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MYCORRHIZAE IMPACT ON BIODIVERSITY AND

C-BALANCE OF GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS UNDER CHANGING

CLIMATE

“MYCARBIO”

S. DECLERCK, R. CEULEMANS, I. NIJS, H. DUPRÉ DE BOULOIS, I. ENRIQUE DE LA PROVIDENCIA, C. ZAVALLONI, M. BÜSCHER

Biodiversity

Promotors

Stéphane Declerck

Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)

Unité de Microbiologie

Croix du Sud 3, bt 6

1348 Louvain-la-neuve

Reinhart Ceulemans & Ivan Nijs

Universiteit Antwerpen (UA)

Authors

Stéphane Declerck, Liesbeth Voets, Ivan Enrique de la Providencia

Hervé Dupré de Boulois

(UCL)

Reinhart Ceulemans, Ivan Nijs, Costanza Zavalloni, Manu Büscher

(UA)

Janvier 2009

SCIENCE FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

(SSD)

UCL

Université

catholique de

Louvain

FINAL REPORT

MYCORRHIZAE IMPACT ON BIODIVERSITY AND

C-BALANCE OF GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS UNDER

CHANGING CLIMATE

“MYCARBIO”

SD/BD/05

D/2012/1191/23

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Stéphane Declerck, Reinhart Ceulemans, Ivan Nijs, Liesbet Voets, Hervé Dupré de Boulois,

Ivan Enrique de la Providencia, Costanza Zavalloni, Manu Büscher. Mycorrhizae impact on

biodiversity and C-balance of grassland ecosystems under changing climate “MYCARBIO”

Final Report. Brussels : Belgian Science Policy 2012 – 67 p. (Research Programme Science for a

Sustainable Development

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“MYCARBIO”

SSD - Science for a Sustainable Development – Biodiversity 3

Table of content

ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND UNITS ................................................................................................. 5

ENGLISH SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................ 7

1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 11

1.1 Context ........................................................................................................................................................ 11

1.2 Objectives and expected outcomes ............................................................................................................. 11

2. CONFORMITY WITH THE INITIAL PLANNING .................................................................................... 13

2.1 Workplan ................................................................................................................................................... 13

3. COLLABORATION AND SYNERGY WITHIN THE NETWORK ........................................................... 15

4. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................... 17

5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................... 37

6. FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE ......................................................................................................................... 41

7. PUBLICATIONS / VALORISATION ............................................................................................................ 43

7.1. Publications ............................................................................................................................................... 43

7.1.1. Peer review ......................................................................................................................................... 43

7.1.2. Others ................................................................................................................................................. 43

7.2. Other activities ......................................................................................................................................... 43

8. SUPPORT TO THE DECISION ..................................................................................................................... 45

9. REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................. 47

10. ANNEXES ...................................................................................................................................................... 49

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ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND UNITS

AMF arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Anafore ANAlysis of FORest Ecosystems

C carbon

IPCC Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change

N Nitrogen

P phosphorous

SBSTTA Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice