Abiotic drivers for food web development and dynamics in soil

Food web structure in soil is highly linked to soil quality and performance. The interaction of bacteria, fungi, protists and also phages is highly controlled by abiotic factors and nutrient availability. Therefore it is the aim to investigate food web structures in response to changes in abiotic factors like temperature, redox or moisture and to link changes to turnover rates and fluxes. Studies will be performed in green house experiments and in the field. 1-5, 8-10