EuroDIVERSITYChallenges of Biodiversity Science
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EUROCORES ProgrammeEuropean Collaborative Research
The scientific goal of the EuroDIVERSITY Programme is to support the emergence of anintegrated biodiversity science, based on the understanding of fundamental ecological andsocial processes that drive biodiversity changes and their impacts on ecosystem functioningand society. Today, ecological systems across the globe are being threatened or transformedat unprecedented rates from local to global scales due to the ever-increasing humandomination of natural ecosystems. In particular, massive biodiversity changes are currentlytaking place, and this trend is expected to continue over the coming decades, driven by theincreasing extension and globalisation of human affairs.
EuroDIVERSITY meets the research need triggered by the increasing human footprintworldwide, with a focus on generalisations across particular systems and on the generation andvalidation of theory relevant to experimental and empirical data. The Programme tries to bridgethe gaps between the natural and social sciences, between research on terrestrial, freshwaterand marine ecosystems, and between work on plants, animals and micro-organisms.
EuroDIVERSITY is a European Collaborative Research Programme (EUROCORES) inbiodiversity science that brings together more than 100 research groups from 20 countries.After the Call for Proposals, EuroDIVERSITY was launched in April 2006 and includes teninternational, multidisciplinary Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs) which were selected forfunding, with a total budget of about 10 Mio Euros. Each Collaborative Research Project istypically funded for 3 or 4 years. The EuroDIVERSITY programme fosters pan-Europeancollaborative research, networking and training as well as dissemination of scientific results andactivities developed in the frame of this programme.
EUROCORESEuropean Collaborative Research
List of Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs)
The role of microbial diversity in the dynamics and stability of global methane consumption:microbial methane oxidation as a model-system for microbialecology (METHECO)(FWF, AKA, CNRS, DFG, NWO, VR)
Project Leader:Professor Peter Frenzel Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg,Germany
Principal Investigators:Paul BodelierNetherlands Institute of Ecology, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands
Levente BodrossyAustrian Research Centers GmbH, Seibersdorf, Austria
Gunnar BörjessonSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Geneviève GrundmannUniversity Claude Bernard Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
Werner LiesackMax-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg,Germany
Pertti MartikainenUniversity of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
Associated Partners:Steffen KolbUniversity of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Colin MurrellUniversity of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Mette SvenningUniversity of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Plant functional traits and assemblyof plant metacommunities infragmented landscapes (ASSEMBLE)(DFG, NWO, NERC)
Project Leader:Professor Michael KleyerUniversity of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Principal Investigators:Jan BakkerUniversity of Groningen, Haren, Netherlands
John Philip GrimeUniversity of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Jan Van GroenendaelUniversity of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Peter PoschlodUniversität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Joop SchaminéeAlterra Green World Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
Ken Thompson University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Associated Partners:Ove ErikssonUniversity of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Sandra LavorelUniversité Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
Hans-Joachim PoethkeUniversity of Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany
Wolfgang SchmidtGeorg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Coupling biofilm diversity andecosystem functioning: The role of communication and mixing inmicrobial landscapes (COMIX)(FWF, CSIC, CICYT, SNF, NERC)
Project Leader:Dr. Tom BattinUniversity of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Principal Investigators:Andrea ButturiniInstitut de Ciencies de la Terra Jaume Almera, Barcelona, Spain
Thomas CurtisUniversity of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKHolger DaimsUniversity of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Leo EberlUniversity of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Ian HeadUniversity of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Eugenia MartiCenter for Advanced Research Blanes, Blanes, Spain
William SloanUniversity of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Associated Partners:Louis KaplanStroud Water Research Center, Avondale, United States
Denis NewboldStroud Water Research Center, Avondale, United States
Aaron PackmanNorthwestern University, Evanston, United States
Microbial diversity and functionalityin cold-water coral reef ecosystems(MiCROSYSTEMS)(FWO, CNRS, DFG, NWO, SNF)
Project Leader:Professor Jean-Pierre HenrietUniversiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Principal Investigators:Dominique BlamartLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement,Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Antje BoetiusMax-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen,Germany
