Rachel Germain

Assistant Professor

My lab studies the ecology and evolution of species coexistence in spatially-structured landscapes – how historical abiotic environments, competitive interactions, and dispersal have shaped how species interact with each other and their environments, and the outcome of those interactions for the distribution of biodiversity under global change. 

We use a combination of experiments in the lab, field, greenhouse, and computer, using model systems such as serpentine annual plants from California, Tribolium flour beetles, and duckweed.

 

 

George Mercer award, Ecological Society of America

2018
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For Research
Rachel Germain

In recognition of recent PNAS paper, Experimental dispersal reveals characteristic scales of biodiversity in a natural landscape by R. Germain, S. Y. Strauss, B. Gilbert

Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award

2018
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For Research
Rachel Germain

American Society of Naturalists

On the origin of coexisting species - in Trends in Ecology and Evolution
An empiricist's guide to using ecological theory - in the American Naturalist
The ‘filtering’ metaphor revisited: competition and environment jointly structure invasibility and coexistence - in Biology Letters
Moving character displacement beyond characters using contemporary coexistence theory - in Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Experimental dispersal reveals characteristic scales of biodiversity in a natural landscape - in PNAS
Biotic interactions affect fitness across latitudes, but only drive local adaptation in the tropics
bioRxiv 1:41
Anna Hargreaves, Rachel Germain, Megan Bontrager, Joshua Persi, and Amy Angert
2019