Courtenay Ray is graduating this spring after starting in the lab in 2017. Her work has focused on plant community ecology and species interactions (especially those involving seeds) on Mt. Baldy in southwestern Colorado. Last week Courtenay was selected to give the distinguished lecture by a graduate student to the ESPM community. She gave a…
New paper: Climate lags and genetics determine phenology in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Why does tree phenology (spring leaf out and autumn leaf drop) vary across space and time? Most explanations focus on the role of climate on immediate physiology. However not all genotypes within a species might respond the same way to climate, and phenological effects may occur several years after a stressful weather event. In our…