Research in the Angert Lab lies at the interface of evolutionary biology and ecology. We combine field and lab studies to understand the process of adaptation. Much of our research focuses on the ecology and evolution of geographic distributions, asking what limits adaptation at the edges of species' ranges. These projects take us to the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, and soon to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Read more.

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After scattering far and wide for the summer, we've mostly all returned for the start of the fall semester. Seema had a successful expedition collecting Mimulus from the Erythranthe clade across the desert southwest. Amy A. started a new field project on blue grama out at the Shortgrass Steppe LTER and is headed out again for the annual Mimulus demography census in Yosemite. We're happy to welcome Megan to the lab and to welcome back Amy K., Brad, Haneef and John. This semester we'll be missing Julie, Carina (who is spending the semester abroad on a tropical field study course - we're all jealous!), and Todd, who started grad school one floor down in the Kanatous Lab.

Amy A. published a new paper about species coexistence in desert annual communities with collaborators from the University of Arizona.

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