We are quantitative physiological ecologists interested in fundamental questions about the impacts of climate change, drought, and disturbance on tree growth across scales. We use Bayesian models, tree-rings, isotopes, NSC, and radiocarbon to understand tree physiological memory.
School of Life Sciences at University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
News
Some recent press:
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-redwoods-recover-fire-sprouting-1000-year-old-buds
November 2023: A great trip to the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park to sample 14C of Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) with the Ancient Forest Society. Some picture from the trip:
ECOSS video about our redwood fire recovery paper, out now in Nature Plants !
Quantitative physiological ecology lab
Drew Peltier's research group