Plant Ecology and Diversity Conservation

Group leader: Anamaria Roman

• Conserving and monitoring plant diversity: species, habitats, natural ecosystems, agroecosystems

• Analysis of species distribution through ecological niche modelling

• Species, vegetation and habitat mapping integrated within Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and databases

• Plant and landscape ecology

• Agro-ecology and diversity

• Functional Ecology studies in natural ecosystems and agroecosystems

• Ecosystem services evaluation (biodiversity, plant resources, carbon storage) within the context of climate and land-use change

• Remote sensing, plant ecology and spectranomics: LIDAR, hyperspectral (VIS, NIR, IR)

• High Throughput (HT) phenotyping of plant species traits: Digital analysis of 2D &3D imagery, hyperspectral modelling (VIS, NIR, IR)

• Protected area management