Stone, D., Blomkvist, P., Hendriksen, N. Bohse, Bonkowski, M., Jorgensen, H. Bracht, Carvalho, F., Dunbar, M. B., Gardi, C., Geisen, S., Griffiths, R., Hug, A. S., Jensen, J., Laudon, H., Mendes, S., Morais, P. V., Orgiazzi, A., Plassart, P., Roembke, J., Rutgers, M., Schmelz, R. M., Sousa, J. P., Steenbergen, E., Suhadolc, M., Winding, A., Zupan, M., Lemanceau, P. and Creamer, R. E. (2016). A method of establishing a transect for biodiversity and ecosystem function monitoring across Europe. Appl. Soil Ecol., 97. S. 3 - 12. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISSN 1873-0272

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Abstract

The establishment of the range of soil biodiversity found within European soils is needed to guide EU policy development regarding the protection of soil. Such a base-line should be collated from a wide-ranging sampling campaign to ensure that soil biodiversity from the majority of soil types, land-use or management systems, and European climatic (bio-geographical zones) were included. This paper reports the design and testing of a method to achieve the large scale sampling associated with the establishment of such a baseline, carried out within the remit of the EcoFINDERS project, and outlines points to consider when such a task is undertaken. Applying a GIS spatial selection process, a sampling campaign was undertaken by 13 EcoFINDERS partners across 11 countries providing data on the range of indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem functions including; micro and meso fauna biodiversity, extracellular enzyme activity, PLEA and community level physiological profiling (MicroResp (TM) and Biolog (TM)). Physical, chemical and bio-geographical parameters of the 81 sites sampled were used to determine whether the model predicted a wide enough range of sites to allow assessment of the biodiversity indicators tested. Discrimination between the major bio-geographical zones of Atlantic and Continental was possible for all land-use types. Boreal and Alpine zones only allowed discrimination in the most common land-use type for that area e.g. forestry and grassland sites, respectively, while the Mediterranean zone did not have enough sites sampled to draw conclusions across all land-use types. The method used allowed the inclusion of a range of land-uses in both the model prediction stage and the final sites sampled. The establishment of the range of soil biodiversity across Europe is possible, though a larger targeted campaign is recommended. The techniques applied within the EcoFINDERS sampling would be applicable to a larger campaign. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Stone, D.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Blomkvist, P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hendriksen, N. BohseUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bonkowski, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jorgensen, H. BrachtUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Carvalho, F.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dunbar, M. B.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gardi, C.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Geisen, S.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Griffiths, R.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hug, A. S.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jensen, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Laudon, H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mendes, S.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Morais, P. V.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Orgiazzi, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Plassart, P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Roembke, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rutgers, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schmelz, R. M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sousa, J. P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Steenbergen, E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Suhadolc, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Winding, A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Zupan, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lemanceau, P.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Creamer, R. E.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-292257
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.06.017
Journal or Publication Title: Appl. Soil Ecol.
Volume: 97
Page Range: S. 3 - 12
Date: 2016
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Place of Publication: AMSTERDAM
ISSN: 1873-0272
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
SOIL; INDICATORSMultiple languages
Soil ScienceMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/29225

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