PhD Research

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I am currently a PhD student at the University of Stirling (UK). My project is part of a collaboration between the University of Stirling, Durham University (UK), National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (Taiwan) and the Endemic Species Research Institute (Taiwan). The study area of my PhD project is the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan, where warming temperatures is facilitating the altitudinal advance of plant species upper-range limits and the upslope movement of the treeline. Increasing establishment of tree species above the treeline and greater competition with more generalist species, however, is placing many alpine plant species at risk of extinction. My project aims to determine the current distribution of forest species and alpine plant habitats within the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan, and to model the vulnerability of these distributions to future climate warming and competition with other species. My PhD project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) IAPETUS2 Doctoral Training Programme.

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