植物生理生态研究组致力于利用群落生态学、植物生理学、分子生物学等方法与技术,研究不同功能类群植物的水力结构、木质藤本的多样性及其维持、生物入侵机制,揭示热带、亚热带森林生态系统中植物的组成格局与演变机理,及其对气候变化的响应机制。
Our research interests focus on investigating the mechanisms governing the patterns and processes of the tropical and subtropical terrestrial ecosystems by using the techniques and methods of plant physiology. Our research topics include plant water relations and hydraulics of different plant functional groups in relation to adaptation and acclimation to different environments; plant trait evolution and the relations between functional traits and community assembly as well as plant distribution; the responses of photosynthesis and photoprotection of tropical and subtropical plants to environmental stresses such as low temperature and drought.
Keywords: Biological invasion, Community assembly, Ecological adaptation, Ecophysiology, Epiphyte, Evolutionary ecology, Functional groups, Functional traits, Liana ecology, Organism interaction, Water relation.