Recent Discoveries


 

Science

Linking genes to food web stability

We discovered a keystone gene underlying the persistence of a food web.

   
 

 

The American Naturalist

Coevolution alters food-web stability

Using a mathematical model, I found that the coevolution of competitors makes food webs less resilient to environmental change.

   
 

 

Evolution Letters

Predator extinction constrains prey evolvability

Through a field experiment, we found that the simplification of food webs can constrain the adaptive potential of remaining populations to future environmental change.