MSc project
Vegetation sensitivity and climate
Alistair Seddon
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Seddon et al.
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How sensitive are Earth's ecosystems to climate variability?
We recently developed a new method to map sensitivity to climate variability, from which two key questions arise.
- Are these persistent features of different ecosystem types (i.e. sensitive ecosystems are always sensitive because of plant adaptation strategies/traits)?
- Are they the result of historical disturbances (e.g. climate, land-use)?
A number of different methods (e.g. satellite-based, field-based, palaeoecological studies) can be used to address these questions, involving research with global implications.
Interested? Contact Alistair Seddon
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27.10.2017