The current biodiversity
crisis manifests itself in loss of landscape, species and genetic diversity.
The overarching goal of our research is to understand the distribution,
function and dynamics of intraspecific phenotypic and genetic variation in plants
within the context of global change. We specifically investigate rapid
adaptation of plant populations to changes in climate and land use. We love to
do experiments 鈥� e.g. classical common gardens, reciprocal transplantations and
evolution experiments 鈥� and we combine concepts and methods from classical
plant ecology, evolutionary biology, quantitative genetics, and population
genetics and genomics.