Objective VISTA aims to compile an integrated assessment of the vulnerability of European traditional agro pastoral landscapes to land use change (LUC) that will assist land managers and policy makers in their sustainable development strategies. VISTA will use Plant Functional Traits (PFT) to predict the dynamics of and the services provided by these landscapes. We will: 1-Analyse published and newly collected data to identify relationships and mechanisms linking Pets, response to LUC, and effects on ecosystem functioning; 2-Design, test and disseminate trait-based indicators of changes in ecosystem services in response to LUC; 3-Based on new scenarios integrating ecological, socio-cultural and economic data, generate LUC projections to assess, in concentration with stakeholders, the vulnerability of ecosystem services within and across regions. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatmentnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE EU contribution No data Address Route de Mende 1919 34293 MONTPELLIER France See on map Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Greece EU contribution No data Address University Campus 54006 THESSALONIKI See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address rue de la piscine, 2233 38041 GRENOBLE See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Chemin de Borde-Rouge, Auzeville 31326 CASTANET TOLOSAN See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH Portugal EU contribution No data Address c/o Universidade de Coimbra - Departaments of Zool 3000 COIMBRA See on map Total cost No data LIGA PARA A PROTECCAO DA NATUREZA Portugal EU contribution No data Address Estrada do Calhariz de Benfica, 187 1500-124 LISBOA See on map Total cost No data MACAULAY LAND USE RESEARCH INSTITUTE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Craigiebuckler AB15 8QH ABERDEEN See on map Total cost No data NORWEGIAN FOUNDATION FOR NATURE RESEARCH AND CULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH Norway EU contribution No data Address Tungasletta 2 7485 TRONDHEIM See on map Total cost No data STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution No data Address 5,Lilla Frescativägen 5 106 91 Stockholm See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN Belgium EU contribution No data Address Place L. Pasteur 3 Mercator 1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER - GRENOBLE 1 France EU contribution No data Address Rue de la Piscine 2233 38041 GRENOBLE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG Germany EU contribution No data Address Carl-von-Ossietzky-Strasse 9-11 26111 OLDENBURG See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA Czechia EU contribution No data Address Branisovska 31 370 05 CESKE BUDEJOVICE See on map Total cost No data