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My research focuses broadly on understanding the evolution and ecological significance of plant function. To conduct my work, I often integrate aspects of physiology, ecology, biogeography, and evolution and utilize diverse methods including plant gas-exchange, hydraulics, stable isotopes, microscopy, ecological niche and distribution modelling, and often in an evolutionary context.
In short, the things I get most excited about tend to be related to: 1) fundamental Q's about how plants work, 2) the coordination of traits under stress, 3) how traits determine distribution & niche, 4) why species' physiologies evolved as they did. |
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Trait evolution
Niche evolution
Macroecology
Niche modelling
Trait modelling
Water-relations
Gas-exchange
Structure-function
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In reality, my current projects are just as diverse as you might expect from my stated interests, and range from the physiological ecology of polyploid plants, conservation physiology of cycads, drought responses in vascular plants, and the phenotypic and functional consequences of domestication in crop legumes. Check out the links below for more information.
Polyploidy |
Cycads |
Ferns |
Crop Wild Rel. |
Reconciling patterns of niche and trait evolution in polyploid plants
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Cycad physiology, ecology, evolution, and conservation
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Physiology, ecology, and evolution of fern gametophytes and sporphytes
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Consequences of domestication; phenotyping, and trait selection in legumes
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Contact me
Christopher Krieg, Ph.D. Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin Madison WI 54706 ckrieg[at]wisc[dot]edu |
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