I'd like to join the Open Traits Network

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id: joe-atkinson
name: Joe Atkinson
email: j.atkinson@unsw.edu.au
homepage: https://twitter.com/joeatkinsonii
lat: -33.91768
long: 151.23583
affiliation: Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia 
github: joejonzz
orcid:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-4421

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Joe is a plant ecologist currently based in Sydney Australia. 

## Collaboration statement
I am currently completing my PhD in plant ecology. For the time being, I am focused largely at the community- and population-level, integrating functional traits in the process. I like to work in restoration ecosystems because they can provide unexpected and amazing study systems for many trait-based ecological investigations.

I am keen to connect and collaborate with other researchers working with plant functional traits in any way I may be useful, and can offer my skills in coding, writing, and am always keen to take part in (and assist with, if helpful) workshops/discussions/conferences etc. I also have my own trait data for quite a number of popular southeastern Australian restoration species, though these either are already or are in the process of being submitted to the open database AusTraits. I am also keen to help out with the network - if I can be of use!

Editors @open-traits-network/editors: please see https://github.com/open-traits-network/open-traits-network.github.io/tree/master/_members#readme for information on registration process.

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