Terrestrial ecosystems research group

Our research covers a vast range of topics, from genetics to large-scale meta-population dynamics and synchrony. Please visit our individual laboratory websites to learn more about specific research areas of focus and current projects. We welcome inquiries from potential collaborators and interested students.
Person in tallgrass prairie

Baer Ecology Lab

Soil, ecosystem, community and restoration ecology

Two people in forest

Billings Lab

Forest and grassland ecosystems, influences on biogeochemical cycling

Three people working under greenhouse structure

Bever/Schultz Lab

Ecological and evolutionary processes of plants and the associated soil microbiome

Person with forest in background

Wagner Lab

Genetic basis of plant-environment microbial interactions in natural and agricultural systems

Man standing behind old gate

Foster Lab

Biotic interactions, resource availability and species pool interaction in plant communities

Researcher in foreground of Mojave desert mountain setting

Sikes Microbial Lab

Microbial ecology within ecological theory and as a basis for ecosystem management

Person at computer

Reuman Lab

Quantitative population, community and landscape ecology

Four people looking at plants in forest clearing

Kindscher Lab & Medicinal Plant Program

Plant community ecology and ethnobotany, native medicinal plants

Soil horizon showing roots below ground in dark, wet soil and a crop above ground

Loecke Lab

Agroecological and soil biogeochemistry, terrestrial-aquatic interfaces, and nature-based climate solutions