Kelly Carscadden
PhD student
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

I research how the interaction between genetic and environmental variation shapes species' ecological niche breadth. I aim to determine whether species-level breadth is composed of differently specialized, or broadly tolerant, populations in monkeyflower species. In addition, I am studying the demography of hybridizing cinquefoil taxa to understand drivers of niche breadth and range dynamics in changing environments.