Author: Megan Vahsen
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Happy Holidays from the Vahsen Lab!
Another semester in the books! The Vahsen Lab enjoyed the holiday lights installed at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia this week! Kept warm with beanies and hot chocolate, we are looking forward to an exciting year ahead! Happy holidays!
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Spooky Seeds: The Lab’s First Trip to Sapelo Island
The lab made its first research trip to the Georgia coast this October! We are very excited to say that coring was a success, and our Schoenoplectus species is present and happy! A huge thank you to the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER folks and the staff at the UGA Marine Institute for hosting us! Electrifying…
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Local Adaptation to Climate Facilitates a Global Invasion: Preprint
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.12.612725v2
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From pre-med to Doctor
Learn about Dr. Vahsen’s backstory and the foundation of the lab by reading this recent article from the Odum School of Ecology! https://ecology.uga.edu/2025/03/19/vahsen-studies-plant-evolution-and-its-consequences
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Dr. Vahsen Joins the Odum School of Ecology
Check out this article welcoming Dr. Vahsen to the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia! Follow along to see our lab grow and read the exciting research we produce!
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Phenological Sensitivity of Bromus tectorum Genotypes Depends on Current and Source Environments
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ecy.70025
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Spatial Knockoff Bayesian Variable Selection in Genome-Wide Association Studies
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.10401
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The Value of Long-term Ecological Research for Evolutionary Insights
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02464-y
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Cohort Marsh Equilibrium Model (CMEM): History, Mathematics, and Implementation
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2023JG007823
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The Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: Open Source Soil Data and Tools Supporting Blue Carbon Research and Policy
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.17098