Project: CLimate change impacts on Insects and their MITigation
The CLIMIT team assessed the combined effects of human-induced changes in climate and habitat (area, isolation, patch quality) on some of Europe’s most specialized and threatened grassland insects that depend on ants (so-called myrmecophiles), comparing the results with other taxa like birds. The researchers studied the insects’ local adaptations, changing niches and different needs across local climates ranging from the Mediterranean to the North/Baltic Seas, in order to: 1. Compare the fates of species that have relationships with ants under different land use change scenarios and their potential to evolve and adapt to new environments; and 2. Test current adaptive management practices to conserve myrmecophiles and mitigate global change impacts.
| Acronym | CLIMIT |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | BIODIVERSA |
| Call | Biodiversity: Linking Scientific Advancement to Policy and Practice |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research | Coordinator | Germany | |
| Lund University - Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Science | Partner | Sweden | |
| National Center for Scientific Research / Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Institute of Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity | Partner | France | |
| Natural Environment Research Council - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | Partner | United Kingdom | |
| University of Oxford - Department of Zoology | Partner | United Kingdom | |
| University of Turin - Department Of Life Sciences and Systems Biology | Partner | Italy |