Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Baiser Lab
Led by Benjamin Baiser · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
What we study
The Baiser Lab studies how ecological communities form, hold together and change over time, using field and theoretical approaches across many organisms and systems.
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Current projects
Cities Shape the Diversity and Spread of Nonnative Species
Research on how urban areas influence the diversity and spread of nonnative species.
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Recent papers, explained
- Carbon regime structures functional trait trajectories during primary succession in microorganisms
2026 · The ISME Journal
Reviews how microbial communities change functionally during succession, with different patterns in autotrophic and heterotrophic systems.
- Continental Drivers of Population‐Level Intraspecific Trait Variability in Salamanders, Birds, and Small Mammals
2026 · Global Ecology and Biogeography
Examines how climate and species richness affect body size variation in salamanders, birds, and mammals.
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- Uncovering the role of biogeography, resources, food web composition and time during microbial primary succession
2026 · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Studies how bacteria colonize pitcher plants across a latitudinal gradient.
- From traits to flames: leaf traits, plant strategies, and plant flammability across a moisture gradient in a frequently burned subtropical landscape
2025 · Oikos
Tests if leaf traits and plant strategies predict flammability in a subtropical landscape.
- Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non‐Native Plants in the World's Urban Ecosystems
2025 · Global Ecology and Biogeography
Identifies the most widespread invasive plants in urban ecosystems globally.
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