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 [...]

Eleonora finished her PhD in our workgroup in 2025 on the topic of functional spaces across the tree of life. After that, she continued to work in our workgroup for [...]

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, [...]

On 10th December Estonian Research Council held their annual event to honor the best young researchers at the National Contest for University Students. We are extremely happy that in the [...]

Recently a new study was published in Global Ecology and Biogeography about the global dark diversity of alien plants. The study was led by Bruno who recently finished his PhD [...]

Our workgroup members Jing Yang and Carlos Carmona led a new study about how competition alters the relationship between plant traits and growth in tree seedlings. The study was published [...]

This year our workgroup autumn seminar took place in Jõgeva County in Mokko Country Hotel. Despite the grey and drizzly weather, we still enjoyed being in the autumnal countryside, and [...]

In October, our workgroup member Jing Yang conducted TraitDivNet fieldwork in the tropical rainforests of Xishuangbanna, southwest China. The goal was to collect above- and belowground trait data from species-rich [...]