2011-12-19
Research on microorganisms and models of carbon storage allocated 25 million SEK!
In total, FORMAS received 92 applications for funding of strong research environments’, eight of which were granted.
The strong research environment IMPRESS (Integrating microorganisms into predictive models of carbon sequestration in forest soils) aim to better integrate microorganisms and microbial processes in models of carbon fluxes between forest soils and atmosphere.
The objective of is to develop new tools that can guide policy makers and promote a sustainable way to manage forest ecosystems. The researchers from SLU and Örebro University will focus primarily on different functional groups of fungi, and conduct large-scale field studies with measurements of carbon fluxes in different types of forest stands. New models will also help us to better predict how forest ecosystems will respond to future environmental changes.
The research group brings together leading competences in microbial ecology and ecosystem modelling, and consists of:
Karina Clemmensen, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU
Alf Ekblad, Science and Technology, Örebro University
Roger Finlay, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU
Petra Fransson, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU
Achim Grella, Ecology, SLU
Annemieke Gardena, Land and Environment, SLU
Riitta Hyvönen Olsson, Ecology, SLU
Erik Karltun, Land and Environment, SLU
Björn Lindahl, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU
Göran Ågren, Ecology, SLU
