Functional significance of forest biodiversity in Europe

Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences,
Section of Plant and Soil Science
Piazzale delle Cascine 28, I-50144 Firenze
Filippo Bussotti
Federico Selvi
Martina Pollastrini
Andrea Coppi
Tel +39 055 3288269
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Email: [email protected]
FunDivEUROPE
Functional significance of forest
biodiversity in Europe
Coordinator: Dr. Prof. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Università di Freiburg (Germania)
(2010 – 2014)
The overall scientific goal of FunDivEUROPE is to
quantify the effects of forest biodiversity on
ecosystem functions and services in major
European forest types.
A major aim is to understand and quantify how
tree species diversity can be used to foster the
provision of ecosystem services such as timber
production, carbon sequestration and freshwater
provisioning
Partners
•Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, DE
•Alterra Wageningen, NL
•Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, AT
•Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, FR
•Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones, Madrid, ES
•Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt, Freiburg, DE
•Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nancy, FR
•Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE
•Metsantutkimuslaitos, Joensuu, FI
•Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, DE
•National Agricultural Research Foundation, Thessaloniki, GR
•Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, UK
•Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala, SE
•Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, ES
•Universitaet Bern, CH
•University of Cambridge, UK
•Københavns Universitet, DK
•Universita Degli Studi di Firenze, IT
•Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Halle, DE
•Universiteit Gent, BE
•Universität Leipzig, DE
•University Stefan cel Mare Suceava, RO
•Uniwersytet Warszawski, PL
•Universitaet Zuerich, CH
Six important European forest types:
(1) Boreal
Finland: boreal forest
Poland: hemiboreal and nemoral mixed forest
Six important European forest types:
(2) Central Europe
Germany: beech forest
Romania: Carpathian mountainous beech forest
Six important European forest types:
(3) Mediterranean
Italy: thermophilous deciduous forest
Spain: Mediterranean forests
ONGOING SURVEYS
Understorey vegetation
Photosynthesis (fluorescence)
Soil water content
Tree community and regeneration
Leaf nitrogen physiology
Leaf Area Index
Isotope repartition
Sap flow
Digital camera
(Phenololgy)
Impact of herbivores
Crown condition evaluation
Earthworm
Micro-organism
Wood cores
Humus description
Dead wood quantity and quality
Fine root biomass
Timber quality
Fine root production
Soil nitrogen stock
Litter production
Litter decomposition
Soil carbon stock
THE PLOTS IN TUSCANY
36 Permanent plots in Italy, in the
following public forests:
-Berignone-Tatti;
-Belagaio;
-Alto Merse
-Tocchi
(Pisa – Siena – Grosseto )
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nza
%
Monocolture
2 species
3 species
4 species
5 species
10 plot
8 plot
9 plot
7 plot
1 plot
POSSIBLE INTERACTION WITH
ENVIROFI
To provide field data for ENVIROFI application
Thank you
from the FunDiv Team