Disentangling the way land use intensity affects beta-diversity of soil bacterial and fungal communities.

• Applicant: Dr. Stavros Veresoglou, Ph.D.
• Subject Area: Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology ; Soil Sciences
• Term: from 2017 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 324931462

Scaling up in microbial ecology is a particularly challenging task as often regional patterns differ considerably from local ones. In this project we are planning to implement a species accumulation curves approach specifically customized for systems where diversity estimates are incomplete. We will work with the twenty-seven grassland VIP plots and implement grid sampling.

• DFG Programme: Infrastructure Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1374: Biodiversity Exploratories