… patterns. We use the mutualistic interactions among plants and pollinators as a model system to ask fundamental ecological questions about the importance of species interactions and to understand the ecological consequences of global change (e.g., climate change, biodiversity …
Type: Staff bio
… Be the first to grow these ten new plants—including Lunar Eclipse false indigo—just patented via the … Plant Research: Baptisia ‘Lunar Eclipse’, for its flowers that change from creamy white to deep violet as the plant ages, and Baptisia ‘Sunny Morning’, for its profusion of yellow …
Type: Blog
… were collected from extensive coal and clay open-pit mines in Colombia and are about 58 to 60 million years old, from the Paleocene epoch. During this period, the world was under a … most diverse and abundant component of the earliest rainforests in northern South America 58 to 60 million years ago. These legume fossils grew in the earliest rainforest of South America …
Type: Research
… and the 22-acre riparian buffer of the Skokie River. Management includes but not limited to, removal of invasive species, controlled burns, tree removal, planting local genotype plants, …
Type: Staff bio
… contains numerous economically important species (grown for timber and fruit) native to Southeast Asia. Two species, jackfruit and breadfruit, are cultivated throughout the tropics, …
Type: Research
… oak-maple woodlands (Chicago). We use both experimental and observational approaches to identify both local and ecosystem patterns of plant-mycorrhizal responses. (Egerton-Warburton, …
Type: Research
… Reintroductions are increasingly used to expand the occupancy and abundance of endangered species and thus reduce their extinction … microenvironment, mycorrhizal community, seedling genetic origin, nurse plants and transplant site affect seedling establishment and survival. This a collaborative project with Botanic …
Type: Research
… Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action at the Chicago Botanic Garden. I also work to support data analysis and visualization for projects with collaborators at the Chicago Botanic …
Type: Staff bio
