Grant: Canada Research Chairs

There has been an impressive progress in biodiversity science over the last fifteen years to predict the impacts of global changes on range shifts, extinction risks and the future distribution of biodiversity. The demand for simulations of ""biodiversity scenarios"" has pushed ecology, traditionally focused on the description and understanding of processes, towards a more predictive science. Despite the enthusiasm for these scenarios, most of the modelling approaches are still criticized for not integrating key processes known to impact biodiversity distribution and key ecosystem processes. The general objective of my research program is to contribute the development of theories and modelling tools to better predict global change impacts on biodiversity and the key services it provides to humans.