Woods, Carrie

Woods, Carrie
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Colgate University

Understanding the factors that influence the patterns of biodiversity is a central goal in ecology. As a community and ecosystem ecologist, I seek to understand the factors that underlie the processes that determine biodiversity and how those processes are impacted by global environmental problems, such as deforestation and climate change. In particular, I examine how abiotic interactions combine with variations in nutrient acquisition and ecophysiological processes to influence plant distributions and, ultimately, patterns of biodiversity. I am fascinated by species-rich communities and, in particular, those that are threatened by climate change. 

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