Forest restoration and global change
Scientic Supervisor / Contact Person
Name and Surname
Enrique Andivia
ORCID (link)
Localization & Research Area
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Biological Science
Department
Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution
Research Area
Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV), Life Sciences (LIF)
MSCA & ERC experience
Research group / research team hosted any MSCA fellow?
No
Research group / research team have any ERC beneficiaries?
No
Research Team & Research Topic
Research Team / Research Group Name (if any)
Global Change Ecology and Restoration
Website of the Research team / Research Group / Department
Brief description of the Research Team / Research Group / Department
The Global Change Ecology and Restoration group is a multidisciplinary team with a broad interest in plant ecology and ecosystem response to global change. We focus on the application of ecological theory to environmental management and conservation, with a special emphasis on ecological restoration and on Mediterranean ecosystems. We work on different ecological disciplines, from ecophysiology to evolutionary biology; at different spatial scales, from populations to landscape; and with a wide variety of ecosystems, from grasslands to forests. We complemented our research with teaching activities in the BSc in Biology, MSc in Ecosystem Restoration, MSc in Conservation Biology, and the PhD program in Ecology at the Complutense University of Madrid. Our main research lines are:- Biological invasions- Ecological restoration- Ecology of agricultural landscape- Ecosystem response to contamination- Forest management and restoration under global change- Plant evolutionary ecology- Urban ecology
Research lines / projects proposed
Global change is globally altering forest ecosystems with negative effects on forest productivity, mortality and regeneration. These impacts ultimately compromise the provision of critical ecosystem services to human well-being. Thus, there is an urgent need to improve knowledge and technical capacity with forest management and restoration strategies to ultimately increase forest resilience.The proposed project will aim at evaluating forest management and restoration strategies to mitigate global change impacts on forest ecosystems from a multifunctional perspective that considers ecosystem services related to forest productivity, carbon sequestration, resistance and resilience to disturbances, nutrient cycling regulation, and biodiversity conservation, including the vast hidden biodiversity in soils.
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Professional Experience & Documents
- Curriculum vitae- Motivation letter- Two references (recommendation letters are not mandatory but they will be positively considered)
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