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FOR 456: The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions: An experimental approach in a grassland community
Collaborative Project
Coordinating institution:
Institute of Ecology
A long-term experiment has been established in order to study the interactions between plant diversity and ecosystem processes, focussing on element cycling and trophic interactions.
60 plant species, native and common to the Central European Arrhenatherum grasslands serve as species pool. Mixtures of one to 60 plant species and of one to four plant functional groups have been seeded as newly established communities on plots of 20 x 20 m.
The experiment is carried out on a former agricultural field with alluvial loam as substrate. The species assemblages serve as basis to study interactions not only among plant individuals and plant species, but also between different trophic levels. Emphasis will be on the ecosystem carbon balance and the turnover and losses of nutrients.
Collaborative Projects
Invertebrates
Leading institution:
Institute of Ecology
Genes
Leading institution:
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Ecophysiology
Roots
Leading institution:
Humboldt University of Berlin
Soil Fauna
Leading institution:
Technical University Darmstadt
Soil Nutrients
Leading institution:
Institute of Geography
Soil Carbon
Leading institution:
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Hydrology
Leading institution:
Institute for Geopraphy
Pop. Biology
Leading institution:
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Mycorrhiza
Leading institution:
University of Leipzig
