Obiettivo ECOMONT aims at a high degree of integration: 1) to investigate which changes in the canopy structure occur due to land-use changes in agricultural and forestal Alpine ecosystems and how these changes affect the exchange processes with the atmosphere; 2) to clear up how the changes in canopy structure are connected with species composition, performance,competition and interaction; 3) to understand the influence of land-use changes on soil organic matter (SOM) status and turnover, on biogeochemical (C02, N) and hydrological processes at the ecosystem level, and on the exchange processes between the ecosystems and the the atmosphere; 4) to extend this understanding to the landscape level by means of multimedia modelling activities; 5) to compare the results from the Alps with those of other European mountains (Spanish Pyrenees, Scottish Highlands). Six composite experimental sites are planned in the subalpine belt along European transects. Three sites will be situated along a South/North-transect from the Italian to the Austrian Alps. The other three sites will be located in the Swiss Alps, the Spanish Pyrenees and the Scottish Highlands. In each site comparative and complementary multi-disciplinary ecosystem studies will be conducted on differently managed ecosystems (meadows, pastures, abandoned areas, forests). The following research topics will be included: Spatial distribution of vegetation and soil; SOM status and turnover; canopy structure, energy budget, water relations and gas exchange of single plants, ecosystems and catchments; exchange processes between the investigated landscapes and the atmosphere. Population and plant biological studies and potential risk analyses will also be conducted. All the results will be treated with the help of Environmental Information Systems, including numerical data-bases, GIS and remote sensing. ECOMONT will be coordinated by the University of Innsbruck. Six partner teams from the Community Member States Austria, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, and Spain and two from the non-Member State Switzerland will contribute. Campo scientifico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensingnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programma(i) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Argomento(i) 01020201 - The functioning of ecosystems Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore LEOPOLD-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 15,Sternwartestrasse 15 6020 INNSBRUCK Austria Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (7) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Viote del Monte Bondone 38040 BOSENTINO Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo S/N,AVDA. MONTANANA 177 50080 ZARAGOZA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrikulturchemie und Umwelthygiene Svizzera Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 155,Schwarzenburgstrasse 3097 Liebefeld-Bern Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Europäische Akademie für Angewandte Forschung und Fortbildung Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Domplatz 3 39100 Bozen Bolzano Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Natural Environment Research Council Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Hill of Brathens AB31 4BY Aberdeen Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT Svizzera Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 5232 Villigen Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Universität Bayreuth Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 95440 Bayreuth Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato