Australia-NZ Network for Vegetation Function and Futures

植物塑造了我们的景观，并推动了从局部到全球的生态系统进程。植物种类在数量功能性状上差异很大。有关功能变异的全球数据集正在涌现，其中澳大利亚和新西兰处于领先地位。一个网络将在澳大利亚和新西兰得到支持，并在其他地方有强大的联系。它将以七项雄心勃勃但可实现的研究开发为目标。它们中的每一个都需要在不同学科之间进行密集的对话。所有七条线索的联网将创造更广泛的联系，跨越古生物学、生态系统功能、植被结构、全球变化、生态生理学、系统发生学、基因组学、生态信息学和进化论。

Plants shape our landscapes and drive ecosystem processes from local to global scale. Plant species vary widely in quantitative functional traits. Global datasets about functional variation are emerging, with Australian and NZ leadership. A network would be supported in both Australia and NZ and with strong links elsewhere. It would target seven ambitious but achievable research developments. Each of them demands intensive conversation between separate disciplines. Networking across all seven strands will create a broader linkage, spanning across palaeobiology, ecosystem function, vegetation structure, global change, ecophysiology, phylogeny, genomics, ecoinformatics and evolutionary theory.