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class="ce-textpic"> <div class="ce-bodytext"> <p>We have a broad interest in the ecology and evolution of plants and organisms that interact with plants. Some of the topics that we are currently working on, or have recently worked on are:</p><ul class="list"><li>Invasiveness of alien plant species</li><li>Rarity of native plant species</li><li>Ecological and evolutionary responses to global change</li><li>Evolution of phenotypic plasticity</li><li>Evolution of reproductive strategies</li><li>Plant-herbivore interactions</li><li>Plant-pollinator interactions.</li></ul><h3>Projects that our current group members are involved in:</h3> <h4></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329065">Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF)</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329066">Naturalization of ornamental alien plant species</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329067">Determinants of invasion success</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329068">Darwin鈥檚 naturalization hypothesis: phylogeny, enemy release and multi-trophic interactions</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329802">The role of epigenetic inheritance in rapid evolutionary adaptation of invasive plants</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329814">Admixture effect in invasive plant beyond first generation heterosis</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329817">The importance of phenotypic plasticity under global change</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329820">Identifying future invaders</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329821">Climate change and biodiversity effects on invasive alien species</a> </h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329822">Impacts of climate and land use change on spread of non-native plant species across Germany </a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329823">Adaptive ecology of annual and perennial plants to environmental changes</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329824">The early stages of mating system evolution</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329825">Plant selfing ability and establishment on islands</a></h4> <h4><a href="/kleunen/kleunen/research/research-projects/#c329826">Novel plant-pollinator interactions </a></h4> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <aside class="content-right"> </aside>  </section> </div> <div class="content-related"> </div> </div> <footer role="contentinfo"> <div> <a class="jump-top" href="#" title="To top"> <strong> To top </strong> <i class="icon-arrow-up"></i> </a> <nav id="footer-menu" aria-label="Help and contact"> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/university/general-information/imprint-contact-information-and-disclaimer/"> Impressum, Contact and Legal Notice </a> </li> <li> <a 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