Tropical rain forest diversification: a GLOBAL approach

Project description

Improving prediction of tropical rainforest evolution

For years, scientists have been trying to explain why there are so many plant species in the tropical rainforests. Biodiversity remains at the heart of most evolutionary theories linked to tropical rainforests. Crucial to improving their conservation is elucidating that evolutionary process. The EU-funded GLOBAL project aims to generate the largest, most comprehensive data sets ever assembled for a major, ecologically important and species-rich pantropical model plant family: Annonaceae. Through extensive research, GLOBAL will provide improved predictions of tropical rainforest evolution, providing a new standard for next-generation evolutionary studies.

Fields of science

Host institution

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT

Net EU contribution

€ 1 951 307,00

Address

Boulevard De Dunkerque 44 Cs 90009
13572 Marseille
France

Region

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Bouches-du-Rhône

Activity type

Research Organisations

Links

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Participation in EU R&I programmes

HORIZON collaboration network

Other funding

€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (1)