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StateShifts – Predicting changes in stable states of energetic trophic networks under climate change

StateShifts – Predicting changes in stable states of energetic trophic networks under climate change

Global environmental changes are driving biodiversity loss at unprecedented rates. By providing ecosystem services, biodiversity contributes up to 50% of the GNP internationally every year. Simply put, the loss of biodiversity constitutes a global threat to both human welfare and global stability. This realization has led to a growing interest in forecasting biological responses from local to global scales and from genes to ecosystems. Yet, our ability to predict the long-term consequences of global environmental changes on biodiversity and the associated ecosystem services remains severely limited.
StateShift propose a novel approach to forecasting changes in biodiversity that overcomes some of the limitations of current approaches: modelling stable states and shifts in the architecture of food webs.

Team
Principal Investigator
Miguel B. Araújo

Miguel B. Araújo

Position: Visiting Full Professor
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Researchers
Manuel Mendoza García

Manuel Mendoza García

Position: Collaborator
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Miguel Matias

Miguel Matias

Position: Post-Doc Researcher
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Technical Staff
Dora Maria Rodrigues da Costa Neto

Dora Maria Rodrigues da Costa Neto

Position: Research Assistant
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Other members
Carla Pinto da Cruz, Carlos Correia Ramos
State
Ongoing
Proponent Institution
InBIO/UE
Funded by
FCT
Dates
2015
Participant Institutions
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade de Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO/ICETA-Porto/UP), Centro de Investigação em Matemática e Aplicações (CIMA/UE), CIBIO - Universidade de Évora (CRNB-CIBIO-UE), Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM/UE), Unidade de Investigação: Cátedra "Rui Nabeiro" - Biodiversidade
Reference
PTDC/AAG-MAA/3764/2014
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