We have a new paper out this week on the prevalence of alternate states in community dynamics. The study is led by lab postdocs Pierre Gaüzère and Lars Iversen. The main question was: how predictable is the composition of a community when the environment changes? A classic idea, common in nearly all forecasting applications, is…

We had our first undergraduate student research presentations in our lab meeting this week. Three of our students shared their summer work under the mentorship of postdoc Dr. Luiza Aparecido – it was wonderful to see how much they have progressed in a few short months. The summer’s projects have all focused on the ecophysiology…

What is the impact of logging on the physical environment in tropical forests? We just had a new study come out addressing this topic, as part of the Biodiversity and Land Use Impacts (BALI) project. The study is published in the new journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. You can download a PDF copy…

Sometimes accidents occur during fieldwork – what would we do if something went wrong and help was far away? Good training helps support good decisions – but good training is very rare, and often not an expected part of preparation for fieldwork! I felt it was important that our lab have the skills and perspectives…