Lab Objectives
We are devoted to the investigation and modelling of the factors determining species distributions in a complex and changing world
The main aim of ECOLAND lab is to understand and predict the impacts of the different components of global change and their interactions on ecological communities.
We cover this need in terrestrial systems based on the integration of different disciplines ranging from ecology, landscape and species distribution modeling, to remote sensing science and applied conservation science.
We unravel the causes of past shifts in biodiversity patterns under environmental change (land use changes, climate change, agricultural intensification and disturbance regimes such as fires). Unravelling past changes facilitates the critical calibration and development of high-quality models that predict future biodiversity and ecosystem responses under specific scenarios of future socioeconomic change. This understanding allows ECOLAND to develop an active science policy profile in the field of conservation biology and applied ecology.
