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Plant ecophysiology, community ecology and biogeography. Ecological responses to climate change.

Terrestrial plant community and ecosystem ecology, controls over vegetation change, feedbacks, restoration ecology.

Our laboratory studies the genetic basis of adaptation and speciation using genomic analyses and field-based studies in the genus Aquilegia (Columbines).

Quantitative evolutionary genetics, mating system evolution, adaptation, pollination ecology, and floral evolution.

Plant-microbe evolution and ecology, microbial species diversity and taxonomy, evolution of symbiosis.

Soil and ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology, nutrient cycling, soil organic matter.