We participated again in Eco Fair, an event where our university biology students can meet all the workgroups of Botany and Zoology departments. We had Blanca, Oscar and Riin introducing [...]

New study was published in Journal of Ecology about how competition reshapes functional trait differences among tree species and how these changes can promote coexistence. The study was led by [...]

The Estonian Academy of Sciences elected our workgroup leader professor Meelis Pärtel as a new research professor for the period 2026–2028. During this time he will use dark diversity concept [...]

We are very proud that Jing Yang (who is currently a postdoctoral researcher in our workgroup) was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA PF) for her new project IntraDivS [...]

On 2nd-6th February several of our workgroup members visited Spain to meet with Carlos Carmona's new workgroup in the Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC). Carlos continues as a visiting professor [...]

The new year had a productive start for our workgroup since from 6th to 10th January we participated in the 12th Biannual Conference of the International Biogeography Society in Aarhus, [...]