{"id":321,"date":"2025-10-21T17:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/nrsa-lab\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:26:43","slug":"macrosystems-ecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/nrsa-lab\/macrosystems-ecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Macrosystems Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Macrosystems Ecology<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our macrosystems ecology research examines ecological patterns and processes at broad spatial scales \u2014 from regions to continents. We work at the intersection of large empirical datasets, modeling, and field ecology to understand how forests respond to 1) biological invasions<\/strong>, 2) climate change<\/strong>, and 3) shifts in below-ground coupling<\/strong>. The lab has contributed to two special issues on macrosystems ecology in Landscape Ecology<\/em> and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Invasion Biology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Non-native species continue to establish and spread in forest ecosystems across the United States, altering species composition, disrupting nutrient cycles, and causing measurable losses in forest biomass and carbon storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate Change on Forests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Climate change is reorganizing the geographic ranges of tree species across North America in ways that have profound consequences for forest composition, ecosystem function, and resource management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above-Below Ground Coupling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The diversity and composition of aboveground tree communities are not independent of what lives belowground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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