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Subproject D 4 Soil biodiversity and soil sustainability in fragmental landscapes at the Atlantic Plateau of São Paulo (Brazil)
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Project summary
The objective of
subproject D 4 is to study the effects of fragmentation on 1) soil biodiversity
(structure, function) and 2) soil sustainability. Both are closely correlated.
In agreement with the Brazilian and German partners the following habitats,
which are the result of fragmentation, will be compared: relics of primary
forest, large fragments of secondary forests, small fragments of secondary
forests, forest plantations, agricultural land, and hydromorphic sites.
The research plots
within these habitats will be characterised pedologically, thus contributing
to the data bank on the regional abiotic conditions. The data on soil biodiversity
and sustainability will be evaluated together with results of other subprojects,
in order to model building, recommendations for management practices and
land use planning in respect to biodiversity conservation.
Applicant
Institute of Soil Science and Soil Geography, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zech, Tel.: 0921/552247, Fax: 0921/552246, e-mail: wolfgang.zech@uni-bayreuth.de
Brazilian
Counterpart
CENA,
USP, Piracicaba (Dr. Plinio de Camargo)
Application
period:01.01.2003–31.12.2004
Coworkers, carrying out fieldwork in Brazil:
- Dr. Andreas Schramm
- Dr. Oleg Menyailo
- Thorsten Ullrich, PhD-student
- Erik Bähr, PhD-student
- Stefan Fiedler, master student
- Markus Förster, master Student
- Ina Schreitmüller, master student
- Silke Opitz, master student