IBERIAN FUTURE WINES
Assessing the Future of Our Wines
It is a research project that aim at compiling, centralizing and analyzing data on native winegrape varieties to assess and predict the impacts of climate change on viticulture in the Iberian Peninsula. More specifically, we are collecting data on phenological, enological and agronomic traits and unifying them in a large dataset, that will be used to quantify the effects of climate on the productivity and quality of 16 winegrape varieties that best represent Spanish wines. In advanced stages of the project, predictive models of the maturation capacity of the Iberian varieties will be forecasted for the winegrowing regions of the Iberian Peninsula and the World.
Global Change Ecology & Evolution
Ecology & Evolution
Long-term ecological research (LTER)
We study the factors that determine long-term adaptations and ecological responses to the environment by natural populations of vertebrates. To this end, we track individual and population-state variables throughout their time, including phenotypic and genetic measures. This helps us understand the drivers of demographic changes as well as micro-evolutionary processes. Mouse project at Silwood Park, Imperial College London (Mouse project at Silwood Park) started in 2008, and the Mouse project at Valdenzar Park in 2019.
Adaptations to extreme environments
We aim to understand the main drivers of life-history strategies, reproduction and behaviour of Antarctic penguins (Spheniscidae).
Sexual selection effects on speciation
We study the effects of reproductive behaviour and sexual selection in the evolution of new species. In particular, we focus on the evolution of specialization, both phenotypically and genetically, that occurs after new habitat colonization.
Members involved
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Aurelio Malo Valenzuela
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Josabel Belliure
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Marta Barluenga Badiola
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Rodrigo Megía Palma
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Ana M. C. Santos
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