Welcome!
In the Whitton lab, we are broadly interested in understanding the ecological and evolutionary forces that produce and maintain biodiversity. We believe in taking our cues from natural history, seeking a general understanding of the evolution and persistence of lineages rooted in a deep exploration of natural systems. A major focus of the lab is the study of sexual-asexual systems in the sunflower family, in which we aim to understand the forces that promote the origins and spread of asexual populations and the persistence of their sexual progenitors. We borrow from the diverse themes and disciplines - the evolution of sex, speciation, polyploid evolution, phylogenetics, range limit theory, reproductive interference, coexistence theory - to try to piece together the dynamic forces acting in these systems.
Recent updates
We're getting ready to survey our Townsendia hookeri common gardens for the 5th and final year. It will be a bittersweet farewell tour.
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Evan and Alex pressing cider after a hard day of planting hookeri gardens.
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Whitton Lab on youtube
How we do demography videos: Site selection and line installation, plant measurement and the X and Y axis on your line.
T. hookeri flower bagging and seed collection
T. hookeri flower bagging and seed collection