Dr. Slendy Julieth Rodriquez Alarcon
Specialist in Functional Ecology
As a PhD student in Tartu, I was focused on the functional diversity of plant communities. I was particularly interested in comparing the functional structure and community assembly of plant communities with different levels of functional redundancy and resource availability. Information obtained from my study will be important to understand the resilience and adaptation of plant communities, and also to generate conservation and management strategies in ecosystems. My supervisors were Carlos Carmona and Riin Tamme.