Professor of Plant Ecology and Biogeography Contact details Email: Caroline.Lehmann@ed.ac.uk Web: Edinburgh Research Explorer Web: RBGE profile About Caroline Caroline is jointly appointed by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh to research the ecology and evolution of tropical ecosystems, specifically grasslands and savannas. She examines how and why vegetation structure and dynamics change across ecological settings in the tropics and the ecosystem-level and biome-level consequences of these changes. Caroline uses a variety of approaches, including linking remotely sensed data, experimental data, meta-analyses and field observations. This article was published on Monday 15 December 2025