Vulnerability of Populations Under Extreme Scenarios

VULPES

Call

  • Mountains

Project Website

https://www.vulpesproject.com/

Principal Investigator

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

Funders

  • ANR (The French National Research Agency), FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), NSF (National Science Foundation), NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China)

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.

Region

  • Africa, Asia, South America

Country

  • Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Morocco, Peru, South Africa

Duration

Call Date

April 1, 2015

Project Award Date

2015