Biodiversity of plants lab - Alexander Zizka
“How does plant diversity emerge and how can we protect it in times of global change?”
With this question in mind, we focus on three research areas:
- How has evolution shaped adaptation and geographic distribution in flowering plants?
- How did plant–fungal interactions emerge?
- How can artificial intelligence and big data help us protect plant diversity?
Methods central to our work are sampling in the field, work with herbarium collections, anatomic and DNA-based labwork and eco-evolutionary modelling. Geographically, we focus on South America, Madagascar and the flora of Marburg and Hesse.