Diversity increases productivity: How complementary undergraduate research teams and projects can increase lab functionality

Undergraduate researchers are a diverse group of individuals, with unique perspectives, abilities, and goals. Harnessing this diversity can strengthen your research program and lead to higher productivity. Furthermore, diversifying your research program to incorporate a variety of projects with different courses and research teams can buffer against inevitable research pitfalls.  Together, my students and I tackle big questions in ecology and evolution, one small piece of the puzzle at a time.