The research focus of the Forest Ecology and Genetics Research Group is to explore the structure and functioning of the main forest ecosystems by an integrated approach involving physiology, biochemistry and genetic methodologies, bringing together several groups of researchers with adequate and complementary expertise in these areas. Aiming at:
a) Improving knowledge on plant and ecosystem reactions to climate change and less human intervention;
b) Understanding and monitoring the effects of changes in climate and land use on biodiversity, wildfires, tree mortality and scarcity of water resources;
c) Developing planning tools to facilitate adaptation/change/restoration of forests and shrublands for long-term sustainability and optimization of benefits.
João Santos Pereira
 
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NEWS (LAST UPDATE March 2012):
28.03.2012 Who is a Forest Engineer? - Moovie from Colégio de Engenharia Florestal - Ordem dos Engenheiros.
6.09.2011 Catarina Moura Honorable mention for the work presented in the 96th ESA Annual Meeting "Potential effects of sowed, biodiverse pastures in the understory of an LTER Montado system: 15N and 13C in Cork Oak leaves". CONGRATULATIONS!
11.07.2011 Scientific journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment with Quercus suber in the cover!
23.04.2011 "4xCiência" television program presenting Coruche experimental site
14.03.2011 "Floresta para todos - Celebrando as florestas no ano internacional" - João Santos Pereira article in Público newspaper
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