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Trait-based approaches to understanding ecological processes and ecosystem management
March 3, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Spring Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series (BEESS)
Trait-based approaches to understanding ecological processes and ecosystem management
WHEN?
March 3rd, 2022, 3:30 pm
WHERE?
Zoom Meeting Link:
https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/94054394194?pwd=S29vTmw4eU4rWloxdXFNdkN5UjgwUT09
Meeting ID: 940 5439 4194
Passcode: 806166
WHO is Dr. Jennifer Funk?
Jennifer Funk is an Associate Professor of Plant Sciences at UC Davis. She received her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University and conducted postdoctoral research with Peter Vitousek at Stanford University. She recently moved to UC Davis from Chapman University, where she was on the faculty for 13 years. She studies how plant functional traits drive ecological processes such as invasion, community assembly, and nutrient cycling. Her approach combines theory and experiments, and her findings have increased our understanding of plant resource use, performance, and competition. She is particularly interested in how invasive species out-compete native species for resources in arid and nutrient-poor habitats and how to use that information to restore native plant communities. She has worked extensively in Hawaii and all five Mediterranean-climate ecosystems.