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fern MacDougal
PhD Student
Research Interests
I’m interested in plant community ecology and evolutionary ecology. I want to understand the ecological and evolutionary processes that generate diversity and drive plant community assembly, particularly in neotropical forests. My curiosity about life and goings-on in the treetops often brings me up into the forest canopy.