MERG - Universitetet i Oslo
MERG - Universitetet i Oslo
MERG - Universitetet i Oslo
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<strong>MERG</strong><br />
Fungi and climate change<br />
Objectives of the project<br />
• Analyse the effects of climate change on the biology of fungi.<br />
• Analyse the impact of climate change on fungal phenology and fungi’s distribution patterns.<br />
Project summary<br />
It is well-documented that recent climate change has had great effect on biological systems. Climate<br />
change has resulted in changes in the timing of phenological events in many organisms, but relatively<br />
little attention has been paid to how microorganisms, including fungi, respond to climate change. In this<br />
project the aim is to explore which impact climate change has on fungi. In one part of the project we<br />
analyze how the phenology of fungal fruiting bodies has changed in relation to climate change using<br />
complex statistical models. For this purpose we use different types of time series data, including<br />
herbarium records from various European countries. In another part of the project we aim at analysing<br />
how fungi’s distributions will change under future climate scenarios by niche modeling analyses.<br />
The team<br />
Håvard Kauserud, Klaus Høiland, Nils Chr. Stenseth (CEES), Rune Halvorsen (NHM), + external.<br />
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