In her research, Dr. Sorte takes an integrative approach – spanning studies of organismal physiology to biogeography – to examining the mechanisms of responses to global change. Specific research foci include (1) the ecophysiological underpinnings of species’ distributions, (2) the impacts of climate-driven shifts in these distributions, (3) the interactions between climate change and species invasions, and (4) ways that species can “cope” with climate change (e.g. via acclimation, adaptation, and re-distribution).