Tropical tree mortality in a changing climate

Project description

How drought influences tropical tree mortality

Tropical forest mortality increases due to climate change, particularly in drought conditions and rising heat. Little is known about how and to what extent drought and heat affect tree mortality. Rwanda is a developing country that has suffered wide-scale deforestation. The EU-funded TTMCC project proposes to study how drought and heat affect tropical tree mortality. The research will be done in three regions in Rwanda with different climatic conditions. In addition, the flora of the three regions selected presents a variety of trees and plants. The results will help predict and prevent tropical tree mortality.

Fields of science

• social sciences › sociology › demography › mortality
• engineering and technology › civil engineering › water engineering › irrigation
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › horticulture › arboriculture
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes

Programme(s)

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

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET

Net EU contribution

€ 191 852,16

Address

Vasaparken
405 30 Goeteborg
Sweden

Region

Södra Sverige › Västsverige › Västra Götalands län

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00