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We study how biodiversity, traits, and ecosystem function scale from individual organisms to whole ecosystems — and how those patterns shift under climate change and land-use pressure.
Theory
Scaling from cells to ecosystems
Allometry, metabolic scaling, and the rules that govern biological organization.
Traits
Functional diversity and community assembly
Trait-based ecology, plant physiology, and how environmental filters shape life.
Data
Global biodiversity informatics
Occurrence, trait, and environmental data synthesized for predictive ecology.
Forecasts
Biodiversity under global change
Scenario-based forecasting to guide conservation and ecological decision-making.
1. Observe
We measure organisms, communities, and ecosystems across field sites and long-term plots.
2. Model
We connect theory, traits, and physiology to explain how biodiversity is structured across scales.
3. Forecast
We build uncertainty-aware tools to predict ecological responses to global change.
About
Lab mission, research pillars, and approach.
Research
Scaling, trait-based ecology, global change.
Team
Graduate students, postdocs, and collaborators.
Field Sites
Long-term plots in Costa Rica, Colorado, Peru, and beyond.
Publications
Papers, books, and open datasets.
Join or Collaborate
Graduate students, postdocs, visitors, and partners.