• How will climate change affect species persistence, richness and coexistence in plant communities?
• How can drought impacts be managed in an era of increasing climatic extremes? And what adaptations do plants posses to persist under combined drought and grazing pressure?
• What is the role of biotic interactions and biogeochemical processes in determining plant response to climate change?
• Will plant-plant and plant-soil biota interactions hinder or exacerbate plant response to climate change?
• Is phenotypic and genetic variation along environmental clines adaptive?
• How will climate change affect shrub-grass interactions in savanna ecosystems?
• How will the multilateral relationship between biodiversity, climate change, and society feedback on the social-ecological systems (SES)
• How does production of chemical defenses vary along climatic gradients and what factors drive glucosinolate production in different ecotypes

Our ongoing research projects related to climate change

• EarthShape
• NamTip
• SAGE
• Drought & grazing traits of annuals

Past projects related to climate change:

• DRier
• Rapid evolution under climate change
• CASCADE
• OPTIMASS
• Climatic Niche Groups
• Glowa Jordan River
• Seed dormancy
• Soil biota & plant-plant interactions