Welcome!
I am an ecologist with special interest in plant functional ecology, biogeography and conservation biology. I have a broad interest in research spanning from species ecological strategy to community assembly processes at different spatial scales and global patterns of biodiversity.
My research links three major topics in ecology: biogeography, functional traits and ecosystem functioning. I am combing these fields by linking species level, community level and macroecological data. In brief, I am focusing on the following questions:
- How do plants adapt to different abiotic and biotic factors?
- How do species communities assemble and which are the underlying drivers?
- How can plant functional traits help to understand species ecological strategy?
- Are species movements in response to climate warming already tractable?
I am lecturer at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Contact: jschrader[at]posteo.de
Julian Schrader 