Graduate student Ian Mounts examines whether mycorrhizal networks can ameliorate plant drought stress

Graduate student Ian Mounts examines whether mycorrhizal networks can ameliorate plant drought stress

You may know that plants are colonized by mycorrhizal fungi in a symbiotic mutualism.  But did you know that individual plants are connected to one another…

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Graduate student Dan Lenz studies how belowground fungi help plants defend against herbivores

Graduate student Dan Lenz studies how belowground fungi help plants defend against herbivores

You may know that plants can signal neighbors when they are damaged by herbivores.  And that they do this by releasing a chemical signal, such as a volatile…

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Audiences inspired by hopeful environmental storytelling

Audiences inspired by hopeful environmental storytelling

Have you ever wondered why environmental documentaries always seem to tell their stories using a “gloom and doom” approach – focusing on the harmful impacts humans have on the environment?  Well,…

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Graduate Student Publishes Article in Ecological Restoration

Graduate Student Publishes Article in Ecological Restoration

Carolina Fonseca, a former graduate student in my lab, recently publish her Master’s thesis research in Ecological Restoration, a premiere peer review journal in the field.  The title of the…

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