BelowGround
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An Odyssey without borders: soil microbiota as drivers of plant species coexiste...
An Odyssey without borders: soil microbiota as drivers of plant species coexistence along successional gradients
Our planet is in a biodiversity crisis. To counteract biodiversity loss, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to protect vulnerable ecosystems, reverse ecosystem degradation, and restore biodiversity on agricultural land....
Our planet is in a biodiversity crisis. To counteract biodiversity loss, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to protect vulnerable ecosystems, reverse ecosystem degradation, and restore biodiversity on agricultural land. However, successful restoration and conservation of plant diversity is hindered by limited understanding of the principles that govern the ability of plant species to coexist and drive plant diversity. My proposed research aims to address the major challenge of restoration and conservation of plant diversity by examining how soil microorganisms contribute to plant species coexistence.
My project will draw together fundamental coexistence theory and state-of-the-art knowledge from plant ecology, microbial ecology and soil ecology to reconcile how pathogens and mutualists drive plant coexistence. To develop successful strategies of conservation and restoration of plant diversity it is critical to define a single predictive theory on the role of soil microbes in plant coexistence. I propose to reconcile pathogen- and mutualist-driven coexistence hypotheses into a single framework by addressing two objectives:
Along a successional vegetation gradient in which belowground interactions switch from pathogen to mutualist dominated, I will 1) identify which pathogenic and mutualistic microbes plants accumulate with increasing intra-specific density, and 2) determine how these soil microbes influence host plant coexistence.
Results will uncover the role of pathogens and mutualists in driving coexistence and whether these different groups of players are mutually exclusive or act simultaneously. This will lay the foundation for urgent tailor-made applied research on the key processes that need conservation and restoration of grassland systems, and uncover the drivers that steer plant community succession towards biodiverse ecosystems.
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Duración del proyecto: 26 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2023-03-17
Fecha Fin: 2025-05-31
Fecha Fin: 2025-05-31
Línea de financiación: concedida
El organismo HORIZON EUROPE notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2023-03-17
Línea de financiación objetivo
El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01-01:
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022
Cerrada
hace 2 años
Presupuesto
El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a
203K€
Líder del proyecto
KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCH...
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Perfil tecnológico
TRL
4-5
Perfil tecnológico
TRL
4-5