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