André FreiwaldUniversity of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Judith McKenzieGeological Institute, Zürich, Switzerland
Jaap Sinninghe-DamstéRoyal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Netherlands
Tjeerd Van WeeringRoyal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Netherlands
Crisogono VasconcelosGeomicrobiology Laboratory, Zürich, Switzerland
Willy VerstraeteUniversity of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Christian WildGeoBio-Center/LMU, München, Germany
Associated Partner:Roberto BarbieriUniversitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Connectivity, dispersal and priorityeffects as drivers of biodiversity andecosystem function in pond and poolcommunities (BIOPOOL)(FWO, BELSPO, GAČR, DFG, NWO, CSIC, CICYT)
Project Leader:Professor Luc De Meester Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Principal Investigators:Martin Černý Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Jordi FiguerolaEstación Biológica de Doñana, Spain
László ForróHungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Wolf MooijNetherlands Institute of Ecology, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands
Luis SantamariaUniversity of Balearic Islands, Esporles, Spain
Klaus SchwenkJohann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurtam Main, Germany
Wim VyvermanUniversity of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Biodiversity of European grasslands– the impact of atmospheric nitrogendeposition (BEGIN)(INRA, DFG, NWO, NERC)
Project Leader:Dr. David Gowing Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Principal Investigators:Didier AlardUniversité de Bordeaux 1, Talence, France
Roland BobbinkUtrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Martin DiekmannUniversity of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Nancy DiseManchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Associated Partners:Per AarrestadNorwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway
Bridget EmmettCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, UK
Ursula Falkengren-GrerupDepartment of Ecology, Lund, Sweden
David FowlerEdinburgh Research Station, Penicuik, UK
Martin HermyKatholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Gary LovettInstitute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, United States
Owen MountfordCentre for Ecology and Hydrology, Huntingdon, UK
Serge MullerUniversité de Metz, Metz, France
Gareth PhoenixUniversity of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Jan RoelofsRadboud University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
David TilmanUniversity of Minnesota, St. Paul, United States
Vigdis VandvikUniversity of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Ecological thresholds for reshapingecosystem networks: amelioratinglandscapes driven by economicdevelopment (EcoTRADE)(DFG, NWO)
Project Leader:Professor Paul OpdamWageningen University and Research Centre (WUR),Wageningen, Netherlands
Principal Investigators:Martin DreschlerUFZ - Umweltforschungszentrum, Leipzig, Germany
Bernd HansjürgensUFZ-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
Karin JohstUFZ-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
Claire VosAlterra, Wageningen, Netherlands
Dirk WascherAlterra, Wageningen, Netherlands
Frank WätzoldUFZ-Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle,Leipzig, Germany
Associated Partners:Roy Haines-YoungUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Marion PotschinUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Molecular archives of climatichistory: exploring patterns ofgenomic differentiation in endemicspecies radiations of ancient lakes(MOLARCH)(FWF, BELSPO, AKA, CNRS, IRCSET)
Project Leader:Dr. Erik VerheyenRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels,Belgium
Principal Investigators:Kenneth IrvineUniversity of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Ellinor MichelNatural History Museum, London, UK
Emmanuel ParadisUniversité de Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
Isabelle SchönRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Christian SturmbauerKarl-Franzens University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Jonathan ToddNatural History Museum, London, UK
Risto VäinölaUniversity of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Associated Partners:Dmitry SherbakovLimnological Institute SB RAS, Irkutsk, RU
Dirk VerschurenUniversity of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Biodiversity and biogeochemicalcycles: a search for mechanismsacross ecosystems (BioCycle)(CNRS, DFG, NWO, VR, SNF)
Project Leader:Dr. Stephan HättenschwillerCEFE-CNRS, Montpellier, France
Principal Investigators:Rien AertsVrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frank BerendseWageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Nina BuchmannInstitute of Plant Sciences, Zürich, Switzerland
Eric ChauvetCNRS, Toulouse, France
Mark GessnerEawag / ETH Zurich, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
Björn MalmqvistUniversity of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
Marten SchefferWageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Stefan ScheuTechnische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Bernhard SchmidUniversität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Waltraud SchulzeMax-Planck-Institute für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie,Golm, Germany
Associated Partners:Harald AugeUFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle,Halle, Germany
Richard BardgettLancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Catherine Potvin McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Ernst-Detlef SchulzeMax-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
Agricultural policy-induced landscapechanges: effects on biodiversity andecosystem services (AGRIPOPES)(GAČR, ETF, CNRS, INRA, DFG, IRCSET, NWO,PAN, CSIC, CICYT, VR, AVČR)
Project Leader:Professor Jan BengtssonSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala,Sweden
Principal Investigators:Isabelle BadenhauserINRA, Lusignan, France
Frank BerendseWageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Ricardo BommarcoSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Vincent BretagnolleCNRS, Beauvoir sur Niort, France
Mark EmmersonUniversity College Cork, Cork, Ireland
John FinnJohnstown Castle Research Centre, Johnstown, Ireland
Paul GillerUniversity College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Pablo InchaustiCNRS, Villiers-en-Bois, France
Pavel KindlmannUniversity of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Jaan LiiraUniversity of Tartu, Tartu, EstoniaManuel MoralesUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Juan OñateUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Thomas PärtSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Francisco SuarezUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
William SutherlandUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Teja TscharntkeUniversity of Göttigen, Göttingen, Germany
Janusz UchmanskiPolish Academy of Sciences, Lomianki, Poland
Wolfgang WeisserFriedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
Associated Partners:Juan-Carlos AlonsoNational Museum of Natural History, Madrid, Spain
András BáldiHungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Péter BataryHungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Luis BautistaMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
Piotr CeryngierPolish Academy of Science, Lomianki, Poland
David KleijnWageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Jo RidleyUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Miklos SarospatakiSzent István University, Gödöllõ, Hungary
Jens SchumacherFriedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
Carsten ThiesUniversity of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Winfried VoigtFriedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
Andrew WatkinsonUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL FUNDING ORGANISATIONS SUPPORT THE EuroDIVERSITY PROGRAMME:
• Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichenForschung (FWF)Austrian Science Fund, Austria
• Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO)Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders, Belgium
• Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique(FNRS)National Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium
• Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid (BELSPO)Belgian Science Policy, Belgium
• National Science Fund, Bulgaria
• Grantová agentura České republiky (GAČR)Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic
• Akademie věd České republiky (AVČR)Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,Czech Republic
• Eesti Teadusfond (ETF)Estonian Science Foundation, Estonia
• Suomen Akatemia/Finlands Akademi (AKA)Academy of Finland, Finland
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS)National Centre for Scientific Research, France
• Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique(INRA)National Institute for Agronomic Research, France
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)German Research Foundation, Germany
• Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alapprogramok(OTKA)Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Hungary
• Irish Research Council for Sciences, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET), Ireland
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)National Research Council, Italy
• Nederlandse Organisatie voor WetenschappelijkOnderzoek (NWO)Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research,Netherlands
• Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN)Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal
• Slovenská Akadémia Vied (SAS)Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic
• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas(CSIC)Council for Scientific Research, Spain
• Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT)Interministerial Committee on Science and Technology, Spain
• Vetenskapsrådet (VR)Swedish Research Council, Sweden
• Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC),United Kingdom
The aim of the European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) Scheme is to enable researchers in differentEuropean countries to develop collaboration and scientific synergy in areas where European scale and scopeare required to reach the critical mass necessary for top class science in a global context. The scheme provides a flexible framework which allows national basic research funding and performingorganisations to join forces to support excellent European research in and across all scientific areas. The European Science Foundation (ESF) provides scientific coordination and support for networking activitiesof funded scientists currently through the EC FP6 Programme, under contract no. ERAS-CT-2003-980409.Research funding is provided by participating national organisations.
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Dr. Inge JonckheereEUROCORES Programme Coordinator – Environmental Sciences
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