Jens Ringelberg

Jens

Jens is a postdoc and expert on mimosoid legumes. Mimosoid legumes, consisting of 3,500 tree, shrub, and liana species, have a pantropical distribution and form dominant elements in every tropical biome, from rainforests to savannas to deserts. Jens is involved in building a large functional trait database for all mimosoids, in close collaboration with Renske Onstein and Rachel Ferreira.

Keywords

Mimosoid legumes, trait diversity, species distribution, beta diversity

Dr. Jens Ringelberg

Postdoc
Biodiversity Hotspots

e-mail: jens.ringelberg@naturalis.nl