Plant Biodiversity

…of Finland project Mechanisms of Plant Biodiversity Change. The project asks how spatial context, dispersal in space and time, biotic interactions (competition, herbivory) and intraspecific trait change drive heterogeneous responses of plant biodiversity to global change factors such as climate warming and nutrient enrichment — for example the role of seed banks in maintaining diversity, of competition for light, litter and loss of herb

…of Finland project Mechanisms of Plant Biodiversity Change, which investigates how spatial context, dispersal in space and time, biotic interactions (competition, herbivory) and intraspecific trait change drive heterogeneous responses of plant biodiversity to global change factors such as climate warming and nutrient enrichment. Possible thesis questions include temporal dispersal via soil seed banks as a diversity-maintaining mechanism und