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.


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