University of Michigan undergraduate Abby Meyer worked with us over the summer of 2019, with a fellowship from Michigan Sea Grant. Using the Mondrian wetland community-ecosystem model, Abby studied the spatial patterns of plant population growth produced by different branching frequencies among native and invasive wetland plants. Abby also wrote code to display the branching patterns so that all investigators on the team can get a visual sense of the spatial patterns involved in competition among clonal plant species in Great Lakes wetlands.

Abby gave a poster and oral presentation at the Michigan Sea Grant symposium reporting her research results.