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Linking living plant traits to soil biogeochemical functions in ecosystem patches under different land using regimes using an isotope-based assessment 'Acronym: PlaBioF)
Acronym
Plabiof
Code
41N01212
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 November 2015
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Soil sciences, challenges and pollution
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agriculture, land and farm management
Keywords
nitrogen cycling plant functional diversity land use and land mangement
 
Project description
 

Understanding how human-induced vegetation shifts modify N cycling is essential. In this study, land use patches under different land management will be characterized according to their plant functional diversity. Living plant effects on gross N cycling and microbial community structure will be determined. Links between plant functional diversity and biogeochemical ecosystem functioning will be investigated.