Our research project within the University Focus Area Functional Ecology and Evolution aims to uncover the genomic and ecological basis of local adaptations in vertebrates, invertebrates and plants in response to different climatic conditions. The results of our investigations should lead to more informed and realistic predictions about the effects of human-mediated climate change on future biodiversity patterns.

The comprehensive experimental design uses both temporal and spatial climatic transects to study representative species ranging from invertebrates to vertebrates and plant species. We combine ecological phenotyping and genome sequencing of target organisms across space and time with paleogenomic analyses of selected species across the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. We strive to support conclusions based on genomic data and modeling with a range of ecological common garden, competition and climate change experiments to identify the genomic basis of adaptation to rapid climatic change.

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