The research in my lab bridges the fields of community and ecosystem ecology, focusing on the effects of changing plant communities on ecosystem functioning.

Ecosystems worldwide are gaining and losing species and changes in plant identity likely influence a number of ecosystem properties. We examine effects on variables such as plant species abundance, litter decomposition and nutrient cycling. Much of our research is conducted in northern ecosystems, including grasslands and boreal forest in Northern Canada (Kluane Lake Research Station, Yukon Territory) and arctic tundra in Alaska (Toolik Research Station).

I will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso in January 2014.

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Contact Information

Department of Biological Sciences
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W University Ave, El Paso, Texas 79968

jennie.mclaren@gmail.com