Our lab is interested in the structure and function of grass and shrub-dominated ecosystems. We explore how human land use interacts with climate, soils, and biota in these ecosystems to impact the storage and cycling of nutrients at both local and regional spatial scales.

  Examples of research questions our lab addresses:

1).  How do grasslands respond to climate and land use change?

2).  What are the ecosytem consequences of fungal endophyte infection in tall fescue?

3).  What controls litter decomposition in aridlands?

4).  How do invasive species affect grassland structure and function?