Objetivo Understanding the origin of species richness in Earth¿s biodiversity hotspots is vital to develop effective conservation strategies. Information from past biodiversity (i.e. fossil evidence) sheds light on how it has responded to climate change in the past and is essential to predict how modern biodiversity might evolve in the future. HOTMED will create a multidisciplinary network of partners with complementary backgrounds to study and compare the origins of biodiversity in Southwest Australia, the Cape Flo ristic Region, and Central Chile. This will be achieved by appropriate integration of fossil evidence into molecular dating analyses and tests of biogeographic hypotheses using a particularly well-suited plant group (Proteaceae) as a model. HOTMED will als o involve analyses and comparisons of biodiversification rates and phylogenetic and environmental diversity indices in the three Mediterranean hotspots under focus. Ámbito científico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesevolutionary biologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Palabras clave Biodiversity hotspots Biogeography Climate change Conservation Evolution Molecular dating Programa(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Tema(s) MOBILITY-2.2 - Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowships (OIF) Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2004-MOBILITY-6 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación OIF - Marie Curie actions-Outgoing International Fellowships Coordinador ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 47 Kew Green RICHMOND GUILDFORD Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (1) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST, SYDNEY Australia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Mrs Macquaries Road SYDNEY Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos