ARC Australia-New Zealand Research Network for Vegetation Function

植物种类在数量功能性状及其与气候、土壤和地理的关系方面差异很大。全球的概括正在出现。植被功能网络将从植物功能延伸到基因组学和作物育种、古生态学和植被史、碳、水和盐度结果的景观管理、全球变化下未来生态系统的预测、系统发育、生态信息学和进化理论。在此期间，工作组将针对九个确定的突破性研究机会进行研究。每个研究目标都需要两个或多个学科的投入。总之，这九个目标跨学科连接，作为一个从基因组到行星尺度的网络。

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.