Martin Sykes

Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis

University of Lund

The key participants of this group belong to the Ecosystem Modelling and Biodiversity Studies group which has a strong track record in the modelling of responses of vegetation to past (Holocene), present and future climate and atmospheric change. Models developed by the group or in the context of international collaborations (FORSKA2, BIOME3, STASH, LPJDGVM, LPJ-GUESS) are used by research groups throughout the world and cited in hundreds of publications. The group has extensive networks particularly in Europe with regard to modelling, climate change, land use change, ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity.

The group is part of an interdisciplinary research centre for Earth systems and climate impacts research (Geobiosphere Science Centre, CGB). It has a high international profile with regard to studies on the impacts of changing climate, atmospheric composition and land use on terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity, and of the feedback mechanisms linking ecosystem structure and function to the atmosphere. CGB has excellent GIS facilities and has sufficient computing power through a network of linked nodes to run the relevant ecosystem models.