RAREFUNCTIONS: The causes and consequences of spatial and temporal variation in rare traits.

Información del proyecto

RareFunctions

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 657951

DOI

10.3030/657951

Proyecto finalizado el 30 Junio 2017

Fecha de la firma de la CE 24 Marzo 2015

Fecha de inicio 1 Junio 2016

Fecha de finalización 31 Mayo 2018

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 185 076,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 185 076,00

Coordinado por

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

Objetivo

Rare species have long been the focus of conservation attention, but the commonness or rarity of particular characteristics or phenotypes is generally ignored. However, traits can also be rare, and evidence suggests that while rare traits tend to occur in rare species (and so are at greater risk of extinction), not all rare species have rare traits. Further, the diversity of traits present in a community (‘functional diversity’) is closely tied to its function, and so rare traits may make essential contributions to ecosystem function and health. For example, predators may be rare in a system, but act as keystone species with effects across the food web. Given the possibility that rare traits make important contributions to ecosystem products and services and given their greater risk of extinction, it is imperative to explore this question of “functional rarity”. This project will help overcome the lack of a clear definition for functional rarity, the absence of geographical information on its distribution through space and time, and the need for experimental evidence tying the loss of rare traits to effects on ecosystems. This project aims to apply a system of classification to distinguish between different forms of functional rarity to a comprehensive database of plant diversity and trait values in French permanent grasslands. This will produce one of the most comprehensive inventories showing how functional rarity varies through space and time. In addition, RAREFUNCTIONS will use microbial microcosms to test how the loss of rare traits from a community alters ecosystem function. This proposal will establish baseline knowledge on the distribution of functional rarity in French permanent grasslands, a local hotspot of biodiversity and in decline, while also answering general questions about the causes and consequences of rare traits.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias naturales › informática y ciencias de la información › software
• ciencias naturales › informática y ciencias de la información › base de datos
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › biología evolutiva

Palabras clave

• Functional ecology
• rarity

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Coordinador

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 185 076,00
• Dirección: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 PARIS ; Francia
• Tipo de actividad: Research Organisations
• Coste total: € 185 076,00