Genetic and paleoecological signatures of African rainforest dynamics:

Pre-adapted to change?

Partenaires

AFRIFORD is a multi-disciplinary project integrating paleoecological analyses (palynology, anthracology) on lake and soil sediments, dendrochronology, vegetation modelling and population genetics. The project is structured in 8 work packages (WP). Three WP’s will valorise existing data sets and acquire complementary data on Population dynamics (WP1: tree dispersal, age structure), Evolution (WP2: phylogeny, phylogeography, divergence dating), and Paleoenvironments (WP3: palynology, anthracology, stable-isotope dendroclimatology). WP4 will provide a projective tool through vegetation modelling. The specific objectives will be reached within the integrative WP5 in which data and tools from WP’s 1 to 4 will be combined. Implications of our research for the maintenance of rainforest ecosystem services and strategic policy for biodiversity conservation will be addressed in WP6. Finally, two transversal WP’s are dedicated to project coordination (WP7) and the diffusion of results (WP8).


Chart of AFRIFORD work packages


Olivier HARDY, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
ohardy[at]ulb.ac.be

Postdoc Afriford, Jérémy MIGLIORE
jeremy.migliore[at]ulb.ac.be

Website: http://ebe.ulb.ac.be/ebe/Hardy.html

Dirk VERSCHUREN, Limnology Unit
dirk.verschuren[at]ugent.be

Website: https://www.ugent.be/we/biology/en/research/limnology

Hans BEECKMAN, Laboratory of Wood Biology
hans.beeckman[at]africamuseum.be

Website: http://www.africamuseum.be/research

Louis FRANCOIS, Modélisation Climat et Cycles biogéochimiques
Louis.François[at]ulg.ac.be

Alain HAMBUCKERS, Biologie du Comportement
alain.hambuckers[at]ulg.ac.be

Xavier FETTWEIS, Topoclimatologie
xavier.fettweiss[at]ulg.ac.be

Website: http://www.umccb.ulg.ac.be/index_f.php
http://www.etho.ulg.ac.be/
http://climato.be/cms/

Anne-Marie LEZINE et Bruno TURCQ, Laboratoire Océanographie Climat
anne-marie.lezine[at]locean-ipsl.upmc.fr
bruno.turcq[at]ird.fr

Website: https://www.locean-ipsl.upmc.fr/index.php?lang=en

Daniele COLOMBAROLI, Terrestrial Paleoecology Unit
daniele.colombaroli [at]ips.unibe.ch

Website: http://www.botany.unibe.ch/paleo/index.php



Personnel implied per team