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WELCOME TO THE DIRZO LAB

OUR FOCUS:

THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY

IN AN ERA OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT 

 

We acknowledge and appreciate that our lab sits on the ancestral lands of
the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. We offer our thanks for the opportunity to live and
work on their traditional homeland. We celebrate the culture and perseverance of
the Muwekma Ohlone people to keep their identity strong, and we are committed to
support their efforts and contributions to diversity.



Image credit: Rodrigo Béllo Carvalho

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The Dirzo lab primarily investigates the evolutionary ecology of species
interactions, and related aspects of conservation science (i.e. the effects of
anthropogenically driven biodiversity change on evolutionary ecology).  We
conduct field and lab-based research mostly in tropical ecosystems of Latin
America, Africa, and the Central Pacific.

Our lab focuses its efforts on two major areas of scientific research:

i) species interactions (within and among trophic levels) from an EcoEvo
perspective, and

ii) conservation science (anthropogenically driven deforestation, defaunation,
biodiversity change).

In addition to conducting research on these two topics in isolation, a
significant portion of our work examines the interactions thereof, asking, in
general, to what extent the ecological and evolutionary patterns of biotic
interactions (herbivory, pollination, dispersal, plant-fungus relationships,
predation, etc.) are affected by anthropogenic global environmental change (land
use change, over-exploitation, invasive exotic taxa). In other words, our work
examines the conservation biology of species interactions, and we examine the
patterns and consequences of the local loss of, or changes in biotic
interactions, and the resulting consequences in terms of changes in ecosystem
processes and services.

Our work takes place in different parts of the world, largely –but not
exclusively– in tropical ecosystems from Latin America, Africa, and the Central
Pacific. Some work is conducted in temperate systems too, mainly in Northern
California [see photos]. Our approaches include observations and experimental
manipulations and we engage in collaborations with colleagues and students from
many institutions within Stanford, the USA and abroad [see collaborations].

Beyond research, we are engaged in education at a variety of levels, ranging
from teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, to educational programs for
youth, with a particular emphasis on underserved communities. Some of the work
on education involves participation in diagnostic analyses and synthesis on
national science education policy [see Framework for K-12 Science Education].




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