BACCARA
BACCARA | |
Titre : | Biodiversity and climate change, a risk analysis |
Budget : | 4 064 k€ |
Subventions : | FP7-KBBE (2 998 k€) |
Sous-programme : | KBBE-2008-1-2-06 Forecasting forest diversity under the influence of climatic changes and the consequences for stability and productivity of forest ecosystems |
Type de contrat : | Small or medium-scale focused research project |
Début : | 1er janvier 2009 |
Fin : | 31 décembre 2012 |
Site officiel : | http://www.baccara-project.eu/index.php |
BACCARA est l'acronyme du projet européen Biodiversity and climate change, a risk analysis, qui a pour référence sur le service CORDIS 226299[1].
Note : Les objectifs suivants sont repris de la fiche du projet sur Cordis
- Objective
The effect of climate change on forest biodiversity will be evaluated through better understanding of the ecological processes that shape species composition and are particularly sensitive to climate conditions. Forest species composition will correspond to the assemblage of tree species and both symbiotic and antagonistic species that can drive tree species composition. Climate conditions will include both average and extreme values of climatic variables (e.g. temperature, humidity and wind).
The relationships between forest biodiversity and functioning will be deciphered through better understanding of the respective role of tree species richness and composition and by focussing on the biotic interactions between species. As the fundamental ecological hypothesis behind the diversity productivity relationship is the optimal use of resources, we will analyse the energy flow (i.e. resources production and consumption) across different trophic levels (trees and symbiotic organisms as producers, herbivores and pathogens as consumers).
In a final step we will aggregate the information from the first two steps to predict the effect of climate change on forest productivity through changes in tree species composition. The prediction will be expressed as a risk of dysfunction, in particular the risk of forest productivity loss. Traditionally, the risk for a given system is a function of hazard probability and system vulnerability to this hazard. In this case, hazards will be changes in average and extreme climatic conditions. Vulnerability will be the vulnerability to climate change of forest species that both shape forest composition and are the main drivers of forest biomass productivity. In each step, we will focus on fundamental ecological processes at work so that to deliver more generic scientific outcomes that will allow easier generalization to diverse types of European forest or forest managers expectations than a case by case approach.Les partenaires du projet
Coordinateur
Partenaires
- Instytut Badawczy Lesnictwa - Sekocin Stary (Pologne)
- Universitaet Zuerich - Zurich (Suisse)
- Peking Univeristy - Pékin (Chine)
- Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts (CEMAGREF)[2] - Antony (Île-de-France - France)
- Royal Holloway and Bedford New College - Egham (Royaume-Uni)
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - Madrid (Espagne)
- Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet - Uppsala (Suède)
- Universita degli Studi di Padova - Padoue (Italie)
- INRA Transfert SA - Paris (Île-de-France - France)
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg - Fribourg-en-Brisgau (Bade-Wurtemberg - Allemagne)
- Universita degli Studi della Tuscia - Viterbe (Italie)
- Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek - Wageningen (Pays-Bas)
- The University Court of the University of Aberdeen - Aberdeen (Royaume-Uni)
- CAB International - Wallingford (Royaume-Uni)
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich - Zurich (Suisse)
Sur le site du laboratoire Écologie et écophysiologie forestières, le projet est cité comme l'un des principaux contrats de l'équipe[3] :
- Écologie et écophysiologie forestières - INRA Nancy - Nancy (Lorraine, France)
Financement
- Coût total du projet : 4 063 759 €
- Subvention de la Commission européenne (programme FP7-KBBE) : 2 998 014 €
Dates importantes
- Date de début : 1er janvier 2009
- Date de fin : 31 décembre 2012
Voir aussi
Liens externes
- Le site officiel du projet.
Notes
- ↑ La fiche du projet sur CORDIS
- ↑ Le CEMAGREF a changé de nom, il s'appelle désormais Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA).
- ↑ La page de présentation sur le site du laboratoire.