by Jonathan | Feb 2, 2025 | News
Interested in life as a forest ecologist, the charismatic pawpaw tree (Asimina triloba – Annonaceae), community assembly, or all of the above? Check out Anna Wassel’s interview of her Ph.D. research in Episode 511 of the In Defense of Plants...
by Jonathan | Jan 9, 2025 | News
Anna’s new paper in Ecosphere is featured in a Washington University news story titled “Nothin’ but pawpaws in the pawpaw patch”. Congratulations, Anna! Caption: Wassel’s team — dubbed the Pawpaw Patrol — investigated the effect of pawpaw on...
by Jonathan | Jan 8, 2025 | News
Anna and Jonathan publish a paper in Ecosphere titled “Pawpaws prevent predictability: A locally-dominant tree alters understory beta-diversity and community assembly.” Figure: Sampling design within the Tyson Research Center Forest Global Earth...
by Jonathan | Dec 23, 2024 | News
Jonathan and colleagues publish a paper in Ecosphere titled “Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities”. Thanks to Jon Henn and Marko Spasojevic for leading this project! Figure: Species...
by Jonathan | Dec 10, 2024 | News
Jonathan presents a poster from the Madidi Metabolomics Project at the British Ecological Society (BES) Annual Meeting in Liverpool, England, titled “Ecological metabolomics of tree communities along a tropical elevational...
by Jonathan | Dec 10, 2024 | News
Chloe is awarded a Global Futures grant from the WashU Global Studies Program for her research project on tropical forest restoration in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Congratulations, Chloe! Photo caption: Chloe at a field site in...
