A method of establishing a transect for biodiversity and ecosystem function monitoring across Europe
2016
Stone, D. | Blomkvist, P. | Hendriksen, N. Bohse | Bonkowski, M. | Jorgensen, H. Bracht | Carvalho, F. | Dunbar, M. B. | Gardi, C. | Geisen, S. | Griffiths, R. | Hug, A. S. | Jensen, J. | Laudon, H. | Mendes, S. | Morais, P. V. | Orgiazzi, A. | Plassart, Pierre | Roembke, J. | Rutgers, M. | Schmelz, R. M. | Sousa, J. P. | Steenbergen, E. | Suhadolc, M. | Winding, A. | Zupan, M. | Lemanceau, Philippe, P. | Creamer, R. E. | Faculty of Biological Sciences ; University of Leeds | Teagasc Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc) | Aarhus University [Aarhus] | Universität zu Köln = University of Cologne | Department of Biology ; Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff] | Universidade de Coimbra | JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) ; European Commission - Joint Research Centre [Ispra] (JRC) | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies [Potsdam] (IASS) | Department of Bioscience [Roskilde] ; Aarhus University [Aarhus] | Agroécologie [Dijon] ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement | ECT Oekotoxikol GmbH, Florsheim, Germany ; Partenaires INRAE | Centre for Sustainability Environment and Health ; National Insitute for Public Health and the Environment | University of A Coruña (UDC) | ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH | University of Ljubljana | European Project: 264465,EC:FP7:ENV,FP7-ENV-2010,ECOFINDERS(2011)
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. The establishment of the range of soil biodiversity found within European soils is needed to guide EU policy development regarding the protection of soil. Such a base-line should be collated from a wide-ranging sampling campaign to ensure that soil biodiversity from the majority of soil types, land-use or management systems, and European climatic (bio-geographical zones) were included. This paper reports the design and testing of a method to achieve the large scale sampling associated with the establishment of such a baseline, carried out within the remit of the EcoFINDERS project, and outlines points to consider when such a task is undertaken. Applying a GIS spatial selection process, a sampling campaign was undertaken by 13 EcoFINDERS partners across 11 countries providing data on the range of indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem functions including; micro and meso fauna biodiversity, extracellular enzyme activity, PLEA and community level physiological profiling (MicroResp (TM) and Biolog (TM)). Physical, chemical and bio-geographical parameters of the 81 sites sampled were used to determine whether the model predicted a wide enough range of sites to allow assessment of the biodiversity indicators tested. Discrimination between the major bio-geographical zones of Atlantic and Continental was possible for all land-use types. Boreal and Alpine zones only allowed discrimination in the most common land-use type for that area e.g. forestry and grassland sites, respectively, while the Mediterranean zone did not have enough sites sampled to draw conclusions across all land-use types. The method used allowed the inclusion of a range of land-uses in both the model prediction stage and the final sites sampled. The establishment of the range of soil biodiversity across Europe is possible, though a larger targeted campaign is recommended. The techniques applied within the EcoFINDERS sampling would be applicable to a larger campaign.
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