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 - October
Plant Ecology Lab welcomes visiting PhD students
October 2013
We welcome new visiting PhD students Valentina Ciccolini and Laetitia Hermann. During stay with plant ecology laboratory they are supervised by Maarja Öpik.
Valentina studies molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a restored peatland ecosystem in Italy. Her supervisor is Dr. Elisa Pellegrino (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy).
Laetitia studies molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a chronosequence of rubber tree plantations in Thailand. Her supervisors are Dr. Didier Lesueur (CIRAD-UMR Eco&Sols, Montpellier, France / Land Development Department, Bangkok, Thailand) and Dr. Lambert Brau (Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia).
Mari Moora is a keynote speaker of the Ecological Networks symposium
October 2013
Mari Moora is asked to be a keynote speaker of the first international symposium on Ecological Networks, which will be held in Coimbra, Portugal on 23rd-25th October. The syposium provides insights into the importance of food-webs and the use of network theory to advance Ecology and Conservation. Mari will be introducing the role of mycorrhizal networks in plant coexistence.
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