Biodiversity, ecology and environment
This thematic area contributes to biodiversity management and conservation by integrating basic and applied research, and promoting the sustainable use of agrarian and natural ecosystems, to mediate the demands of modern societies with the protection of national resources and the environment.
Animal Ecology
This Unit assesses wildlife behavioral adaptations to environmental and anthropogenic drivers, developing predictive models based on bio-logging and remote sensing data
Applied Ecology
The research is focused on the concept of One Health and EcoHealth, promoting the concept that human health is strictly dependent on the health of plants, animals and the environment.
Conservation Genomics
This Unit investigates how and why genomic diversity of wild animal species and their microbiota change over space and time, providing scientific support for biodiversity management.
Ecogenomics
This Unit studies plant biodiversity using comparative and functional genomic approaches with a focus on species evolution and adaptation.
Environmental Botany
Plants interact with the environment, reflecting biotic and abiotic changes. Plant biodiversity and phenology are studied as response indicators, including those relating to human health.
Forest Ecology
This Unit studies the interactions between forests and their biotic and abiotic environment in a context of global changes and feedbacks between vegetation, biodiversity and climate.
Hydrobiology
This Unit nvestigates temporal and spatial changes in the biodiversity and ecology of the alpine and perialpine hydrographic network.