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Predicting the effects of climate change on aquatic community diversity: a natural gradients approach using a space-for-time substitution design

Grant number: 24/03474-8
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
Start date: June 01, 2024
End date: February 28, 2026
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
Principal Investigator:Gustavo Quevedo Romero
Grantee:Joice Silva de Souza
Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:19/08474-8 - Freshwater ecosystems under climate change: impacts across multiple levels of organisation, AP.PFPMCG.TEM

Abstract

The postdoctoral researcher who is approved in the selection process for this postdoctoral project will develop methods to predict the effects of climate change on geographic patterns of richness, functional and phylogenetic diversity of organisms along latitudinal, altitudinal and/or thermal gradients (see subproject no. 4 in theThematic Project). To this end, he/she will develop observational studies that replace spatial variations in environmental conditions with temporal variations. Space-for-time substitution is an experimental design in which a spatial gradient mimics a projected or historical change over time. It is a reliable and innovative way to characterize ecological dynamics that occur over time. The researcher will determine variations in responses for organisms at different trophic levels, with the prediction that higher trophic levels (e.g., predators) are more vulnerable to climate change than lower trophic levels. The researcher will determine which functional groups will be most vulnerable to climate change and whether this vulnerability presents a phylogenetic signal. (AU)

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