My research interests focus on plant reproductive ecology, often in disturbed ecosystems, using a combination of field sampling and molecular ecology tools. I have studied the ecology of flooding in riparian woodlands, harvesting in conifer forests, disease in hardwood forests, insect predation in farmlands, introduced species in marshes, and climate change in tundra. Within these disturbed environments, my work explores plant reproduction and growth structure at the population and community scale, particularly among clonal plants. Representing a large proportion of the planet’s flora, but largely overlooked, clonal plants are an excellent model species for the study of ecological dynamics particular to the plant kingdom.
