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Ecological Process and Climate Change

Coordinatore	ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH    more  Organization address address: INVERLEITH ROW 20A city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH3 5LR contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Alasdair Cognome: Macnab Email: send email Telefono: +44 131 2482805 Fax: +44 131 2482901
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	200˙371 €
EC contributo	200˙371 €
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-2011-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-08-06   -   2014-08-05

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH  Organization address address: INVERLEITH ROW 20A city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH3 5LR contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Alasdair Cognome: Macnab Email: send email Telefono: +44 131 2482805 Fax: +44 131 2482901	UK (EDINBURGH)	coordinator	200˙371.80

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity: this project provides knowledge in the ecological response to climate change which is necessary to achieve Europe’s conservation commitments. Criticism emerging from the conservation sector demonstrates that academic climate impacts analysis is not engaging with the practicalities of conservation, especially the requirement for local habitat management to mitigate the threat posed by global climate change. This project shifts the evidence base from the widely researched area of bioclimatic modelling (which quantifies a species’ exposure to climate change) towards the investigation of ecological sensitivity consistent with local habitat management. It focuses on a European habitat of global significance – cool temperate rainforest – with symbiotic organisms (lichen epiphytes) providing an appropriate model system. It examines two ecologically-similar lichen species, though with contrasting dispersal modes, in order to understand how climatic sensitivity might be determined by the interaction between life-history traits and a hierarchical range of environmental factors. This hierarchy spans the symbiotic interaction, micro-habitat factors, stand structure and macroclimate. With an emphasis on training and career development, the project includes complimentary field sampling, molecular analysis, experimental design and advanced statistics. The project will provide information that is directly relevant to forestry policy and habitat management, and therefore includes a strong knowledge exchange component.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Climate change resulting from human activities is believed to be one of the greatest threats to our planet's biodiversity. A European initiative investigated how interactions between organisms influenced their response to a changing climate.