Research in the lab focuses on community ecology but spans everything from functional genomics to ecosystems!  We generally combine experimental, theoretical, and statistical studies to develop an integrated approach to address different questions.  We also generally study aquatic systems.

Some topics of research include:

1. Regulation of biodiversity by the interactive effects of predators and resource production.
2. Consequences of biodiversity on ecosystem features and stability.
3. Interaction of adaptive microevolution and community assembly on community structure.
4. Testing for the existence and evolution of neutral competition in communities.
5. Integrating biogeography and phylogeny into community assembly.
6. How do ‘emergent properties’ of ecosystems arise?
7. How do functional genomics determine community assembly?

We try to address these topics in relation to general principles of ecology such as:

• The niche:  Read this paper for more on this:
• The metacommunity:  Read this paper for more on this
• Adaptive evolution:  Read this paper for more on this:
• Ecological stoichiometry:  Wait for a paper to read more on this (or read this):

 

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