Project: The Chilean-Peruvianarid coastal fog ecosystems under climate change: understanding BiosphereAtmosphereinter-actions to support biodiversity conservation
| Acronym | FEBiD (Reference Number: ELAC2015/T01-0872) |
| Duration | 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2020 |
| Project Topic | The (hyper) arid coastal zone of northern Chile and southern Peru is home to unique ecosystems, so called fog oases, which depend on coastal fog as main source of water. With up to 450 plant species they constitute hot spots of biodiversity and important conservation areas. Due to their particular sensitivity to environmental changes they are bioindicators of changing climate conditions but at the same time also highly vulnerable to humaninduced disturbance. In fact, in the recent decades the Chilean-Peruvian fog ecosystems have shown increasing signs of decline, which might be linked to abrupt mesoscale climate shifts since the mid1970s. |
| Network | ERANet-LAC |
| Call | 2nd Joint Call on Research and Innovation |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heidelberg University | Partner | Germany |
| 2 | Heidelberg University of Education | Coordinator | Germany |
| 3 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Partner | Chile |
| 4 | Universidad de La Laguna | Partner | Spain |
| 5 | Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa | Partner | Peru |