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