1. Global Ecosystem and Climate Change

Investigating how climate change alters key ecosystem functions (e.g., carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, water regulation) and assessing the vulnerability and resilience of terrestrial ecosystems under different climate scenarios.

2. Global Plant Functional Traits and Diversity

Understanding how plant functional traits determine species’ responses to environmental changes and influence ecosystem processes, revealing global biogeographic patterns of traits, trade‑offs, and synergies.

3. Biodiversity and Biogeography

Exploring large‑scale biodiversity gradients, endemic hotspots, and the impacts of land‑use change and climate on species distributions, using macroecological and phylogenetic approaches to uncover both historical and contemporary drivers of biodiversity.