WP3: Belowground biodiversity & carbon sequestration across spatial scales

Hypotheses

• Management practices in vineyard can impact soil biodiversity and related processes and services

• Below ground biodiversity plays key roles in ecosystems and influence a large number of important ES including  nitrogen cycling, carbon cycling, plant protection and production.

• Microbial parameters are useful in monitoring ecosystem response to management practice or environmental stress because of their key role in most ecosystem services.

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