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Deeper understanding of soil biodiversity in ecosystem functioning:

from patterns to ecosystem services-DUSEF-

University of Göttingen, GermanyResearch Centre Agriculture and Environment (Research Agency, public)

-Multidisciplinary Research in Landuse-

Scientific coordination: Martin Potthoff

Contact: Am Vogelsang 6D-37075 GöttingenTel: +49 551 39 5537; Fax: +49 551 39 22295www.uni-goettingen.de/zlu

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DUSEF-Scheme

WP0.1: DUSEF-Executive office

WP1:Habitat and

Diversity(Documentation and indication of soil biodiversity)

WP3: Modeling

of communities and functions in the soil system

WP4:Economy of

services provided by soil organisms

WP5:Policy issues

Conservation; AgriEnvironment Schemes

Steering committee

Working groups:(1) Impacts(2) Standardization(3) Europe

WP6:Education and public awareness

(Dissemination)

Scientific advisory

boardWP0.3

WP0.2: Data

WP2:Regulation:

Processes and functions

(Experiments)

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The DUSEF-Profile

Partnership 16 partners in 11 countries (so far), most of which are facilities in land use research rather than pure biology Covering: zoology, microbiology, resource economics and policy Spain to Romania, UK to Greece 2 to 3 additional partners are welcome (some invitations are still open)

Skills of the coordinating team (Göttingen/Rennes) Multidisciplinary research agency in land use, expertise in Monitoring programs, AES and soil biology Terrestrial ecosystem research; Soil organisms as drivers of ecosystem functioning

Roots of DUSEF in former activities ENVASSO Bio-Bio BioDiverSoil (Biodiversa’s Pan European call, proposal) Bioplex KLIFF (Lower Saxony)