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LaMontagne Lab

Welcome to the LaMontagne Lab website

Our lab, in the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri - St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden, is interested in understanding patterns of population change over space and time, and the drivers of those patterns. We work on a range of scales, from individual organisms, to local populations, and continental and global scales. Our research includes a number of study systems; from the remarkably highly-variable patterns of reproduction in plants (called 'mast seeding') and its relationship with consumer-resource dynamics, to the impacts of environmental change on tree reproduction at regional to continental and global scales. 

To learn more about our lab, explore our website, or contact Dr. Jalene LaMontagne at the link below. 

​                      Interviews / News / Coverage of our work:
  • "UMSL recognizes the exceptional work of its researchers during annual Research and Innovation Celebration"   (UMSL Daily, article by Steve Walentik; May 2026) 
  • "UMSL students show off their work at Undergraduate Research Day at the Missouri Capitol" (UMSL Daily, article by Steve Walentik; March 2026) 
  • "2026 Trailblazers Awards celebrate UMSL community members who lead with innovation and dedication" (UMSL Daily, article by Steve Walentik; February 2026) 
  • "Jalene LaMontagne, colleagues win Robert P. McIntosh Award from the Vegetation Section of the Ecological Society of America for research on community synchrony in seed production" (UMSL Daily, article by Steve Walentik; August 2025) 
  • "Jalene LaMontagne settling into new role as Des Lee Professor in Botanical Studies" (UMSL Daily, article by Steve Walentik; November 2024) 
  • "In This Wacky Winter, Seed Pods Instead of Snow Are Blanketing the Ground" (WTTW Chicago, article by Patty Wetli; February 2024)
  • "The Lingering Mysteries of the Mast Year". (Brooklyn Botanic Garden, article by Ellie Shechet; November 2023)
  • "'Squirrels have gone wild’ celebrating an acorn surplus" (Block Club Chicago, article by Kayleigh Padar; September 2023)
  • "Acorns galore thanks to ‘mast year’ for oaks prompting massive seed production around Chicago" (Chicago Sun-Times, article by Cindy Hernandez, September 2023)
  • "The reason Chicago’s cottonwood tree fluff is in abundance this year​" (WGN Radio, The Lisa Dent Show; June 2023)
  • "Chicago’s cottonwood problem: What’s up with the fluffy stuff?"  (WBEZ Radio, Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, Lynnea Domienik; June 2023)
  • "What’s Up With All The White Fluff? Why Cottonwood Trees Are Seeding Like Crazy This Year​" (Block Club Chicago, article by Kayleigh Padar; June 2023)
  • "What the Fluff? It’s a ‘Holy Cow’ Year for Cottonwood, and Here’s Why" (WTTW Chicago, article by Patty Wetli; June 2023)
  • Illinois Science & Technology Coalition list of 'Researchers to Know'- 2022 (Illinois Science & Technology Coalition; November 2022)
  • ​'Ecologist’s research sprouts in new directions with two federal grants' (DePaul NewsLine; November 2022) 
  • "Department of Energy Announces $4.7 Million for Research and Development Partnership Pilots" (DOE Science News Source; July 2022).
  • "Evolution in Chicago's Clover: Researchers help chart global human impact on nature" (DePaul NewsLine; March 2022). 
  • ​'Why are trees dropping so many nuts? Climate may drive erratic masting” (Science Magazine; November 2021) 
  • Radio interview. 91.7 KAXE Morning Show – Phenology with host John Latimer (KAXE Radio, Grand Rapids, MN; September 2021) 
  • ​'Jalene LaMontagne tapped to lead NSF-Funded Long-Term Ecological Research Team' (DePaul NewsLine; March 2021) 
  • 'Climate impacts drive east-west divide in forest seed production' (Eureka Alert press release for collaborative research led by Jim Clark, Duke University; Feb 2021)
  • 'Research Focus: DePaul’s Tree Whisperer'  in Scientia (DePaul College of Science & Health Alumni magazine; Fall 2020)
  • 'The highs and lows of cone production in white spruce' (University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences; Fall 2020)
  • 'Jalene LaMontagne bridges ecology, climate research with support from the NSF' (DePaul NewsLine; May 2020) 
  • 'Behind the paper: Continental patterns of plant reproduction' (Nature Ecology & Evolution blog post; May 2020)
  • 'Study: Ecological dipoles reveal where trees may reproduce across North America' (DePaul University press release; May 2020)
  • 'Ecological dipoles: A new approach to tracking plants, wildlife' (DePaul University press release; April 2020)
  • 'How Climate Science Is Expanding the Scale of Ecological Research' (Eos, Science News by the American Geophysical Union (AGU); March 2020) 
  • 'Booms & Busts – Natural cycles that run the world' (The Shape of The World podcast hosted by Jill Riddell. ~25 min; June 2019)
  • 'Kemp Profile: Jalene LaMontagne' (Kemp Natural Resources Station newsletter; Fall 2018)
  • 'Exercise in Cleverness: Seed Production in White Spruce' (Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation Newsletter; Winter 2017/2018)​
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