Objetivo To enhance through impact studies fundamental understanding ofprocesses affected by the rise in atmospheric CO2 andtemperature and to predict the likely impacts of Global Change onthe growth and production of forest stands.Studies on the impact of elevated CO2 and temperature will bedone using semi-- controlled and controlled environmentfacilities developed under a previous contract (EPOC-0013) orwith institutional support.Regular measurements will be made within the exposure facilitiesof a range of responses using portable equipment, including leafarea meters, porometers, fluorescence meters and cuvette systems.Where potted trees are being investigated, trees will be removedto the laboratory for determination of photosynthetic andstomatal response functions. Leaves will also be removed foranalysis of nutrients and enzyme activities, chlorophyll andproteins. At regular intervals plants will be harvested from thechambers for determination of leaf area and biomass increase andthe allocations of C and N within the tree. Partitioning of Cand N into storage and transport products (starch, sugars, aminoacids) will also be measured.The parameters and functions derived from the impact studies willbe utilised in models to make predictions about the likelyconsequences of the rise in CO2 and temperature for processesin stands of trees. Soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer schemes(SVATS) will be used to estimate the likely consequences of therise in atmospheric CO2 and temperature on exchanges of CO2and water at both stand and regional scale. The SVATS will betested against CO2 and water vapour flux measurements made atstand scale using ground-based eddy covariance methods. Severalalterative models will be used to estimate tree growth, standproduction and changes in stand population structure consequentupon the rise in CO2 and temperature. Predictions of growthand production will be tested against forest mensuration data.When confidence has been established in the models, predictionsover periods of 1 to 100 years of the likely effects of GlobalChange on forest stands will be made. These predictions willthen be scaled up to regional scale taking into account thefeedbacks that occur at the larger scale. Ámbito científico agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturearboriculturenatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaminesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymesagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass Programa(s) FP3-ENV 1C - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the environment, 1990-1994 Tema(s) 0103 - Climate change impacts Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Mayfield Road EH9 3JU EDINBURGH Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (10) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux Bélgica Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 48,Avenue Maréchal Juin 48 5030 Gembloux Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Forestry Commission Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Alice Holt Lodge Wrecclesham GU10 4LH Farnham Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Horticulture Research International Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Worthing Road BN17 6LP Littlehampton Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección c/o Bush Estate EH26 0QB PENICUIK Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos THE SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Suecia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ulls v.33 750 07 UPPSALA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Technische Universität Berlin Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Görzallee 253 14167 Berlin Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSIT DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via S. Camillo de Lellis 01100 VITERBO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITAIRE INSTELLING ANTWERPEN - UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN Bélgica Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 1,Universiteitsplein 1 2610 WILRIJK (ANTWERPEN) Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITY OF JOENSUU Finlandia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 7,Yliopistokatu 7 80101 JOENSUU Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Université de Paris-Sud XI Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Centre d'Orsay 91405 Orsay Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
