The ultimate goal of my research is to identify ecological and evolutionary processes that shape biodiversity patterns at multiple scales, while also predicting structural shifts in biodiversity in the context of global changes.
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Also see Publications | Fieldwork
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I lead & participate international collaborations that aim to develop global & regional biogeographic maps for ant distributions and abundance: **Wang*** et al., 2024. Nature Commun.; Wang* et al., 2023. J. of Biogeogr.; Schultheiss, Nooten, Wang, et al., 2022. PNAS.
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I conduct a series of field observations and laboratory experiments to understand mechanisms underlying ant community assembly varying from day to night and across multiple habitats and seasons: Wang* et al., in preparation; Leong1, Wang1, et al., 2023. Insect Conserv. Divers.
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I collaborate with different groups to investigate biogeographic and climatic processes driving plant adaptation, decomposition, distribution and diversification: Zeng, Gao, Wang et al., Ecol. Letters; Li, Wang et al., 2024, Front. Plant Sci.; Wang, Wang et al., 2022, J. of Ecol.; Tang, Wang et al., 2019. PeerJ.
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I also collaborate with different groups to investigate non-ant organisms as well as their ambient environment (microclimate): Shi, Ren, Wang et al., 2023, Landsc. Urban Plan.; He, Lin, Wang et al., 2022 J. of Biogeogr.
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