Main Research Themes
No two places on Earth have the same combination of species, nor the same environmental conditions. All living organisms, along with their environments, present remarkable complex patterns of variation across space. Determining the relative importance of the processes underlying the complexity of biodiversity in space has been one of the most popular, vibrant, and challenging areas of research in ecology. This knowledge is also critical to decision plans to mitigate accelerated biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation affecting the global economy and human wellbeing. Our group develop, test, and apply quantitative, empirical (lab and field) and theoretical frameworks to advance and accelerate our understanding of the processes underlying spatial (and temporal) patterns of biological diversity. By doing so, we also address novel hypotheses about the fundamental ecological and evolutionary principles that underlie biodiversity.
Our main research themes are:
[1] Understand the links between evolutionary, abiotic, and biotic mechanisms that drive biodiversity patterns at local, regional, and global scales.
[2] Produce evidence that the spatial structure of the environment matters to community structure and species coexistence.
[3] Develop and refine quantitative frameworks to link ecological and evolutionary mechanisms to complex biodiversity patterns.
[4] Advance methods for species distribution models
[5] Develop and apply methods under the framework of spatial ecology, metapopulation & metacommunity ecology.
Our main research themes are:
[1] Understand the links between evolutionary, abiotic, and biotic mechanisms that drive biodiversity patterns at local, regional, and global scales.
[2] Produce evidence that the spatial structure of the environment matters to community structure and species coexistence.
[3] Develop and refine quantitative frameworks to link ecological and evolutionary mechanisms to complex biodiversity patterns.
[4] Advance methods for species distribution models
[5] Develop and apply methods under the framework of spatial ecology, metapopulation & metacommunity ecology.