ARC Australia-New Zealand Research Network for Vegetation Function

植物物种在数量功能性状以及它们与气候、土壤和地理的关系方面差异很大。全球性的普遍现象正在出现。植被功能网络将从植物功能延伸到基因组学和作物育种，延伸到古生态学和植被历史，延伸到碳、水和盐分结果的景观管理，延伸到全球变化下的未来生态系统预测，以及系统发育、生态信息学和进化理论。在此期间，工作组将针对9个确定的突破性研究机会。每个研究目标都需要两个或两个以上学科的投入。这九个目标一起跨越学科，作为一个网络，从基因组到行星尺度。

Plant species vary widely in quantitative functional traits, and in their relations to climate, soils and geography. Global generalizations are emerging. Vegetation Function network will reach from plant function into genomics and crop breeding, into palaeoecology and vegetation history, into landscape management for carbon, water and salinity outcomes, into forecasting future ecosystems under global change, and into phylogeny, ecoinformatics and evolutionary theory. Across this span, working groups will target nine identified opportunities for breakthrough research. Each research target needs input from two or more disciplines. Together, the nine targets link across disciplines, as a network that spans from genomic to planetary scales.