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EU network of excellence EvolTree (EVOLution of TREEs as drivers of terrestrial biodiversity)
Project
Project code: vTI-FG-08-35
Contract period: 01.04.2006
- 30.09.2010
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
Evoltree will implement genomic and molecular approaches to understand, monitor and predict genetic diversity, ecosystems structures, dynamics and processes in terrestrial ecosystems.
The Evoltree Network of Excellence will first study the genetic diversity of trees, as dominant species and drivers of terrestrial biodiversity, and then expand its scope to diversity issues at the community level, by considering selected associated organisms of trees ? insects and mycorrhizal fungi ? and their interactions with trees.
Evoltree will therefore contribute to the emergence of ?ecosystem genomics?, a new discipline that relates the functioning and diversity of genes to their role in the adaptation of species and biotic interactions.
The objectives of the research activities are:
- Identify genes of adaptive significance in regards to global change in three model species of trees (Pinus, Populus and Quercus), phytophagous insects (Limantria) and mycorrhizal fungi (Laccaria and Glomus)
- Assess the level and distribution of nucleotide diversity in genes of adaptive significance in trees, insects and mycorrhizal fungi.
- Assess the impact of trees on the composition of communities by studying interactions between trees and their associated species.
- Investigate the evolutionary rate of trees by reconstructing their past history and predicting their future response to global change.
Section overview
Subjects
- Genetic Resources
- Forest genetics
- Climate Change
