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Plant community ecology • Functional traits • Belowground dynamics • Restoration

I work with Katharine Suding and Nancy Shackelford in the mixed grass prairies along the Front Range of Colorado. 

In collaboration with the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms, I study the impact of small-scale environmental conditions on grass establishment, growth, and survival. In addition, I study vegetative—or clonal—methods of reproduction in grasses to better understand individual and population persistence and the mechanisms linking population-level dynamics to ecosystem-level processes. Finally, in collaboration with the at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, I study the experiences of LGBTQ+ students in field based undergraduate courses.

Advisor: Katharine Suding