Jennifer Schweitzer

 Jennifer A. Schweitzer's research program is focused the ecological and evolutionary consequences of species interactions. Specifically, 1) how global change issues (urbanization, nitrogen eutrophication, climate change, fire) affect plant-soil linkages and ecosystem processes; 2) how ecological interactions among species can alter patterns of divergence; and 3) how feedbacks along ecological gradients can change eco-evolutionary dynamics. Understanding these questions will help to better understand the importance of diversity and whether or not it matters that it is changing world-wide, will help to better conserve and restore degraded habitats and will help to better understand the ecological and evolutionary consequences of global change.​​