Olivia Cope

Assistant Professor

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Phone: 253-535-7004

Email: cope@plu.edu

Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 142

Office Hours: (On Campus) Mon: 10:30 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Wed: 10:30 am - 11:30 am (On Campus) Thu: 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Website: https://oliviacope.weebly.com

  • Professional

Education

  • Ph.D., Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020
  • B.S., Genetics and Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2015

Selected Articles

  • Cope, OL and WC Wetzel. "Heat waves reduce variability in milkweed development, simplify arthropod communities, and suppress herbivory." Oecologia Vol. 207:91. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-025-05733-0, 2025:
  • Cope, OL, LA Burkle, JR Croy, KA Mooney, LH Yang, and WC Wetzel. "The role of timing in intraspecific trait ecology." Trends in Ecology & Evolution Vol. 37(11):997-1005. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.003, 2022:
  • Cope, OL, K Keefover-Ring, EL Kruger, and RL Lindroth. "Growth-defense tradeoffs shape the genetic composition of aspen forests." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 118(37): e2103162118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2103162118, 2021:

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