PalmHydraulics · Palm hydraulics linking biodiversity and functioning of tropical forests under climate change
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2016-08-01 → 2018-11-12
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 195 455 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.
Накратко на български
Хидравликата на палмите, например как транспортират вода, се анализира във връзка с разпространението им в сухите райони. Това помага да се разбере ролята им за съхранението на въглерод в тропическите гори и сигурността на ресурси като кокосови орехи и фурми.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Palm hydraulics linking biodiversity and functioning of tropical forests under climate change
Global climate is largely dependent on tropical forest functioning as the carbon that they store is equivalent to more than half of total atmospheric carbon. In the largest remnant of tropical forest, the Amazon, 50% of carbon is stored by only 227 hyper-dominant species (<2% of the total tree species richness). Six of the top ten hyper-dominant species are palms but the role of palms as ecosystem engineers has been neglected until now. Plant species responses and effects to climate are mediated by plant hydraulics. Palm hydraulics are virtually unknown as palms are understudied relative to typical trees. This is especially problematic because palms, as monocots, show significant differences from other trees in their structure with important consequences for biomass allocation, forest structure, and demography. Palms also deliver critical provisioning services to humankind (for example, coconuts, dates, and açais are palms) and an understanding of their functional constraints may help to secure palm resources for future generations. The overall aim of PalmHydraulics was to understand how palm unique hydraulic structure is related with their colonization of warmer and drier biomes, abundance variation and hydraulic functioning.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
How do biodiversity and ecosystem functioning respond to climate change? Currently, fundamental knowledge gaps prevent us from answering this most pressing question. Global climate is largely dependent on tropical forest functioning due to the scale of plant-driven ecosystem services that they provide (water and carbon cycling). Thus, research on tropical plants is essential to address the question. However, critical plant groups such as palms, which are hyperdominant in tropical forests, remain almost entirely neglected. The intricate relationship between plants and the environment is mediated by functional traits, but current models do not yet account for the dynamics of species and functional composition and thus fail to predict plant/climate responses accurately. This critical knowledge gap is the primary focus of PALMHYDRAULICS. The project will use palms as a model group to explore hydraulic traits, which are pivotal in plant/climate responses, but unstudied in palms, despite their importance. PALMHYDRAULICS will focus on the structure, ecology and evolution of palm hydraulic functioning. Through a novel, integrated research programme, PALMHYDRAULICS will use cutting-edge analyses to disentangle the role of trade-offs in plant hydraulic structure relating to species diversification, intraspecific variation, structural development and individual survival that underpin feedback mechanisms between plant effect on and responses to climate change. This comprehensive, ambitious approach builds on the world leadership of the host institution in integrated studies of the palm family, plant morphology and evolution, its unrivalled collections, and the complementary expertise of the host scientists and experienced researcher. Novel and extensive datasets will be produced and made openly accessible, and findings will be disseminated through the most prestigious scientific journals and a comprehensive public communication plan.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW · RichmondКоординаторОбединеното кралство
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз