Fridley , Jason (fridley@syr.edu )

Institution: Syracuse University , Biology Dept.

Website: http://plantecology.syr.edu/fridley/

Keywords: ecophysiology, biogeography, floristics, phenology, species interactions, competition

Organisms: vascular plants, in particular woody understory species of mesic deciduous forests

Locations: Syracuse, NY

Description: The Fridley Lab is exploring evolutionary and ecological mechanisms underlying the spread of invasive understory shrubs into deciduous forests of Eastern North America. The lab has general interests in the comparative ecophysiology of natives and exotics, community-based theory of plant invasions, and the global biogeography of invasions.