Soil carbon in managed grasslands- biodiversity effects on persistence versus short-term gains?

在可耕地和牧场生态系统中建立短期多样化草地是英国土壤可持续健康发展和维持的潜在机制。虽然这种生物多样性增强带来的一些好处是显而易见的，包括增加传粉者的服务，但对土壤功能和恢复力的许多长期影响尚不清楚。该研究项目将探索英国草原，在一系列环境管理方案下进行管理，着眼于了解它们对土壤健康和功能、无脊椎动物和微生物生物多样性以及气候的影响。这项研究的结果将为未来的土地管理实践提供信息，并有助于建立最有效的方法，通过这些方法可以实现未来的管理和保护目标。参与这项研究的学生将有机会从事多个学科的前沿研究，包括基因组学、生物信息学和生物地球化学。这是NPIF与自然英格兰合作的一个学生项目，自然英格兰管理着该项目工作将基于的主要放归地点。学生将有机会在以前的工作基础上进行假设和实验，并在信托工作的基础上发展公众参与技能。

Establishing short-term diverse grasslands in arable and pasture ecosystems is established as a potential mechanism for developing and maintaining sustainably UK soil health. While some of the benefits of this enhanced biodiversity are immediately apparent, including increased pollinator services, many long-term impacts on soil function and resilience are unclear. This research project will explore UK grasslands, managed under a range of Environmental Stewardship options with an eye towards understanding their impacts on soil health and function, invertebrate and microbial biodiversity, and climate. Outcomes from this research will inform future land management practices and help establish the most effective means by which these practices can be utilized to accomplish future management and conservation goals. The student who participates in this research will have the opportunity to engage in cutting edge research across several disciplines, including genomics, bioinformatics and biogeochemistry. This is an NPIF studentship in partnership with Natural England, who run the main rewilding site on which the project work will be based. The student will have the opportunity to develop hypotheses and experiments that build upon previous work, and to develop public engagement skills based on the Trust's work.