Plant Ecology Laboratory
Research in our lab focuses on diversity patterns in biological communities, and on the interactions underlying these patterns. The main questions we address are: how do communities vary along natural gradients and gradients of human impact? What are the major assembly rules shaping communities; and are they attributable to biotic interactions or environmental heterogeneity? What are the roles of different biotic interactions - including competition, facilitation, herbivory and symbiosis - in structuring communities? Read more
News archive - December
Our lab welcomes new member
December 2012
Inga Hiiesalu, who recently defended a PhD degree at Macroecology Workgroup, joined our lab. Inga’s new challenge is linking the belowground diversity of plants with the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Looking forward to numerous interesting publications!
R-course for community assembly analyses
December 2012
Lab member Lars Götzenberger and Francesco de Bello from the Czech Academy of Sciences will be giving a two day R course in community assembly analyses right after the 2013 IAVS conference that will be held in Tartu. This course is primarily addressed to master and PhD students, though places will be filled with post-doc researchers etc if there are free spots. The course will cover theoretic introductions to community assembly theory (limiting similarity, environmental filtering, "niche vs neutral") and then explore randomization approaches to study these processes. For further information you can visit the course website.
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