{"id":42,"date":"2017-01-13T14:39:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2017-05-22T15:27:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:27:32","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">\n\t<span class=\"style_1\">The staff of the Phylogenetic and Functional Ecology Lab (LEFF) is devoted <\/span>to develop and apply innovative ecological research across multiple ecological scales (individuals within populations, populations within communities, communities within ecoregions or biomes), integrating micro- and\/or macroevolutionary and ecological (phenotypic traits, environmental gradients) dimensions of biodiversity, which ultimately determine coexistence patterns for different biological groups. Projects &nbsp;currently developed at LEFF have&nbsp;the following main goals:\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">\n\t1) to propose new analytical tools that allow discriminating multiple interplays between evolutionary process, phenotypic trait patterns and environmental gradients for co-occurring species pools;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">\n\t2) to generate theoretical and empirical knowledge on the influence of evolutionary processes on spatial distribution patterns of individuals within populations, populations within communities, and communities within ecoregions\/biomes, and to what extent those patterns correlate to biogeographical factors and current environmental gradients;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">\n\t3) to evaluate patterns of evolution of ecological traits in different biological groups and their relationships with dispersal capacity and habitat use.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\">\n\t4) to analyze the impacts of land use by man on multiple dimensions of biodiversity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The staff of the Phylogenetic and Functional Ecology Lab (LEFF) is devoted to develop and apply innovative ecological research across &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/research\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Research<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/leff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}