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address: Corner of Espina Street & Stewart Street
city: Las Cruces
postcode: NM 88003-8001
website: http://research.nmsu.edu/ovpr.html
Gypsum soils occur worldwide and represent natural laboratories of evolution and ecology. The unusual mineral content of gypsum soils is a significant barrier to the growth of most plants, and yet these soils host highly diverse endemic floras that have evolved independently on five continents. Nevertheless, these ecosystems are poorly understood compared to those of other unusual substrates. Little is known about the conservation status of gypsum floras, the potential impact of climate change on them, and their responses to mitigation and restoration. We propose an integrated global study of the ecology and evolution of plant and lichen life on gypsum, including eight gypsum-rich regions from four continents that differ in geological origin, climate, and flora. We will 1) assess the plant and lichen diversity of gypsum; 2) investigate the evolutionary origins and assembly of these floras; 3) evaluate potential adaptive mechanisms on gypsum, the functional structure of gypsum plant and lichen communities, and the processes regulating gypsum ecosystem function; 4) analyse the responses of gypsum communities to global change drivers and explore how gypsum ecosystem restoration/conservation may help mitigate the effects of global change; 5) promote the study of gypsum ecosystems; and 6) communicate the ecological and conservation value of these ecosystems to the public. With the involvement of gypsum experts from 18 academic and non-academic organizations from 11 countries, this project provides an innovative, integrative, and interdisciplinary approach to address key questions in gypsum ecosystem ecology, evolution, and management. The project thus strengthens existing international collaborative networks and consolidates Europe’s leadership in gypsum ecosystem research, including management and conservation plans and the identification of traits for crop improvement on gypsum soils, enhancing its attractiveness as a leading destination for related R&D
Deliverables
List of deliverables.
Database on available sequences from the literature and GenBank
Ana M. L. Peralta, Ana M. Sánchez, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, Francesco Bello, Adrián Escudero Evidence of functional species sorting by rainfall and biotic interactions: A community monolith experimental approach published pages: 2772-2788, ISSN: 0022-0477, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13210
Journal of Ecology 107/6
2020-03-05
2020
Conference and workshop key speakers and presenters GYPWORLD Conference and workshop presentations published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:
2020-03-05
2019
Zeinab Matinzadeh, Hossein Akhani, Mehdi Abedi, Sara Palacio The elemental composition of halophytes correlates with key morphological adaptations and taxonomic groups published pages: 259-278, ISSN: 0981-9428, DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.05.023
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 141
2020-03-05
2019
Laura Concostrina-Zubiri, Juan M. Arenas, Isabel MartÃnez, Adrián Escudero Unassisted establishment of biological soil crusts on dryland road slopes published pages: 39-51, ISSN: 1399-1183, DOI: 10.5194/we-19-39-2019
Carmelo Maria Musarella, Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández, Juan Francisco Mota, Alessandro Alessandrini, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Salvatore Brullo, Orazio Caldarella, Giampiero Ciaschetti, Fabio Conti, Luciano Di Martino, Amedeo Falci, Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Riccardo Guarino, Aurelio Manzi, Pietro Minissale, Sergio Montanari, Salvatore Pasta, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Lina Podda, Saverio Sciandrello, Leonardo Scuderi, Angelo Troia, Giovanni Spampinato Checklist of gypsophilous vascular flora in Italy published pages: 61-82, ISSN: 1314-2011, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.103.25690
PhytoKeys 103
2020-02-21
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