FunCaB

The role of Functional group interactions in mediating climate change impacts on the Carbon dynamics and Biodiversity of alpine ecosystems

Objectives:

• Experimentally assess the effects of temperature and precipitation on the composition and functional groups of alpine ecosystems
• Quantify the impacts and contributions of direct climatic effects vs. indirect effects (through changes in interactions among functional groups)
• Use an Earth System Model to understand the patterns functional diversity and consequences for ecosystem C dynamics and climate feedbacks under different future climate scenarios.