Projects using RoMA's analytical data

Biodiversity-Exploratories

The project provides essential soil characteristics that determine ecosystem properties such as plant and soil organism abundance, diversity, and productivity under different land use and management, and information on soil processes driving belowground carbon (C) and nutrient cycles, to link management, biodiversity and soil function. more

Jena Experiment

The Jena-Experiment is a DFG-funded Research Unit (FOR 5000) that builds on a long history of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research (FOR 456; FOR 1451). Despite broad consensus of the positive BEF relationship, the underlying ecological and evolutionary mechanisms have not been well understood. The Jena Experiment aims at filling this gap of knowledge by applying novel experimental and analytical approaches in one of the longest-running biodiversity experiments in the world (running since 2002). The central aim of the Research Unit is to uncover the mechanisms that determine BEF relationships in the short- and in the long-term. more

Quasom

The “biogeochemical QUASOM” project is a project of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena that investigates the role of soil for the global climate. It is a European Research Council project focusing on the study of soil dynamics and their impact on climate. The project was funded by the European Research Council with 1 million euros.
In summary: QUASOM is a research project focusing on the role of soil for the global climate. It is carried out by the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and funded by the ERC. more

AquaDiva

AquaDiva (CRC AquaDiva) focuses on the important role of water (Aqua) and biodiversity (Diva) in the evolution of the nature, properties and functions of the subsurface, the part of the Earth's critical zone that begins below the highest density of plant roots and extends to the first aquifers. more

BIOTREE

Replicate forest communities were created based on the pool of local tree species and one exotic species. The main goals of the experiments are (1) quantifying the effects of tree diversity on key ecosystem processes, e.g., tree growth, long-term C sequestration, nutrient cycling, and structural characteristics, and (2) understanding the mechanisms of BDEF relationships and how forest management can influence them or ensure both economic and ecological sustainability. more

Carbo-Europe-IP

CarboEurope-IP aims to understand and quantify the present terrestrial carbon balance of Europe and the associated uncertainty at local, regional and continental scale. This means to:

determine the European carbon balance with its spatial and temporal patterns
understand the controlling processes and mechanisms of carbon cycling in European ecosystems and how these are affected by climate change and variability and human management
develop an observation system to detect changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations and ecosystem carbon stocks related to the European commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.

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