Understanding the relationship between climate and ecosystems is crucial to preventing undesired changes to our environment, such as desertification and the loss of species. However, the multi-component and multi-scale nature of ecosystems makes them difficult to easily understand.
The aim of the SMSEE (Stochastic modeling of spatially extended ecosystems and ecological and climate data analysis) project therefore is to provide a better understanding of how changes to ecosystems occur. The initiative will use non-linear, stochastic modelling to study the relationship between climate and ecosystems.
Further details: Modelling the relationship between climate and ecosystems