Liberal Arts and Sciences
Leibold Lab
Led by Mathew Leibold · Biology
What we study
The Leibold Lab studies community ecology: how groups of species that live together interact and shape one another, with a focus on aquatic ecology.
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Guild‐Based Metacommunity Internal Structure: Insights From Waterbird Assemblages in a Dynamic Estuarine System
2026 · Journal of Biogeography
Looks at how waterbirds form groups in changing estuaries.
- The amazing complexity of ecological metacommunities
2024 · Futurum Careers
Explores how biodiversity and ecosystem structure shape the complexity of species communities.
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- Novel community data in ecology-properties and prospects
2023 · Trends in Ecology & Evolution
- Beyond the fish-Daphnia paradigm: testing the potential for pygmy backswimmers (Neoplea striola) to cause trophic cascades in subtropical ponds
2022 · PeerJ
Tests whether tiny water beetles can trigger food web changes in subtropical ponds.
- Evolution and Community Assembly Across Spatial Scales
2022 · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
Shows how evolution can shape local and regional communities over time.
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