ECO-DYNAMIC-AFRICA

Tropical forests in East Africa - Relationships between ecosystem diversity / ecosystem function and environmental gradients

 Coordinatore UNIVERSITY OF YORK 

 Organization address address: HESLINGTON
city: YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE
postcode: YO10 5DD

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: David
Cognome: Hudson
Email: send email
Telefono: -436279
Fax: -436067

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 0 €
 EC contributo 180˙216 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008
 Funding Scheme MC-IEF
 Anno di inizio 2009
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2009-08-01   -   2011-07-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSITY OF YORK

 Organization address address: HESLINGTON
city: YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE
postcode: YO10 5DD

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: David
Cognome: Hudson
Email: send email
Telefono: -436279
Fax: -436067

UK (YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE) coordinator 180˙216.73

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eo    dispersal    models    dynamics    impact    environmental    data    scales    ecosystems    area    distributions    niche    forest    past    climate    gradients    species    africa    ecological    conservation    east    ecosystem   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The strength and nature of the suggested link between climate change and ecosystem function (across spatial and ecological scales) is still unclear. Beside climatic factors determining niche heterogeneity, and community composition, there is a complex interplay of environmental variables (e.g. CO2 levels, anthropogenic players) and ecological factors (e.g. area effects, dispersal, past climate dynamics) shaping species distributions. Processes at range margins determine ecosystem shapes as well as species’ capacities to respond to changes. Yet, abrupt ecological break-ups are rare suggesting that ecosystem edges are transient. The proposed research will address the knowledge gap regarding the understanding of environmental - ecosystem relationships by 1) generating models for forest diversity in East Africa based on prevalent environmental niche gradients, and 2) by quantifying the relevance of African forests in vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks. Dispersal kernels and climate predictions will be implemented into Bayesian models to model forest biome distributions. Earth observation (EO) data and existent pollen coring data will be used to reconstruct past forest dynamics. Reflectance values derived from EO and field data and structural measurements will be used to study forest’s role in the carbon cycle from local to regional scales. East Africa is the focus of this proposal as it is an area of strong gradients in ecosystems and environment, it is an area where this independent research will fit within, and be fertilized by, existing research strengths at the host institution, and an area where future impact of climate change is expected to have a significant impact on wildlife and humans. Research output will be utilized by the EU Network Project Rationalising Biodiversity Conservation in Dynamic Ecosystems (www. rubicode.net) that uses a functional approach in the analysis of ecosystems as a base for developing flexible and effective conservation strategies.'

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