{"id":6,"date":"2015-12-02T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.biota.utoronto.ca\/gilbert\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:41:06","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>We examine mechanisms that underlie species coexistence and patterns of diversity. Research in the Gilbert lab takes place in a number of different ecosystems, ranging from boreal to tropical, and working with study organisms as different as tree seedlings, plankton&nbsp;and mosquito larvae. We use a combination of field studies, mathematical models and statistical approaches to investigate processes that maintain diversity. Most of our <\/em><em>research focuses <\/em><em>on species-<\/em><i><em>environment relationships, how these structure and are structured by species interactions, and how they respond to&nbsp;fluctuations through time and space. We use this knowledge to understand the impacts of <\/em><\/i><\/strong><b><i><em>global changes, such as species invasions,&nbsp;climate change&nbsp;and habitat fragmentation.<\/em><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We examine mechanisms that underlie species coexistence and patterns of diversity. Research in the Gilbert lab takes place in a number of different ecosystems, ranging from boreal to tropical, and working with study organisms as different as tree seedlings, plankton&nbsp;and mosquito larvae. We use a combination of field studies, mathematical models and statistical approaches to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gilbert Lab&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gilbert.eeb.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}