What we do
We seek to understand which plants grow where, and why.
We study plant traits to understand how vegetation adapts to environmental changes.
We develop approaches for remotely sensing plant biodiversity to support conservation.
Current members
Postdoctoral fellows, students and employees
Former members
Team members trained since 2011
Countries
We conduct our field research mainly in Canada, Australia and Panama
Species
Plant species in our spectranomics database
Publications
Scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals
Research Themes
Functional traits
We study the unique adaptations that plant species have evolved to survive and grow under contrasting environmental conditions.
Communities
We study the drivers of plant community composition and diversity across environmental gradients.
Spectranomics
We study foliar spectral signatures of plant species under contrasting environments to understand their biological and ecological bases.
Biodiversity mapping
We develop new approaches to map plant spectral, functional, and taxonomic biodiversity to guide conservation.