Forest eutrophication and diversity loss: Revealing the hidden interplay between plants and litter
Public support
Provider
Czech Science Foundation
Programme
Standard projects
Call for proposals
SGA0202600001
Main participants
Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze / Fakulta životního prostředí
Contest type
VS - Public tender
Contract ID
26-22812S
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Forest eutrophication and diversity loss: Revealing the hidden interplay between plants and litter
Annotation in Czech
The research aims to clarify the mechanisms driving ruderalisation and plant diversity loss in temperate deciduous forests undergoing unprecedented eutrophication and climate extremes. The factors contributing to eutrophication remain unclear due to the complex interplay of atmospheric deposition and changes in leaf litter quality. We will use three complementary approaches to explore plant-litter interactions. First, a large-scale study will assess the key drivers of forest eutrophication across regions with varying geological substrates and deposition levels. Second, we will examine how litter quality promotes expansive species and affects understorey diversity. Third, novel long-term manipulative experiments will test how litter, canopy opening, and artificial eutrophication filter understorey species and shape functional community composition. Integrating these approaches across a broad spatial scale will provide robust insights into the effects of eutrophication on plant diversity in temperate forests.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
10618 - Ecology
OECD FORD - secondary branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
OECD FORD - another secondary branch
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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
EH - Ecology - communities
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jan 1, 2026
Realization period - end
Dec 31, 2028
Project status
Z - Beginning multi-year project
Latest support payment
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Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP26-GA0-GA-R
Data delivery date
Apr 29, 2026
Finance
Total approved costs
10,990 thou. CZK
Public financial support
10,990 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK