Objective European shrub land ecosystems are vulnerable to various environmental stress factors. Climate change will lead to higher nighttime temperature, more vigorous rainstorms and extended droughts which will likely have impacts on ecosystem functioning in European shrub lands. VULCAN investigates the these impacts by experimental manipulations of 6 shrub land ecosystems in Europe and studies of the effects of warming and drought on plant, soil, fauna and soil water processes. Temperature manipulations are done as nighttime warming and drought as 2-month summer drought. Based on the experimental results and existing knowledge on management impacts on shrub land ecosystems an expert system is developed to conduct vulnerability scenarios for shrub lands in order to evaluate and prioritise management actions. The results are further integrated with experiences from potential end users through an end user panel and management guidelines to counteract climate change effects on shrub lands are developed. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceexpert systemsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY Address Frederiksborgvej 399 4000 Roskilde Denmark See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE DE RECERCA ECOLOGIA I APLICACIONS FORESTALS Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Univ. autonoma de barcelona - edifici c 08193 Bellaterra See on map Links Website Opens in new window INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY - HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Hungary EU contribution € 0,00 Address Alkotmany 2-4 2163 Vacratot See on map NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Orton building, deiniol road LL57 2UP Bangor (gwynedd) See on map NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, AARHUS Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strandkaervej 6-8 8400 Ebeltoft See on map PLANT RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Droevendaalsesteeg 1 Wageningen See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kruislaan 318 1098 SM Amsterdam See on map UNIVERSITY OF TARTU Estonia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lai street 40 51005 Tartu See on map UNIVERSITY OF WALES - BANGOR United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Deiniol road LL57 2UW Bangor (gwynedd) See on map UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via s. camillo de lellis 01100 Viterbo See on map UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SASSARI Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via e. de nicoia, 9 07100 Sassari See on map
