Scenarios for providing multiple ecosystem services and biodiversity in viticultural landscapes
WP4: Modelling ecosystem service provision across spatial scales
Hypotheses:
ES (i.e. pest control and yield) can be affected by local farm management (e.g., pesticide application rates, ground cover management, etc.) and landscape context (surrounding non-crop habitats).
Effectiveness of local farm management strategies can depend on surrounding landscape context and, in turn, these local farm management strategies can rely on surrounding landscape.
Climate change can modulate the distribution and life cycle related parameters of pests and the effectiveness of local farm management strategies.
Tasks
T4.1 Generation of a predictive model on biocontrol data from public database
Lead: Daniel Karp (UCD)
T4.2 Modelling of alien pest invasion based on laboratory experiments
Lead: Andreas Walzer (BOKU)
T4.3 Model validation with empirical field data collected during the project
Lead: Daniel Karp (UCD)
T4.4 Development of best-practice recommendations for stakeholders
Lead: Holger Bergmann (UGOE)
T4.5 Development of decision support tools for stakeholders in viticulture
Lead: Daniel Karp (UCD)
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Photo: Martin Cooper CC BY 2.0
