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The Dirty Oaks
Email: globalchangeecologylab@umich.edu
Inés Ibáñez
Principal Investigator
Email: iibanez@umich.edu
Phone: 1-734-6158817
My major research interests focus on the current challenges that plant communities are facing in the context of global change, i.e. climate change, invasive species, and landscape fragmentation. These challenges are interconnected as they form the novel environment under which plants are growing. The fact that forest communities are highly dependent on recruitment dynamics makes the study of early demographic stages critical for understanding the impact of global change on the natural ecosystems around us. To isolate these phenomena, I have directed my research at the recruitment of dominant tree species, from seed production to the sapling stage, including seed dispersal, germination, establishment and survival during the first years. This line of research covers a gap on the study of vegetation response to global change, where most work done has been on the basis of correlative approaches, e.g., climate envelopes. By focusing on the actual demographic responses of plant species to a changing environment, results from my work will be essential to forecast reliable vegetation changes under future climate scenarios.
CURRENT MEMBERS
CURRENT MEMBERS
Hitaishi Desai, PhD
Hitaishi Desai, PhD
Natalie Neumann, MS
Neal Harbaugh, MS
Mel Shea, MS
FORMER MEMBERS
FORMER MEMBERS
Martin Vandershoot, MS student
Finn Swaty, undergraduate student
Lais Petri, PhD student
Nick Hyslop, undergraduate student
Ezekiel Herrera-Bevan, MS student
Chantalle Vincent, MS student
Juanmi Requena-Mullor PostDoc
Hannah Zonnevylle, Thesis undergraduate student
Xiaomao Wang, MS student
Ben Lee, PhD student
Kirk Acharya, MS student
Sam Schaffer-Morrison, MS student
Chris Karounos, MS student
Edith Juno, MS student
Caleb McCollum, MS student
Jordon Tourville, MS student
Dan Katz, PhD student
Natalie Tonn, MS student
Teegan McClung MS student
Elan Margulies MS student
Tiffany Carey Undergraduate student
Drew Peltier MS student
Liana May MS student
Samantha Wolf MS student
Sarah Neumann PostDoc
Jeff Diez, PostDoc
Ben Connor Barrie, MS student
Marshall McMunn, Research Assistant
Zack Brym MS student
DORIS DUKE CONSERVATION SCHOLARS
DORIS DUKE CONSERVATION SCHOLARS
Te'Yah Write, 2019
Brayden Pollvogt, 2019
Mikaila Davis, 2018
Malik Smith, 2017
Trina Dhar, 2016
VISITING SCHOLARS
VISITING SCHOLARS
Kexin Fan, Taian Agricultural University, China
Jairo Robla, EBD, Spain
Gang Liu, Shaanxi Normal University, China
Paco Lloret, Universistat de Barcelona, Spain
Yu Liu, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Verónica Cruz, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares Spain
Natalia Vizcaino, INIA Spain
Pablo Gonzalez, EBD Spain
Beatriz Ibanez, IRNAS Spain
Emi Martin, ETSEA Spain
Montse Vila, EBD Spain
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