Ecological Process and Climate Change

Projektinformationen

EPACS

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 299330

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

Startdatum 6 August 2012

Enddatum 5 August 2014

Finanziert unter

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Gesamtkosten € 200 371,80

EU-Beitrag € 200 371,80

Koordiniert durch

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH
United Kingdom

Ziel

"Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity: this project provides knowledge in the ecological response to climate change which is necessary to achieve Europe’s conservation commitments. Criticism emerging from the conservation sector demonstrates that academic climate impacts analysis is not engaging with the practicalities of conservation, especially the requirement for local habitat management to mitigate the threat posed by global climate change. This project shifts the evidence base from the widely researched area of bioclimatic modelling (which quantifies a species’ exposure to climate change) towards the investigation of ecological sensitivity consistent with local habitat management. It focuses on a European habitat of global significance – cool temperate rainforest – with symbiotic organisms (lichen epiphytes) providing an appropriate model system. It examines two ecologically-similar lichen species, though with contrasting dispersal modes, in order to understand how climatic sensitivity might be determined by the interaction between life-history traits and a hierarchical range of environmental factors. This hierarchy spans the symbiotic interaction, micro-habitat factors, stand structure and macroclimate. With an emphasis on training and career development, the project includes complimentary field sampling, molecular analysis, experimental design and advanced statistics. The project will provide information that is directly relevant to forestry policy and habitat management, and therefore includes a strong knowledge exchange component."

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › mycology › ethnolichenology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › forestry

Programm/Programme

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thema/Themen

• FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF - Marie-Curie Action: "Intra-European fellowships for career development"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

Koordinator

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH

Kontakt Verwaltung

Alasdair Macnab (Dr.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 200 371,80
• Adresse: INVERLEITH ROW 20A ; EH3 5LR Edinburgh ; Vereinigtes Königreich
• Region: Scotland › Eastern Scotland › Edinburgh
• Aktivitätstyp: Research Organisations
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten