RECENT NEWS:
Recent Press on Lab's Work:
University of Florida researchers test landscaping that saves water, money. Plants used in newly-built Central Florida community. FOX News 6. (July 2023). Link.
Making yards more diverse can reap big environmental benefits: Sustituting native plants for turf grass saves water while helping people and wildlife. ScienceNewsExplores (June 2023). Link.
Recent Press on Lab's Work:
University of Florida researchers test landscaping that saves water, money. Plants used in newly-built Central Florida community. FOX News 6. (July 2023). Link.
Making yards more diverse can reap big environmental benefits: Sustituting native plants for turf grass saves water while helping people and wildlife. ScienceNewsExplores (June 2023). Link.
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Welcome
Residential landscapes are one of the fastest growing land cover types. These systems alter patterns of biodiversity through habitat fragmentation and the creation of designed ecosystems such as ornamental gardens, lawns, yards, and stormwater ponds. Our lab studies the ecology of these expanding ecosystems. Within this context, we are interested in many topics, including spatial ecology, community- and ecosystem-level interactions, biological invasions, ecosystem services, and ecological restoration. Our work is interdisciplinary and applied, and employs a mixture of geospatial and statistical tools, as well as observational, experimental, and modeling approaches. |
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Lab Goals:
1) Mitigate the negative impacts of expanding residential landscapes
2) Inform the design, construction, and management of urban and residential landscapes that support greater levels of biodiversity and ecological functioning
1) Mitigate the negative impacts of expanding residential landscapes
2) Inform the design, construction, and management of urban and residential landscapes that support greater levels of biodiversity and ecological functioning