Trophic Linkages Between Above- And Below-Ground Organisms As A Key To Successful Restoration Of Biodiversity On Ex-Arable Land Across Europe
Informations
- Funding country
Europe- Acronym
- TLINKS
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 11/1/2001
- End date
- 4/30/2005
- Budget
- 2,096,307 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP5 - Fifth Framework Programme | Grant | 11/1/2001 | 4/30/2005 | 2,096,307 EUR |
Abstract
European biodiversity needs to be conserved to support the CBD and European Biodiversity Strategy. Measures to protect and restore biodiversity (Habitats Directive, Natural 2000, Agra-Environment schemes) have focused on visible biotic components of ecosystems (e.g. plants, butterflies). Soil biota is generally ignored. A lack of awareness of the Potential roles of these cryptic components of ecosystems, absence of some knowledge and the inability to apply it are major constraints for end-users. The main aim of TLinks is to enhance the success of conservation of biodiversity through the restoration of species-rich communities on ex-arable land. TLinks involves research on above-belowground tropic interactions that leads to objective criteria and indicators allowing prediction of the likelihood of success of restoration. The results support end-users in targeting conservation measures and contribute to EU-policy on biodiversity.