Activities

Broad scale study of soil biodiversity and ecosystem services among different sites across Europe, interdisciplinary empirical studies and soil biodiversity surveys, coupling with modeling studies, Interdisciplinary approach by integrating economical models in order to value soil biodiversity in relation to ecosystem services. Aim to design effective management policies and enhance sustainability of soil-based goods and services.

Food web structure and functioning: a model to link soil biodiversity to soil ecosystem services, Impact of biodiversity on soil organic matter decomposition, respiration, plant production. Ecosystem stability: effects of land use change on soil biodiversity and ecosystem services. Extent to which the ecosystem is able to deal with environmental change without losing biodiversity or ecosystem services. Valuation of soil biodiversity: integrate economic and ecological models