Development and application of an individual-trait-based- simulator of Amazon forest dynamics

Informazioni relative al progetto

INTRABASIS

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 236936

Progetto concluso

Data di avvio 1 Settembre 2009

Data di completamento 31 Agosto 2011

Finanziato da

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

Costo totale € 0,00

Contributo UE € 173 568,66

Coordinato da

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
United Kingdom

Obiettivo

We propose to develop an individual-based simulator for Amazon forest dynamics, which will be highly constraint with existing field data covering the whole basin for the last twenty years. Findings from the RAINFOR forest plot network include an East-West gradient in turnover times across the basin and an above-ground biomass trend. The latter finding has important consequences for the global carbon budget and thus greenhouse gas forcing. Specifically based on the plant functional traits section of the database, we will use the observed trait distribution to generate continua which will define the economy of the primary resources available for growth, and control the performance and fitness of each individual. The floristic composition and dynamics part of the database will be used to parameterise and validate the performance of the model, across different soil and climate gradients. The simulator will subsequently be used to explore existing hypotheses regarding the mechanism driving the spatial and temporal variation of the Amazon rainforest. Ultimately besides hypothesis testing we will also use the simulator to explore sensitivity of the system to a changing climate.

Campo scientifico

• scienze naturali › informatica e scienze dell'informazione › basi di dati
• scienze agricole › biotecnologia agricola › biomassa

Parole chiave

• Carbon cycle (Climate change)
• Global change
• Phytogeography
• Plant physiology
• Tropical ecosystems

Programma(i)

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

Argomento(i)

• FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008 - Marie Curie Action: "Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development"

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FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008
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Meccanismo di finanziamento

MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

Coordinatore

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

• Indirizzo: Woodhouse lane ; LS2 9JT Leeds ; Regno Unito
• Regione: Yorkshire and the Humber › West Yorkshire › Leeds
• Tipo di attività: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Contributo UE: Nessun dato