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Our research focuses on the population dynamics of plants and. By impacts of natural disturbances and global environmental change. We are particularly interested in the interactive effects of fire, g. In grasslands and woodlands in. Southern Australia, and how climate change,. And shrub encroachment affect ecosystems. Sunday, 31 December 2017.

We are a plant ecology research group that studies the influence of warming climate on tundra vegetation in northern ecosystems. In particular, we investigate the spread of willows and other shrub species into Arctic and alpine tundra. Shrubs have the potential to restructure tundra ecosystems by changing ecosystem functions and creating feedbacks to climate warming that could further the increase of shrubs. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

Why do plants grow where they do? Snowpatches or just patches of snow? April 19, 2015. Snowpatches across the Main Range, Kosciuszko NP. Areas where snow lasts well into summer are obvious in the landscape and create distinct vegetation patterns.

Arctic and alpine shrub research. We are a plant ecology research group that studies the influence of a warming climate on tundra ecosystems. We conduct field research and data synthesis in collaboration with researchers working at sites around the circumpolar Arctic to better understand the causes and consequences of vegetation change in tundra ecosystems.

Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1. and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia, 2005-2010. PhD, Cornell University, 2004. MSc, McGill University, 1998. BSc, McGill University, 1996. The theory of ecological communities.