Evolutionary ecology of vegetation

对植物的结构和生态学以及为什么它在世界各地变化有更基本的了解。理解既有利于土地管理，也有利于文化价值。在高二氧化碳的未来情景下，将需要通过进化、竞争和生理学的基本机制而不是通过从现在的植物推断来运作的模型。澳大利亚是全球化植物性状生态学的领导者，该计划将进一步发挥这一作用。通过在悉尼盆地和全国范围内的密集短期课程，研究能力将朝着功能生态学，地球系统科学，比较基因组学和古生物学之间的未来四路融合发展。

A more fundamental understanding will be developed about the architecture and ecology of vegetation and why it varies around the world. Understanding confers benefits for land management as well as cultural value. Under a high carbon dioxide future scenario, models will be needed that operate through fundamental mechanisms of evolution, competition and physiology, rather than through extrapolation from present-day plants. Australia is a leader in globalising plant trait ecology, and the program will develop that role further. Through intensive short courses within the Sydney basin and at national scale, research capacity will be developed towards the coming four-way fusion among functional ecology, earth system science, comparative genomics and palaeobiology.