We are a diverse group of ecologists studying evolutionary, population, & community ecology. We take a holistic approach that integrates mathematical models with innovative field and laboratory experiments and long-term observations to identify the ecological and evolutionary factors that generate and determine the structure and dynamics of communities and maintain biodiversity and ecosystem processes.

News-Flash

- Ever wondered what temporal structure is and why it matters for communities? Check out our new paper to answer this and many more questions.
- Out now in Ecology Letters, we show how time-dependent indirect effects emerge in plant-soil feedback systems.
- Congratulations Dr Zou! For outstanding defense and lots of awards (best paper, best thesis, and best talk!)
- New papers alert! Check out our analysis on the role of competition and predation shaping trait diversity here,  theory on how phenological shifts interact with season length here, and new perspective on how to link empirical and theoretical work on priority effects here.
- Congratulations to the new Dr Neale for an outstanding thesis defense!
- Big month for Hengxing Zou, who was awarded the ASN research grant &  BES small research grant!
- Our outstanding undergraduate Jasmin got the "Trailblazing Undergraduate Research Award" to present her research at 2022 ESA conference!