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National monitoring of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 'Biodiversity of small freshwaters' (MonViA)
Project
Project code: JKI-ÖPV-08-1410
Contract period: 01.01.2019
- 31.12.2021
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
Small freshwater systems in agricultural landscapes are vulnerable to inputs of plant protection products and fertilizers. Therefore, the fauna in these water bodies can be severely impaired. This is crucial, since small freshwaters host the largest biodiversity compared to other freshwater systems such as lakes and rivers. Due to the reasons above, small freshwaters at the same time host the largest fraction of endangered species on the landscape scale. So far, there is no biological monitoring of small freshwaters. Its conceptual development is complex due to the high number and the large diversity of these ecosystems (e.g. in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania there are about 60.000 small freshwaters in or adjacent to agricultural fields). The JKI currently investigates the effects of agricultural management strategies on the biodiversity of these freshwaters. In MonViA, the JKI will, in close collaboration with the plant protection services of the federal states of Germany, develop a monitoring concept for biodiversity in small freshwaters. Test-projects based on this concept will provide a first overview on the current situation, followed by continuous status descriptions of the biodiversity in small freshwaters in agricultural landscapes.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Agricultural Engineering Plant Production
- Agroecology
- Genetic Resources
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Products Protection (JKI-ÖPV)
Participating institutions
- Institute for Crop and Soil Science (JKI-PB)
- Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut - Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (TI)
- Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland (JKI-A)
- Institute of Biological control (JKI-BI)
- Institute for the protection of bees (JKI-BS)
- Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture - Viticulture (JKI-OW)
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: MonViA
- National monitoring of biological diversity on farmlands. Subproject 'Monitoring the diversity of habitats - small landscape structures and landscape elements'
- National monitoring of biological diversity on farmlands. Subproject 'Development of technolgy'
- A farmland biodiversity monitoring for Germany. Subproject 'Monitoring other organisms groups - arable weeds'
