PhD Candidate
Education
BA Biology, St.Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Research Interests
Plant community dynamics, functional trait ecology, Quaternary reconstruction of plant and animal dynamics, statistics
Current Projects
1). Investigating the role of plant functional traits and spatial scale in understory responses to pig activity in Hawaii, 2). Using peat archives to identify the timing of pig encroachment and effects on forest resilience in Hawaiian montane wet forests, 3) Modeling pig dietary niche breadth in response to environment and human activity
Contact
Department of Botany
University of Wisconsin
430 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1381
Office: 236 Birge Hall
Email: mspeyton (at) wisc.edu
