Operational definition of soil quality, mesofaunal aspects of investigation of soil biodiversity

Fellowship Code: 
ESR11
Host: 
UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA
Supervisor: 
Dr. Poulo Sousa

ESR 11 project will focus on the development of a synthetic index of soil quality based on biodiversity measures with emphasis on functional microbial and faunal indicators of soil ecosystem services and underlying biological processes.

Research Objectives: 

Development of a synthetic index of soil quality.