> Botany – the taxonomy and systematics of Flagellaria
Diversification of the tropical vine on spatially fragmented South Pacific Islands.
> Ants – island biogeography
Land connectivity during the ice age influence ant species composition in East Asia.
> Coral – evolutionary biogeography
Phylogeographic differentiation of a reef building coral across the Indo-Pacific Ocean.
> Microbes – distinct community types of symbiotic algae
Symbiotic algae assemble into distinct communities with only a minor influence of environment and spacial distance.
> Marine dispersers – traveling with ocean currents
Spatial isolation by the lack of ocean currents influences species differentiation in corals.
Patricia Himeka Wepfer 