Mitigating the impacts of global change on ecosystems requires a mechanistic understanding of the processes underlying patterns of biodiversity. The Beckman Lab investigates interactions between plants and their environment occuring over multiple scales and examines the role of these interactions in limiting plant populations and maintaining biodiversity. Many of these interactions are disrupted by global change, and we examine the consequences of these disruptions for plant communities and ecosystem functions. We use a combination of empirical and quantitative approaches to address our research questions. Our aim is to conduct transdisciplinary and actionable research that contributes to solutions of socio-environmental problems.

News

• June 19-23 Dr. Beckman presents at Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation.
• May 9-13 Seed Dispersal Workshop at SESYNC
• April 12-15 Immersion Distinguished Scholar Workshop: Change in Socio-Environmental Systems at SESYNC
• March 17-18 Dr. Beckman is a short-term visitor at NIMBioS
• Feb. 29 - March 3 Immersion Distinguished Scholar Workshop: Antropology at SESYNC
• Jan. 25th Deadline. Seeking early career scientists for a seed dispersal workshop at SESYNC. Read more
• Jan. 11-14 Immersion Distinguished Scholar Workshop: Sociology at SESYNC
• Dec. 13-16 Dr. Beckman presents collaborative work with Drs. Dybzinski and Tilman at British Ecological Society Annual Meeting
• Dec. 4 Dr. Beckman presents in Applied Mathematics Colloquium at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Nov. 27 Dr. Beckman's research on seed dispersal featured on Friday's episode of Yale Climate Connections.
• Nov. 13 Dr. Beckman presents Biology Seminar at Washington and Lee University
• Nov. 2-4 Immersion Distinguished Scholar Workshop: Economics at SESYNC
• Oct. 28-31 Beckman participates in Automated Forest Restoration workshop hosted by Forest Restoration Research Unit in Chiang Mai
• Oct. 26 Dr. Beckman presents Environmental Science Seminar at Chiang Mai University
• Aug. 31- Sept. 3 Immersion Distinguished Scholar Workshop: Ecology at SESYNC
• August. 19-28 Short course in Bayesian Modeling for Socio-Environmental Data at SESYNC
• July 1 Dr. Beckman starts a postdoc at SESYNC

Archived

Selected Publications

• Beckman, N.G. 2013. Consequences of seed dispersal for plant recruitment in tropical forests: interactions within the seedscape. Biotropica DOI: 10.1111/btp.12071
• Beckman, N.G. 2013. The distribution of fruit and seed toxicity during development for eleven Neotropical trees and vines. PloS ONE 8(7): e66764.
• Beckman, N. G., C. Neuhauser, and H. C. Muller-Landau. 2012. The interacting effects of clumped seed dispersal and distance- and density-dependent mortality on seedling recruitment patterns. Journal of Ecology. 100 (4): 862-873
• Beckman, N. G. and H.C. Muller-Landau. 2011. Linking fruit traits to variation in predispersal vertebrate seed predation, insect seed predation, and pathogen attack. Ecology. 92: 2131-2140.

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