Cel 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. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensingnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Program(-y) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Temat(-y) 01020201 - The functioning of ecosystems Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator LEOPOLD-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 15,Sternwartestrasse 15 6020 INNSBRUCK Austria Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (7) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA Włochy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Viote del Monte Bondone 38040 BOSENTINO Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Hiszpania Wkład UE Brak danych Adres S/N,AVDA. MONTANANA 177 50080 ZARAGOZA Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrikulturchemie und Umwelthygiene Szwajcaria Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 155,Schwarzenburgstrasse 3097 Liebefeld-Bern Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Europäische Akademie für Angewandte Forschung und Fortbildung Włochy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Domplatz 3 39100 Bozen Bolzano Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Natural Environment Research Council Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Hill of Brathens AB31 4BY Aberdeen Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT Szwajcaria Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 5232 Villigen Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Universität Bayreuth Niemcy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 95440 Bayreuth Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych
