The use of DNA barcoding to assess landscape effects on phylogenetic and functional diversity (B14)

• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
• Term: from 2018 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 192626868

As part of the current project and the Central Scientific Service project, a large number of barcoding sequences are being generated for plant, fungal and animal species from different forest strata. These data on phylogenetic and taxonomic biodiversity can provide important information to estimate functional diversity and assess the effects of species loss and turnover on ecosystem function. We will expand our barcoding efforts to the additional about 124 Landscape Assessment plots to facilitate upscaling the effects of rainforest transformation to the landscape level, by comparing the phylogenetic community structure between the four different land-use systems in a broader context.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 990: Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Oliver Gailing