Leah N. Veldhuisen

Testing fundamental hypotheses of colonization success in the ferns

This study tests hypotheses about factors driving invasion success in non-native ferns, finding no phylogenetic clustering, conserved climatic niches, smaller genomes in naturalized ferns, and higher ploidal levels in invaders.

Phylogenetic patterns over sixty-five years of vegetation change across a montane elevation gradient

The paper examines phylogenetic diversity changes in angiosperm communities over 65 years across elevation gradients, finding phylogenetic signals in constancy and elevational shifts and decoupling of diversity aspects in different communities.

Phylogenetic diversity and species diversity are decoupled under experimental warming and cooling in Rocky Mountain plant communities

This study examines how experimental warming and cooling affect community diversity metrics in Rocky Mountain plant communities, finding decoupling between species and phylogenetic diversity.

Rare species do not disproportionately contribute to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine plant community

The study examines whether rare plant species contribute disproportionately to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine community and finds they do not.