Plant and insect biodiversity can contribute to crucial ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, including pollination and biological control.
The goal of our research is to inform the development of integrated, multi-tactical weed and crop management strategies that are both economically and ecologically sustainable.
Our lab’s interest in weedy plants in agroecosystems is paralleled by our work on invasive species in forest systems. We are studying population dynamics and spatial distributions of forest invasive species including Microstegium vimieum (Japanese stiltgrass).
We are interested in the pattern and process of dispersal and how dispersal impacts management of invasive weed species. Currently several projects in the lab examine seed transported along roads and in the atmosphere.
