RESCATA · Species Responses to Climate Change in the Amazon To Andes region
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2020-10-01 → 2024-12-20
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 212 934 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- MSCA-IF
Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.
Накратко на български
Реакциите на растителните видове в Амазония и Андите към климатичните промени се проследяват чрез анализ на данни от стотици горски площи. Това помага да се разбере защо някои дървета оцеляват, а други изчезват, и как се променя биоразнообразието в тези региони.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Species Responses to Climate Change in the Amazon To Andes region
• What are the overall objectives? Tropical forests face an extinction crisis. Increasing temperatures and drought events jeopardize the survival of thousands of plant species, and the response of tropical forests and their species to climate change is one of the most pressing current questions in Ecology. The Andes and the Amazon are among the most important ecosystems on Earth in terms of carbon storage, biodiversity, and climate regulation. In RESCATA, (Obj.1) the Fellow supported the compilation and standardization via data input into ForestPlots of Andean and Amazonian vegetation monitoring plots; and (Obj.2) performed innovative species-level analysis to identify the drivers behind plant species survival or extinction under climate change conditions in the Amazon-Andes region, and to reveal ongoing and future macroecological changes in these forests. The Fellow compiled and standardized ~90 Andean forest monitoring plots adding over 180 census, which she uploaded into ForestPlots.net. These plots are now discoverable by any researcher in the world, which exponentially increases the researcher´s chances for collaboration and the inclusion of Andean forests in global synthetic efforts. Using this new and previously existing data, the Fellow compiled a dataset with over 400 plots across the Andes and the Amazon to examine changes in tree alpha-diversity through time, assessing the influence of climate, environmental, and structural variables. The Fellow and collaborators showed that tree diversity across primary forests in Andean and Amazonian regions has changed directionally in the last decades. The changes suggest an increase of tree diversity in the Northern Andes explained by the process of thermophilization and a decrease in the Eastern regions indicating biotic attrition. Large scale patterns of diversity change across these forests evidence the local impact of global climate change increasing the pressure to support conservation efforts and local ecological research.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
Tropical forests face an extinction crisis. Increasing temperatures and drought events jeopardize the survival of thousands of plant species, and the response of tropical forests and their species to climate change is one of the most pressing current questions in Ecology. The Andes and the Amazon are among the most important ecosystems on Earth in terms of carbon storage, biodiversity, and climate regulation. However, despite being adjacent and contiguous ecosystems, they have been studied as distinct entities and thus, our knowledge on regional ecosystem processes and species-level distribution and dynamics is truncated, limiting our ability to understand the effects of climate change in these forests. In RESCATA, I will combine ¬– for the first time– the world’s largest networks of Andean and Amazonian vegetation monitoring plots (RAINFOR and sANDES) and perform innovative species-level analyses. The goal is to identify the drivers behind plant species survival or extinction under climate change conditions in the Amazon-Andes region and to reveal ongoing and future macroecological changes in these forests. We will test the role of initial species abundance, distribution range, functional traits, and phylogeny on species success or failure. In addition, we will pioneer the standardization of Andean and Amazonian data in order to increase usage, collaboration and accuracy. Fadrique will work alongside world-leading researchers Prof. Phillips and Prof. Cayuela in order to gain macroecological knowledge, alongside new skills in big-data analysis and individual-based modelling as well as multidisciplinary connections to establish herself as a leading climate-change scientist in Europe. The results of this project will be of high interest far beyond the scientific community including government entities, policy makers, conservation agencies and the general public and I will engage them via different activities such as publications, policy reports, webinars and workshops
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS · LeedsКоординаторОбединеното кралство
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз