Exploratories for large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research

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The Biodiversity Exploratories are a German Science Foundation funded research project (DFG Priority Programm 1374).
The three exploratories serve as open research platform for all biodiversity and ecosystem research groups of Germany.

Study Objectives:


  • the understanding of the relationship between biodiversity of different taxa and levels
  • the role of land use and management for biodiversity and
  • the role of biodiversity for ecosystem processes



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