Project

SPatial and environmental determinants of Eco-Evolutionary DYnamics: anthropogenic environments as a model (SPEEDY)

Code
120C03612
Duration
01 October 2012 → 31 December 2017
Funding
Federal funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
    • Plant biology
Keywords
eco-evolutionary dynamics spatial variation urbanisation
 
Project description

Spatial variation plays a key role in eco-evolutionary responses to environmental change. The way in which local populations, communities and ecosystems react to environmental change may critically depend on the interaction between local and regional responses. We here conduct an integrated study of eco-evolutionary dynamics along strong gradients in anthropogenic disturbance, covering replicates of habitats along (semi)natural-rural-urban habitat gradients in Flanders.