Timothy Harris
PostDoc
+420380720363
Timothy.Harris@ibot.cas.cz
I am a botanist with Ph.D. in plant biogeography. I am currently investigating biomass allocation to rhizomes in perennial herbs from central Europe and its relationship with environmental variables and plant age. I am interested in how plant traits vary spatially and I have experience in estimating spatial variation in functional diversity metrics. I also have experience in habitat suitability modelling, data analysis and floristic surveys.
Expertise:
Analysis of plant allometry
GIS
Floristic analysis
Education:
2016-2020 PhD, Kings College London, United Kingdom
Employment:
From 2020, Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Republic
2004-2016, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom
Field experience:
Temperate grasslands (Czech Republic); Montane grasslands (Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar); Savanna woodland (South Africa, Zambia, Angola, Ethiopia)
Selected publications:
Harris, T., Mulligan, T. & Brummitt, N. (2021) Opportunities and challenges for herbaria in studying the spatial variation in plant functional diversity, Systematics and Biodiversity, 19:4, 322-332
Brummitt, N., Araujo A.C., Harris, T. Areas of plant diversity – What do we know? (2021) Plants, People, Planet, 3:33-44