M., Leroux, S. J., Schmitz, O. J., Vander Wal, E., Wiersma, Y. F., Heckford, T. R. Movers and shakers: Animal‐ vectored nutrient flows across resource gradients influence local and meta‐ecosystem functioning.

May 05, 2022

Oral presentation, Ecological Models for Tomorrow’s Solutions The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2023, Scarborough, ON, Canada

Rizzuto, M., Leroux, S. J., Schmitz, O. J., Vander Wal, E., Wiersma, Y. F., Heckford, T. R. Going against the flow: non-diffusive organismal movement influences local and meta-ecosystem functioning

August 04, 2021

Oral presentation, Vital Connections in Ecology Virtual Annual Meeting 2021 Ecological Society of America, Long Beach, CA, USA

Rizzuto, M., Leroux, S. J., Vander Wal, E., Wiersma, Y., Heckford, T. R., Balluffi-Fry, J. Beyond Diffusion: Animal-Mediated Nutrient Transport at Different Spatial Scales.

July 21, 2018

Poster presentation, Unifying Ecology Across Scales Gordon Research Seminar and Conference, Biddeford, ME, USA

Rizzuto, M., Leroux, S. J., Vander Wal, E., Wiersma, Y., Heckford, T. R., Balluffi-Fry, J. Life in a Limiting Environment. Ontogeny and Ecological Stoichiometry of Snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) in the Boreal Forests of Newfoundland.

July 19, 2018

Oral presentation, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Annual General Meeting 2018, Guelph, ON, Canada

Rizzuto, M., Carbone, C., Pawar, S. Bio-mechanical constraints on foraging reverse the scaling of activity rate among carnivores.

July 08, 2016

Oral presentation, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Annual General Meeting 2017, St. John's, NL, Canada