Projects

Intra-specific morphological variation

The objective is to measure the variation of morphological traits within species and understand the drivers of such variability across species. This project is supported by Pierre Bertrand (Master Student, CRBE) and funded by CEBA — details available here.

Functional traits of species used by humans

The objective is to measure the functional traits of species used by humans to better assess conservation policies. This topic is developed by Pierre Bouchet (PhD Student, CRBE).

Method comparison

The objective is to compare different approaches to the functional facet of biodiversity and evaluate how they jointly provide new ways to refine assessments of functional diversity patterns and the effect of human activity.

Global Functional Diversity

This project aims to compile different databases of functional traits of plants and vertebrates and to explore the macroecology of functional diversity among taxonomic groups in the context of global change.

Cross-taxonomic diversity

The objective of this project is to study the taxonomic and functional diversity patterns of taxonomic groups representing contrasting ecosystem types and to determine their congruence at global and biogeographical realm scales.

GIS application for conservation

The objective is to evaluate the conservation status of grasslands in Estonia. This project was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Aveliina Helm. Main contributions included the development of GIS and R algorithms for conservation prioritization mapping, as well as algorithms for the Zonation software.