Who we are
The Hoffmann Lab studies plant functional ecology of savanna and forest
ecosystems of North and South America. Our research is motivated by a
common interest in understanding how factors such as climate, fire, and
drought govern the distribution and abundance of trees and other plant
species. Masters and PhD degrees are offered through the Department of
Plant Biology at North Carolina State University
News
- Alice Wines presents her research at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
December 2012
November 2012
Sept. 2012
- John Grady's paper, "Caught in a Fire Trap: Recurring Fire Creates Stable Size Equilibria in Woody Resprouters" has been published in ECOLOGY.
- Bill's paper, "Fuels or microclimate? Understanding the drivers of fire feedbacks at savanna-forest boundaries" has been published in AUSTRAL ECOLOGY.
- Renee Marchin, Stephanie Hollingworth, and Wade Wall presented their research at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America.
- Wade Wall's paper "Demographic effects of fire on two endemic plant species in the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem" has been published in PLANT ECOLOGY.
- Bill's paper, "Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes" has been published in ECOLOGY LETTERS.
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
NCSU offers a rich environment for studying Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, with dozens of ecologists and evolutionary biologists in the Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Department of Plant Pathology, Department of Entomology, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, and Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.