Project Profile: VULPES
Vulnerability of Populations Under Extreme Scenarios
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Rachid Cheddadi, The National Center for Scientific Research, France |
| Partners: | Mark Bush, Florida Institute of Technology, United States Pierre Taberlet, The National Center for Scientific Research, France Kangyou Huang, Sun Yet-sen University, China Ann-Marie Lézine, The National Center for Scientific Research, France Paulo De Oliveira, University of São Paulo, Brazil Louis François, University of Liège, Belgium |
| Sponsors: | French National Research Agency, France São Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil National Natural Science Foundation of China, China National Science Foundation, United States |
What?
| Full Project Title: | Vulnerability of Populations Under Extreme Scenarios |
| Full Call Title: | Mountains2015 |
| Website: | https://www.vulpesproject.com/ |
Why?
| Project Objective: | VULPES will evaluate the impact of past climate change on mountain ecosystems and their genetic diversity from around the world, and forecast potential impacts of future climate change. VULPES' goal is to answer the overall question: Are microrefugia the key to ecosystem sustainability in montane ecosystems under projected climate change? |
| Call Objective: | This call aims at fostering research on climate, environmental and related societal change in mountain regions, considering both new measurements, recovery of existing data, and the development and use of integrated modelling strategies by adopting a strong trans- and inter-disciplinary approach. |
Where?
| Regions: | Africa, Asia, South America |
| Countries: | Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Morocco, Peru, South Africa |
When?
| Duration: | |
| Call Date: | April 1, 2015 |
| Project Award Date: | 2015 |
