Contribute to the development of a mathematical modelling framework that can bring functional diversity into representation of tropical African forests in ecosystem models
Objective
- Quantify tropical forest ecosystem function and tree functional diversity in intact and disturbed tropical forests at three research sites along a rainfall gradient in Ghana
- Quantify and describe the diversity of tree function across these three sites via a series of field campaigns
- Build a predictive mathematical theory linking biodiversity to ecosystem function
Investigators
- Stephen Adu-Bredu
- Theresa Peprah
- Imma Oliveras
- Sam Moore
- Yadvinder Malhi
Responsible party
CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Collaborating Institutions
University of Oxford
Funding bodies
The Leverhulme Trust - Royal Society of United Kingdom (A130026)