Plant Geography Lab

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

In the Plant Geography Lab we try to understand spatial and temporal patterns in plant distributions. We do this with the help of  remote sensing (GIS), molecular techniques and spatial and temporal modeling. One of the main research themes is how global change will affect plant communities and vegetation patterns. Based on our results we try to design optimum conservation strategies that integrate economic and social development with environmental sustainability.

Our research is focused on tropical Asia, one of the fastest developing and changing tropical regions in the world. Its once continuous tropical forests are now fragmented and mostly degraded.  These changes have put enormous pressures on tropical Asia’s natural ecosystems.  Our groups aim is to study these changes and try to find ways to maintain or restore the functions of tropical Asia’s natural ecosystems.

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Menglun

Mengla

Yunnan 666303

China

To contact us:

Phone: +86-15924688380

E-mail: ferryslik@hotmail.com

Tree -diversity model for Borneo developed in our Lab

Plant geography lab