My evolutionary ecology research uses empirical approaches to testing questions motivated by theory. Most of my research is on plants. I ask curiosity-driven questions about plant behaviour in response to relatives and strangers - do plants recognize and respond to their kin. Research on applied questions about plant restoration has led to questions about how restoration and habitat variation affect bee communities.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor, Biology, McMaster University

Education

  • 1992 
    University of Chicago, doctorate/Ecology and Evolution

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