Auswirkungen der Waldbiodiversität auf mikrobielles Wachstum und Aktivität in speziellen Mikrostandorten und auf Landschaftsebene

• Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Francois Buscot, seit 2/2014
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Ökologie und Biodiversität der Pflanzen und Ökosysteme
• Förderung: Förderung von 2011 bis 2018
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 35758305

As a huge dynamic reservoir of biodiversity and metabolic potentials, soil microorganisms shape nutrient cycling and ecosystem functions. Within the first stage of FOR 981, analyzed biomass of major groups of soil microorganisms by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiling in 12 comparative study plots (CSPs) of a reference megadiverse subtrotical forest in South China. In addition to PLFA and, soil respiration, enzyme activities, and potential nitrification, will be analysed in three areas: 1) By considering all 27 CSPs it is expected to further determine whether forest biomass and tree species composition are the main drivers of total soil microbial biomass and its repartition between different functional groups; 2) In the main experiment, we expect that after the initial disturbance of implementation, tree diversity, planted to mimic species extinction scenarios, will have an impact on the soil microbial community (which will also be related to soil erosion); and 3) By participating in the new litter decomposition experiment, we expect to provide links between decomposition dynamics, litter diversity, and microbial biomass, structure, and activity.

• DFG-Verfahren: Forschungsgruppen
• Teilprojekt zu: FOR 891: The role of tree and shrub diversity for production, erosion control, element cycling, and species conservation in Chinese subtropical forest ecosystems
• Internationaler Bezug: China
• Beteiligte Person: Professorin Dr. Naili Zhang
• Ehemalige Antragstellerin: Dr. Jessica Gutknecht, bis 2/2014