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I am a biogeographer
interested in macrobes, microbes, and their (co-)evolution. I'm a post-doc in the Parfrey Lab (Univ. British Columbia) & I use environmental genomics data to ask biogeographical and evolutionary questions. Read more here
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The picture above depicts two cushions plants in the Alpine of the southern tip of Patagonia. Bolax gumifera (Apiaceae) and Abrotanella emarginata (Asteraceae) form a beautiful cushion in which Leucheria hahnii is nested. This picture gives a fantastic example of convergences (cushion plants evolved in these two angiosperm families) and of biotic interactions shaping community composition (cushion plants provide the habitat for Leucheria hahnii).