Testing possible functional redundancy of forest taxa to respond to species loss due to climate change

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25712015
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Yokohama National University
• Principal Investigator: Mori Akira 横浜国立大学, 環境情報研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90505455)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 生態系管理 / 気候変動 / 生物多様性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Climate change can substantially alter ecological communities. Here, we explored future communities in terms of taxonomic and functional characteristics. We found that future communities may be novel not simply because climates are changing at unprecedented rates but also because of the synergetic influences of other environmental changes. Thus ecological processes may be more seriously affected in the future than is generally anticipated based on existing climate-change scenarios, with possible consequences for ecosystem functioning.

Free Research Field

生態系管理学