Dr. Risa Sargent
Associate Professor
Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Ecological interactions between flowering plants and pollinators are a fascinating driver of biological diversity. In addition to their crucial role in natural ecosystems, these interactions provide ecosystem services that are required for at least 35% of global crop production. Using a variety of approaches, our group seeks to identify, measure, and disentangle the drivers of change in the ecological interactions between plants and their pollinators.