European Long Term Ecological Research PLUS
Abstract
Progress in understanding, managing and securing current and future ecosystem functions and services is challenged by fragmented and dispersed ecosystem research, operated using narrow disciplinary perspectives that prevent a holistic understanding of complex eco- and socio-ecological systems. The emerging European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological systems Research Infrastructure (eLTER RI) was evaluated by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) as having high potential for closing this gap in the European RI landscape. The primary objective of eLTER PLUS is to open and expand the research capacities and impact of eLTER by engaging current and new users and developing the operations of cross- and transdisciplinary research, exemplified in eLTER Site and Platform design and the RI’s Standard Observation framework. eLTER PLUS will execute a performance test of the emerging RI and assess and strengthen its operations in real time. It will further advance community building and provisioning of services as pursued by the H2020-funded eLTER INFRAIA Starting Community project and related projects. Its focus is on making intensive use of 35 selected sites and platforms in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems, combined with observational data from an additional 50 sites, for studying ecosystem and socio-ecological responses to globally-relevant environmental challenges in terms of ecosystem integrity and ecosystem services. Its Whole-Systems approach will derive meaningful scientific and policy-relevant information via co-designed, transdisciplinary research in collaboration with diverse stakeholders at local, regional and EU-scales. Concerted actions also focus on collaboration with peer RIs to maximize synergies, increase efficiencies and catalyze holistic understanding of ecosystem function, and on development of virtual laboratories where in-situ site data are linked with other data sources, e.g. Copernicus
Publikationen
Amplifying Signals and avoiding surprises: Potential synergies between ICOS and eLTER at the Water-Climate-Greenhouse Gas nexus
Autoren: Futter, M; Alam, SA; Baatz, R; Bäck, J; Diaz-Pines, E; Dick, J; Forsius, M; Gaube, V; Jones, M; Nikolaidis, N; Poppe, C; Rankinen, K; Rowe, E; Schaub, M; Skiba, U; Vereecken, H; Dirnböck, T Jahr: 2021
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Agroforestry trade-offs between biomass provision and aboveground carbon sequestration in the alpine Eisenwurzen region, Austria
Autoren: Bertsch-Hoermann, B; Egger, C; Gaube, V; Gingrich, S Jahr: 2021
Journal articles
On the leaf inclination angle distribution as a plant trait for the most abundant broadleaf tree species in Europe
Autoren: Pisek, J; Diaz-Pines, E; Matteucci, G; Noe, S; Rebmann, C Jahr: 2022
Journal articles
Leveraging Research Infrastructure Co-Location to Quantify Biogeochemical, Ecological and Social Constraints on Landscape-Scale Carbon Sequestration
Autoren: Futter, M; Alam, SA; Baatz, R; Bäck, J; Díaz-Pinés, E; Dirnböck, T; Forsius, M; Gillespie, L; Laudon, H; Mirtl, M; Poppe, C; Schaub, M; Skiba, U; Veervecken, H; Weldon, J Jahr: 2022
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Zeitnutzung zwischen Klimakrise, Lebensqualität und Alltagsstress
Autoren: Smetschka, B; Wiedenhofer, D; Gaube, V Jahr: 2022
Journal articles
Zeitnutzung in der ökologischen Langzeitforschung. Wie kann das gelingen?
Autoren: Gaube, V; Smetschka, B Jahr: 2022
Journal articles
Understanding linkages between stocks, flows, services and practices using agent-based and ecohydrological models
Autoren: Gaube, V; Haberl, H; Mehdi-Schulz, B; Tappeiner, U Jahr: 2022
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Agroforestry trade offs between biomass provision and carbon sequestration in the alpine LTSER region Eisenwurzen, Austria
Autoren: Bertsch-Hörmann, B; Egger, C; Gaube, V; Gingrich, S Jahr: 2022
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Eugenio Diaz-Pines
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Eugenio Diaz-Pines
eugenio.diaz-pines@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91120
BOKU Project Leader
01.02.2020 - 31.01.2025
Veronika Gaube
Mag.rer.nat. Dr.phil. Veronika Gaube
veronika.gaube@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73721
Project Staff
01.02.2020 - 31.01.2025
Rupert Seidl
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Rupert Seidl
rupert.seidl@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.02.2020 - 31.01.2025