This month I have been in Tsinghua virtually, working on a daily basis with the team in Earth Sciences: Han Wang, Huiying Xu, Shengchao Qiao, Yanghan Ren, Ziqi Zhu and…Read More >
China Plant Trait Database
The China Plant Trait Database Description: Plant functional traits provide information about adaptations to climate and environmental conditions, and can be used to explore the existence of alternative plant strategies…Read More >
SPECIAL and the Tsinghua Tiger Team in Gongga Mountains. By Sandy Harrison
The Gongga Mountains in Sichuan are foothills of the Tibetan Plateau and provide a very special opportunity to gather data on the environmental controls on leaf traits. Following a first…Read More >
What causes spatial and temporal differences in photosynthetic traits? By Sandy Harrison
Our new paper “Functional trait variation related to gap dynamics in tropical moist forests: a vegetation modelling perspective” is now online in Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. This…Read More >
Tsinghua Tiger Team. By Sandy Harrison
I have spent the last three weeks working at Tsinghua University in Beijing, as part of my on-going Chinese High End Expert appointment. During this time, I’ve been working with…Read More >
