Ongoings

Dust, biocrusts, and Valley Fever
How might biocrust degradation, dust, and soil microbial communities intersect with environmental health in drylands?
Evolution of cosexuality and sex chromosomes in mosses
How do reproductive systems evolve in mosses, and what genomic changes accompany shifts in sexual strategy?
Fog, atmospheric moisture, and epiphytic cryptogams
How does coastal atmospheric moisture shape mosses, lichens, and their microbial partners?
Mosses under snow
How do alpine mosses survive winter conditions, and are they dormant or active beneath snow?
Systematics and population genomics of western Syntrichia
How are western North American Syntrichia lineages related, distributed, and adapted?
Variation in biocrust photosynthesis
How do desert mosses adjust photosynthetic function across seasons, climates, and water-availability regimes?