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We aim at achieving close integration among each other,
and with international leading research groups to solve
the following cross-cutting issues, all considered in
light of global change scenarios:
- Biodiversity functioning:
From genetic adaptation through individual
physiology and behavior, to population irruptions,
community change, and ecosystem regulation, both terrestrial
and marine.
- Biodiversity conservation:
From identifying geographical patterns in biodiversity
and the design of marine and terrestrial networks
of conservation areas to analyzing habitat fragmentation
consequences on the functioning of biodiversity at
different spatiotemporal scales in terrestrial and
marine environments.
- Biodiversity management:
From defining how biodiversity resources are harvested
by humans, to the physical and biotic factors that
impinge on the sustainability of such exploitation,
as exemplified by coastal fisheries.
- Biodiversity disruptions:
From climatic forcings such as El Nino -both
in marine and terrestrial environments- to human disruptions
caused by pollution and resource overexploitation.
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