by adm_planthology-project | Jan 30, 2024 | Research
Magnolia is an iconic plant with its large and bright flowers is used as an ornamental plant in cities. The centre of diversity, basically where most of the species occur, is in two tropical regions. Namely, southwest China, Indochina in Southeast Asia, and Colombia...
by adm_planthology-project | Dec 22, 2023 | Research
With the help of citizen scientists in the tropical forest of Borneo, a new species of land snail was discovered. A little creature lives along the river bank in the pristine sites of the Borneo tropical forest. The species’ scientific name is...
by adm_planthology-project | Nov 21, 2023 | Research
Citizen scientists are passionate people who contribute to documenting biodiversity in any area of the globe. With the Taxon expedition, we regularly conduct fieldwork in the tropical forests of Borneo and Brunei and discover new species. This demonstrates how many...
by adm_planthology-project | Oct 2, 2023 | Research
Usually, tropical research in plant ecology is based on trees. Non tree species are rarely considered. The reasons are various, poor knowledge on the non tree species composition, difficulties to gather large data, lack of financial support for non tree species,...
by adm_planthology-project | Oct 2, 2023 | Research
Red lists are a pivotal tool for nature conservation. They are important for scientists, governmental officers, conservation, stakeholders and citizens. This last red list assessment I have contributed to the assessment of the tree family Dipterocarpaceae. The book...
by adm_planthology-project | Oct 2, 2023 | Research
An important part of my research in recent years is the different ecology between terrestrial and epiphytic ferns species. Terrestrial ferns are the species which have the root system anchored to the ground whereas the epiphytic are those species which live on top of...
