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Joshua Haag
Ph.D. student
Honours Bachelor of Science, Ecology, University of Toronto, 2002
U-M affiliation
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Contact information
University of Michigan
2082 Kraus Natural Science Building
830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
Phone: (734) 330-9079
Fax: (734) 763-0544
Email: jjhaag@umich.edu
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Fields of study
Plant community ecology
Research interests
My general area of interest lies in determining the forces that structure and determine the dynamics of plant communities. Specifically, I am interested in how spatial processes, such as the distribution of individuals, resources, and dispersal may act and interact to affect such processes as competition and herbivory. My empirical work will focus on how the traits of clonal reproduction and physiological integration affects the competitive abilities and abundance of species in wetland areas. Theoretically, I am interested in incorporating explicit spatial relations, stochastic events, and direct interactions between individuals, rather than whole populations, into the current frameworks of population, community, and metacommunity ecology.
Academic background
Honours Bachelor of Science in Ecology. University of Toronto, 2002.
Advisors
Deborah Goldberg, Mercedes Pascual
Recent publications
Haag, J.J., M.D. Coupe, and J.F. Cahill, Jr. 2004. Antagonistic interactions between competition and insect herbivory on plant growth. Journal of Ecology 92:156-167.
Lamb, E.G., J.J. Haag, and J.F. Cahill, Jr. 2004. Patch-background contrast and patch density have limited effects on root proliferation and plant performance in Abutilon theophrasti. Functional Ecology 18:836-843.
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