Welcome

The Martyn Ecology Lab at Oregon State University weaves together a number of branches of ecology including plant community ecology, restoration ecology, functional trait ecology, and rangeland ecology to explore rangeland and restoration resilience to climate variability and climate change.

Members of the lab aim to address research questions such as:

- How does competition and the environment impact plant communities?

- What factors contribute to restoration success?

- How can we improve restoration practices to assure restoration success persists into the future?

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”

- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul 

Updates

I am part of a team planning a trip to South Australia for the 2025 International Rangeland Congress. If you are interested in hearing more we have an Info Session on May 22, 2024 at 5pm in OATF on the OSU Corvallis Campus (or via Zoom - contact me for link).

Nov 2023 - I have started a position at Oregon State University / Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, OR. I am excited to start research program on restoring and creating resilient rangelands.

August 04 2023 - Come find me at ESA: COS 250-3 - The impacts of annual and seasonal weather on big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) growth - a growth ring analysis. Room B111. Thursday Aug 10, 10:30 - 10:45

Seeds counted by research techs and myself over time.Current update: (838,184 seeds from 12,139 samples).

Seeds counted by research techs and myself over time.

Current update: (838,184 seeds from 12,139 samples).

INSTAGRAM - martynecology

What does one find in a botanic garden in Australia... the exotic plants of home! I could maybe see having Ocotillo but... Mahonia repens? Artemisia ludoviciana? 😂 I tried looking for a big sagebrush but was unsuccessful!
Well after 4.5yrs of occasional wear... I think they are finally broken in (i.e. no blister from a day's wear lol). I bought these Docs 4.5yrs ago with a gift certificate from all the folks in my PhD lab (Mayfield Community Ecology Lab) as a gift for submitting my PhD... as I would soon be "Dr. Martyn". And I guess being Dr. Martyn wearing Doc Martens would be a bit punny 😆 And the pattern is called Wild Botanicals which is also fitting given my PhD was on plants (though not the toxic ones displayed on the boots). I think of the Mayfield Lab every time I wear them and will hopefully be catching up with some of them soon!!
Went up to MERA last Thursday with my Plant ID class. We were joined by a plant expert who has been visiting this area for years. Learned a lot and they even pointed out patchs of some very cool plants!
Out scouting a field trip site for my plant ID class! The best was a rough roadside spot... lots of flowers with some sagebrush.
Just some flowers 🌱🌻 from the NGBER near Burns OR :)